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High school wrestling teams from Olds and Wetaskiwin will be joining forces this weekend to co-host the Alberta Schools' Athletics Association Rural Wrestling provincial tournament at the Ralph Klein Centre.

The Olds Midget Renegades girls' hockey team became the latest squad in black and gold to book passage to a provincial championship tournament thanks to a 4-3 victory last week over the Strathmore Storm.

Technically, it was only an exhibition. Last week's matchup between the front-running Olds College Broncos women's basketball team and the second place St.

Residents of the Town of Penhold will be working towards establishing a healthier lifestyle in March as part of the annual 21-day challenge.

The Innisfail "Tim Hortons" Eaglets have been working on their newly acquired hockey skills all year long. The players hit the ice back in October with great dreams of playing hockey, only to find out that the ice is very slippery.

Hannah Mousek is ready to embark on the biggest challenge of her young hockey career ñ and couldn't be any more excited about it.

Olds High School's senior boys basketball team took a small ñ but crucial ñ step on the weekend.

The Olds College Broncos men's futsal team scored their first-ever win at the Alberta College Athletics Conference level.

The Innisfail Eagles have a long history of playing hockey in this town. Over the last eight years or so Mike Bennett has spent numerous hours trying to find every bit of information on the Eagles.

It will be a busy couple of weeks for Olds wrestlers, but luckily they'll be doing it all on their home mats.