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Olds Wolverines win zone title The Olds Peewee Wolverines clinched the Zone 6 championship and a berth at the Peewee B Provincial hockey tournament on the weekend after beating Drumheller 10-2, bringing a long qualifying process to an end for the tea

Team Alberta hockey player Hannah Mousek, formerly of Sundre and now living in Olds, and her teammates went undefeated to win the gold medal at the Canada Winter Games in Halifax.

The basketball champions for the Alberta Colleges Athletic League will be determined this weekend at the league finals in Three Hills and at least one of three Olds College squads will be heading in as favourites.

The Eagles headed to the home of the Rams in Rocky Mountain House on Saturday for Game 2 of the exhibition series. The Rams play out of the icy cold twin arena in Rocky.

Sundre twins Karlee and Amber Overguard are living proof that teamwork works best.

The Olds High School senior basketball teams will be hosting the 3A South Central zone tournament for both boys and girls this week, with the only question being how long both host squads will be around.

Of the hundreds of people still missing in Christchurch, New Zealand after last Tuesday's 6.3 earthquake, friends and family are thankful Riley McGibney is not one of them.

The Olds Grizzlys' playoffs ended on the same note in which they started – a heavy loss at the hands of the Calgary Mustangs.

The Olds High senior girls basketball team are hoping to ride a recent wave of good results through the league playoffs this week and on into zones the following weekend.

It wasn't a big team, but the Olds High Spartans wrestling club was able to secure top spot among 3A schools female teams to capture the rural provincial banner on their home mats on the weekend.