Local Sports

Local powerlifter Mark Oxer claimed second place in the 93-kilogram division of an Alberta Powerlifting Union competition in Calgary on April 20.

The Olds High School Spartans were defeated 31-20 in the team's first match of the Central Alberta High School Rugby League season by the Rimbey Junior-Senior High School Spartans on May 1.

Two Innisfail Jr./Sr. High School students walked away with medals after a stellar performance in mixed doubles Zone championships April 27 at Hunting Hills High School in Red Deer.

The Olds Stingers junior lacrosse team split a pair of games over the weekend in Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League action, winning the season-opener 10-7 over the Brooks Drillers on April 27 and dropping an 11-9 decision the next day to the Lethbridge C

Braving mid-spring snow and frosty temperatures, 14 Olds Special Olympians packed up their gear on the morning of April 19 and embarked from the Bowl bowling alley for the Special Olympics Alberta Spring Games in Red Deer.

First it was Apple , now it’s Adidas.

Local farmer Wilf Edgar was on the Canadian senior men's team which won gold at the World Senior Curling Championships in Fredericton, New Brunswick.

After a Junior A career that sent him to Drumheller and Fort McMurray, Mike Marianchuk, 21, finally captured the prize he was aiming for all along – a post-secondary hockey scholarship.

Olds College announced on April 24 that Bob Murray will take over as acting director of the school’s athletics, health and wellness department from Greg Lendvay.

Honouring the players for a year of hard work and dedication was the order of the night on April 27 during the Olds Grizzlys annual awards banquet.