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Olds College announced the hiring of a new futsal and soccer coach last week that will help take the program to the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference level in the coming year.

The Olds Grizzlys have now lost their last 10 games dating back to Oct. 26, including three losses last week to the Spruce Grove Saints (3-2), Calgary Mustangs (4-3 in a shootout) and a 5-2 loss on Saturday to the Grande Prairie Storm.

The men's, women's and junior varsity men's volleyball teams all fell in the quarter-finals at the Western Canadian College Open Volleyball Championships hosted at Olds College over the weekend.

Olds residents braved the minus-20 C weather to shop in town during Midnight Madness on Nov. 18. The event's numbers were up this year, said Leon Durand, owner of Rips Audio Video and member of the Uptowne Olds committee. “We had pretty good traffic.

WOW. I don’t even know where to start this week. First off, I guess, is to correct last week’s article. Last week’s article was written by Kent Wing, not Lee Kemp.

The Pee Wee Cyclones' season finally came to an end last Saturday, not at the hands of another team, but because they ran out of teams to play.

The Olds Grizzlys were silenced on the weekend, suffering back-to-back shutouts against one of the Alberta Junior Hockey League's best teams, the Brooks Bandits, on Saturday and the Drayton Valley Thunder on Friday.

The Olds Grizzlys found themselves fighting a losing battle in two home contests last week against Alberta Junior Hockey League opponents.

The Olds College Broncos junior varsity women's basketball team came away from a recent pre-season trip to the West Coast brimming with confidence after beating the Camosun College Chargers in Victoria on Nov. 5, 71-68 in overtime.

More than 100 people are expected to turn out to the high school football field this weekend for provincial finals between the Innisfail Pee Wee Cyclones and Calgary Colts.