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Two former Olds College athletics leaders are among 50 inaugural inductees to the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference (ACAC) Hall of Fame.

The governing body of the Olds Grizzlys has announced its approval of a potential business plan for the team that it claims will keep the club on the ice. The team also announced it has a new president.

Devin Chambers is a three-sport iron man preparing for his second year of triathlon competition that begins next month.

Innisfail school badminton courts are filled to capacity with the beginning of badminton season in Alberta schools. The gymnasium at Innisfail Middle School is no exception.

The Innisfail United Squad is preparing for its 2014 season as part of the Central Alberta High School Soccer League. Narsh Ramrattan's team consists of 15 players ranging from grade 9 to 12 and includes Bowden as well as Innisfail athletes.

It's clear football is Tylen Smith's life.“I'm very dedicated to football,” the 17-year-old Grade 11 student at Olds High School said. “It's basically what I do. I've went to a lot of camps for it and it's just my passion.

Three members of the Olds Badminton Club will be competing in zones in Canmore after winning medals at a county tournament in the Ralph Klein Centre this past Thursday (April 14).

When she graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 2007, Meaghan Mikkelson had to choose a path. The defencewoman had not yet made it onto the Canadian national women's hockey team and wondered if it was time to hang up her skates.

An Olds Grizzlys defenceman is a step closer to his childhood dream of playing in the NHL.

Sydney Daines is a multi-sport athletic powerhouse, with invitations to play on two college level teams in both basketball and soccer and she has yet to graduate.