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Innisfail paddlers are poised to take over the world, or at least the world of international water polo.

Innisfail's mixed martial arts dojo has won gold in a Submission Ace Championship competition recently held in Blackfalds. The Summer Nogi Classic was held on Sept.

When the Innisfail Minor Football Association (IMFA) called, the Calgary Stampeders came running. The CFL squad sent two players to help unite the new Innisfail Cyclones with their new Olds-based teammates.

The Olds High School (OHS) Spartans football team lost its first game of the year 16-3 to the Bishop Carroll High School Cardinals at Normie Kwong Park on Sept. 18. “They came to play. They've got lots of bodies, which helped them.

In only about two months of training, Olds' Elise Jackson has become one of the strongest 19-year-olds in the country. From Sept. 13 to 14, Jackson competed at the 100% RAW Powerlifting Nationals in Calgary.

The 2014-15 volleyball season is here and Innisfail middle, junior and senior high schools have all started their practices. With their first games and tournaments under their belts, the middle school gymnasium and the new Innisfail Jr./Sr.

Tonight, the Olds Grizzlys will host the Brooks Bandits in a rematch of last season's second round playoffs, where the Black and Gold were swept. The Grizzlys are coming off a pair of losses this weekend. On Sept.

The Olds Grizzlys moved into first place of the Alberta Junior Hockey League's south division after a 5-4 victory at home over the Canmore Eagles on Sept. 16.

With only four years of vaulting experience under her belt, 18-year-old Brooke Boyd of Olds placed the highest among Canadian pairs in the Pas-de-Deux competition at the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games.

Twenty-one points in under three minutes was all it took for the Olds High School Spartans football team to defeat the Lord Beaverbrook High School Lords on Sept. 11.