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It feels like the very first time for the Okotoks Jr. B Bisons. The Bisons defeated the Sherwood Park Knights 8-4 Sunday in Wainwright to capture the franchise’s first provincial banner in 12 trips to the Alberta championships.

A pair of Okotokians slid its way into international acclaim with a podium finish at the world’s marquee Juvenile curling event.

The Okotoks Bisons aren’t resting on their laurels after their second consecutive perfect postseason run and third straight league championship.

It can’t be easy to follow in the footsteps of a hockey dad who has a Memorial Cup ring on his finger. Second-year Oiler Tariq Hammond is trying to make a name for himself as a steadying force on a tremendous Okotoks Junior A blueline.

The first Western Hockey League playoff experience for a foothills teen couldn’t be going any better.

The Red Deer Vipers will be hoping history repeats itself at the Junior B provincials.

Some hockey moms brought out the good crystal in celebration of winning a league championship last month.

A Millarville skier took a bumpy route to winning a national championship. Davis Clement, 15, won the moguls championship for 14-16 year-old boys at the Junior National Freestyle Skiing championship at Apex Mountain in Penticton last month.

The Okotoks Oilers’ Mr. Playoff just keeps adding to his legend.

When you have grown up balancing yourself on a four-inch wide beam and trying to dodge rugby tacklers, making the transition from the tumbling mat to the wrestling mat wasn’t all that tough for a Holy Trinity Academy Knight grappler.