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The Olds Huskies Peewee football team lost 35-14 to the Lacombe Explosion on Saturday at Normie Kwong Park. It was the team's second game of the season while the Explosion have now played four.

Innisfail’s senior girls volleyball team placed first over the weekend at the Chinook’s Edge tourney in Olds.

The Pee Wee Cyclones Football team showed why the Central Alberta Football League has dubbed them the Mighty Cyclones this year after another dominant 53-6 win over the Stettler Panthers.

The Olds Grizzlys split a pair of games on home ice last week while losing 5-4 to the Camrose Kodiaks in Camrose in Alberta Junior Hockey League action last week.

The Olds Bulldogs defeated the Rocky Junior Rebels 39-28 on Saturday in Central Alberta Football League action. The win leaves the Bulldogs in sixth position in the league with a 2-1 record.

With the final two 2011 Canadian Professional Rodeo Association rodeos held this past weekend at McCord, Sask. and Hanna, Alta., most of the rodeo hands have packed their saddlebags and ridden off into the sunset.

To finish first, first you must finish. It's a time-worn adage in the world of auto racing, but it's also just as relevant in rodeo's roughstock events.

The junior girls Spartans finished a home tournament on the weekend with a 2-2-1 record.

An event that will test the strength of competitors through challenges like pulling a car and lifting river rock has been rescheduled for next month. Originally set for Sept. 17, the Strong Man Competition is now slated for Oct.

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