Local Sports

Head a few kilometres west of Bragg Creek and you will get beautiful views of meadows, rolling hills and the majestic Rocky Mountains. However, to access these incredible vistas one must be a bit creative.

An Okotoks runner wasn’t about to disappoint the thousands of sick children cheering her on during a half-marathon in December.

A Foothills Falcon missed the entire boys volleyball season and the first month of basketball because he is just too nice of a guy.

The Okotoks Oilers got what they desperately needed in the waning moments of deadline day.

The Okotoks Oilers continued to do the right things and they were finally rewarded after a week of hard-luck results.

The second trip through the Junior provincials proved to be equally challenging for an Okotoks curler. Taylor Ardiel and Team Smith finished 2-5 at the Junior Men’s Curling Provincial Championships, Jan.

The Okotoks Bisons have put another exclamation mark on a dominant regular season by clinching the division title with six games remaining on the docket.

The new chief of the Foothills Lions rugby club has a simple philosophy for his rugby players: shape up or ship out. If new club coach Jim Ryan has his way, the Lions will be an unrecognizable force in the Calgary Rugby Union.

The field lacrosse recruiting season knows no boundaries — it just requires some travelling. Three teams from Okotoks and 72 athletes from the foothills earned valuable exposure and coaching at the Adrenaline Team Elite/High School Challenge, Jan.

Minor lacrosse in the foothills will be flying under a new yet familiar flag going forward.