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Olds will co-host the Alberta Bantam Double-A Tier 1 provincial baseball championships with Acme from July 26 to 28.

The Olds junior B Stingers lacrosse team didn't make it past their first and only playoff game, losing 16-10 to the Calgary Axemen-Mavericks on July 6.

Emily Lucas and Mackenzie Ramsell have only pursued track and field for a year but already they are competing against Canada's elite.

Sundre Minor Ball's bantam girls team placed (update on Monday) in the home provincial tournament over the weekend. It could be the first time in history that Sundre has hosted a bantam girls minor ball provincial tournament.

Fourteen people from Olds will represent the area and compete on the Zone 2 team at the 55-plus Summer Games being held in Barrhead/Westlock from July 25 to 28.

The Olds Stingers midget lacrosse team helped out their fellow competitors from High River, which was devastated by flooding last month, during a tournament in Calgary over the weekend of June 29 to July 1.

The Olds Grizzlys have traded Matt Marcinew, who led the team in scoring last season, to the Brooks Bandits in exchange for forward Tyson McAllum. McAllum was then dealt to the Grande Prairie Storm for future considerations.

The Innisfail Aquatic Centre was abuzz with activity as the Innisfail Dolphins hosted its annual swim meet this past weekend. Approximately 360 swimmers from eleven visiting teams arrived Friday to compete in this two-day event.

The Olds High School rugby season wasn't quite what the players had hoped for going into the spring, but the players gave it a good effort and many will be back next year, said coach George Grant. The team finished with a 1-5 record.

The Olds Stingers were waiting last week to hear whether or not their last games of the Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League junior B season on June 22 and June 23 will be rescheduled at some point and when playoffs will get underway.