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Infielder Brady Porter slid into the limelight at the recent Toronto Blue Jays showcase for Canada's top amateur players at Tournament 12.

The Olds Grizzlys organization is happy with the attendance thus far in the season given that the team is quite young.

The largest contingent of runners in the last few years from Olds High School will compete at the provincial cross-country championships in Drayton Valley on Oct. 19.

With a continuing trend of losing or winning by a one-point margin, Olds Grizzlys goaltender Ethan Jemieff is chalking up the squad's latest defeat at the hands of the Calgary Mustangs on Oct. 8 to chance. “It just wasn't our night.

The Olds College Broncos are gearing up for another Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference basketball season beginning on Oct. 18.

There were 28 students in grades 7 and 8 from River Valley School who participated in the cross-country zones, in Canmore on Oct. 9.

The Olds High School Spartans football team earned two more victories last week over the Chestermere High School Cowboys and the Brooks Composite High School Buffaloes. The Spartans beat the Cowboys 27-0 on Oct.

The Olds Grizzlys split a pair of games last week, winning 2-1 in one game and losing 2-1 in another in Alberta Junior Hockey League play. The Grizzlys beat the Calgary Mustangs on Oct.

Both the Olds College soccer teams lost a pair of games on the weekend. The women lost 3-1 on Oct.

Members of the Olds College Broncos cross-country running team are showing improvement after competing at a race in Edmonton hosted by Concordia University College.