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The defending Foothills Athletic Council senior girls basketball champions are going into the league playoffs on a high note.

The Okotoks Junior A Oilers are back in the saddle thanks to some overtime magic.

It’s the type of progression in goal the rest of the league just had to notice.

As a social studies teacher, the head coach of the Foothills Falcons senior boys basketball team knows full well those who don’t learn from history, are prone to repeat it.

The Okotoks Midget AA Oilers didn’t change their feisty style even when it had a comfortable lead going into the final game of the Zone 2 playoffs on Valentine’s Day.

The Highwood Mustangs are expecting some help from the country kids when they host the rural provincial wrestling championships this weekend.

The Holy Trinity Academy Knights were the victims of the injury bug and a harsh wake-up call in their loss to their cross-town rivals last week in Senior high school girls basketball action.

A gymnast from the MD of Foothills came home with more than a bronze tan from the Aloha State. Shannon McIntosh, 17, also came home with a bronze medal from the Aloha Gymfest meet in Honolulu in late January.

That’s not grey on the temples of a 77-year-old cross-country skier from Okotoks; it’s silver, to match the cross-country skiing medals he won at the 55-plus Alberta Winter Games last week at the Canmore Nordic Centre.

Cupid had his eyes set on a pair of first-time participants at the Alberta 55-Plus Winter Games on Valentine’s Day.