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The Olds College Broncos varsity men's basketball team exploded on Wednesday for 143 points against the Prairie Bible Institute Pilots, managing an 85-point victory at the Ralph Klein Centre.

The Olds Grizzlys finished up their 2011-12 Alberta Junior Hockey League regular season home schedule on Feb. 8 with a 2-1 victory over the Calgary Canucks.

Olds residents Maeghan Wild and Lauren Roblee returned from the Alberta Winter Games in Spruce Grove on the weekend with positive results.

The Olds College women's Broncos varsity basketball team continued to show their dominance on the hardcourt last week with two victories, giving them a perfect 9-0 record to lead Pool A of the Alberta Colleges Athletic League standings.

Although final numbers aren't yet in, the Olds Grizzlys held a successful casino fundraiser on Feb. 4. Attendance numbers were “down from last year, but … it went over quite well,” said Tammy Moritz, business manager for the Grizzlys.

A total of nine skaters from the Olds Figure Skating Club competed in Carstairs Jan. 27 to 29 at ICE FEST, bringing home 10 medals from the competition.

The Olds Grizzlys lost a pair of tight games in Alberta Junior Hockey League action last week, dropping a 3-2 decision on Friday to the Canmore Eagles and a 2-1 contest to the Drumheller Dragons on Jan. 30 at the Olds Sports Complex.

The Jan. 28-29 weekend marked the end of the 2012 regular season for the Innisfail Eagles. The boys were on the road to face off for the last time against their rivals, the Sylvan Lake Admirals, for their fourth and final meeting.

The Olds College junior varsity women's basketball team dropped both their games at the Ralph Klein Centre over the weekend, losing 64-44 to the St.

About 110 current and former Olds College students came together on Jan. 29 for the annual alumni rodeo at the college. The competitors tried their hands at events ranging from pole bending to women's cow riding and saddle bronc.