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The Innisfail Junior High Cyclones boys and girls team are Chinook's Edge Northern Athletic Association gold medal champions after defeating their opponents handily at the Innisfail Middle School gymnasium last week.

We're going to Game 5. The Olds Grizzlys blew the game open in the second period of their fourth meeting of their first-round AJHL south division playoff series with the Okotoks Oilers to defeat the Oilers 6-2 at home on March 10.

The Bentley Generals took on the Innisfail Eagles in the first game of the Chinook Hockey League AAA finals Saturday night (March 8) and skated away with a convincing 3-0 victory.

Three strikes, you're out! Despite the freezing temperatures, six teams played outdoor baseball over the weekend while dressed in Hawaiian themed clothing. It was part of the 9th annual Swing for Charity, which almost didn't take place this year.

Overcoming a late-round loss and a pair of close games, the Olds College Broncos mixed curling rink captured the gold medal at the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference (ACAC) championship at Lakeland College in Vermilion on Feb. 23.

There's an obvious bond between Olds Grizzlys players when they take to the ice.They support each other and have each other's backs at all times.

The Penhold Amazons are true warriors on the ice. Since their entry into the Alberta Junior Female Hockey League (AJFHL) in the 2008-2009 season, they won the 2010-2011 provincial championships and placed second in 2012-2013.

The climax of the Olds Grizzlys' last home game of the regular season on March 1 came early in the third period when team captain Spencer Dorowicz fired home his 40th goal of the season.

Coach Kayla Hoffer and her senior girls Cyclones played a nearly perfect season yet fell 10.7 seconds short of victory in the league regular season final.

Over the past decade, the Olds Minor Hockey Association female hockey program has seen more than 15 of its players graduate to play hockey at post-secondary schools.