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The Olds Broncos had nothing but admiration for the Medicine Hat College Rattlers, whose women's basketball team visited Olds College a mere two days after one of their members had died from injuries sustained in a car crash early last week.

Several hockey players from Olds and area played in the 2016 Alberta Winter Games this month. Cara Corsiatto and Charlie Wright were representing Zone 2 in the male tournament, winning silver.

Andreas Troschke won a gold medal in the youth weight throw at the 2016 Hershey Canadian Indoor Championships on Feb. 21. He threw for 21.45 metres, his second best performance.

Broncos centre Kyle Huffman has seen a lot in his time at Olds College.

Ask the Grizzlys what it will take to end the longest losing streak in recent memory and they'll tell you, inevitability. The last time Olds won a game was Jan. 22 in Camrose.

It took until the final weekend of the season, but Olds College's women's volleyball team is heading to the playoffs.

The Broncos men's basketball team finds itself in a three-way tie for first in the ACAC South after a narrow loss to the Red Deer College Kings this weekend at the Ralph Klein Centre.

The Olds Rapids swim club has a pair of Paralympic hopefuls on its roster. Ian and Angela Lowther are from Crossfield and have been swimming with the Rapids since the fall. They have also been swimming with Special Olympics Airdrie.

Two Olds High School (OHS) Spartans curling teams have advanced to the zone playdowns, which take place Feb. 26 and 27 in Drumheller. Both teams qualified for those berths during the divisional playdowns in Carstairs.

The midget tier 3 Huskies are ready for Game 2 of provincial playdowns this Friday. Coach Brad Price said the team was the victim of bad officiating during Game 1 last Friday night in Hanna. The team lost 4-3.