Local Sports

With the game on his stick a foothills hockey product earned Team Pacific its first win over Ontario in eight years at the World U17 Hockey Challenge.

The Okotoks Bisons took the road less travelled to a familiar destination in their 2013 debut. An uncharacteristic defensive stalemate ensued and the Junior B Bisons escaped Medicine Hat with a 2-1 victory over the Cubs on Jan.

A repeat run to the Mac’s tournament final just was not in the cards for the UFA Bisons.

The captain of the Okotoks Bantam AAA Oilers captain has something to smile about. Second-year Oiler Owen Guenter was the lone Okotoks player selected to the Alberta Major Bantam Hockey League (AMBHL) all-star game, Jan. 11 in Red Deer.

Supporters of the Okotoks Junior A Raiders can breathe easy as the organization will be back on the floor for the 2013 season.

It took a while for a 22-year-old B.C. native to get used to playing baseball in front of 2,000 fans a night, but once he got the hang of it he wanted some more.

A foothills resident is tired of having his job on hold and he’s looking forward to calling holding in the future. Tom Kowal is glad the 113-day NHL lockout is over and he can get back to work as a referee in the best hockey league in the world.

A Holy Trinity Academy Knight had a near storybook ending to his first high school boys basketball game.

The Foothills Falcons went on a Boxing Day extravaganza when they had the opportunity to play against a pair of top ranked teams at an elite Senior boys basketball tournament in Raymond.

The Okotoks Oilers resolved to put the puck in the net more often in 2013 and so far, so good.