Local Sports

Local lax lad Marshall Bloomfield didn't come back from a national tournament empty-handed, after helping the Jr. Calgary Roughnecks to the Jr. National Lacrosse League championship title, and topping the tournament points board himself.

The Sundre Bisons are shaping up to be a speedy, agile team this year, the football team's coach recently said. "We're looking really fast, really quick," said Tyson Dichrow.

After eight years of league homelessness the Spartan football program at Olds High School will be part of the rebooted Big Sky Football Conference this season, along with two other ASAA Region 2 schools.

Peewee baseball in Olds is two times golden this year, after the Tier I AA team brought home another provincial championship in early August, which sent them to the 2017 Western Canada Baseball Championships Aug. 18-20.

With classes kicking into gear next week, the Olds College Broncos soccer teams have begun lacing up their boots and kicking around the balls.

If you aren't sure which USports women's hockey you should be rooting for, consider the University of New Brunswick. When the program boots up for the 2018 season, it's going to have some Olds power, both on the ice and behind the bench.

A young Sundre ball player recently competed on the national stage at the 2017 U-16 Girls Canadian Fastpitch Championships. Rachael Weiss, who will soon be starting Grade 11 at Sundre High School, went to Delta, B.C.

If you aren't sure you're up for whatever challenge you might currently be faced with, you don't have to look farther than the roads of Olds to find some inspiration.

A new head coach has been hired to take over the women's fledgling hockey program at Olds College, according to a media release issued last Wednesday, Aug. 16.

When the first junior version of the Calgary Roughnecks face off against clubs from across the continent in a national tournament next week, Central Alberta will be represented by an Olds High School student.