Local Sports

Alberta’s best hockey players at the AA level are about to descend on Okotoks and they will have plenty of local talent to help them acclimatize to the surroundings.

Don’t ask the Rocky Mountain Bantam AAA Raiders what it feels like to lose a game because they will not have an answer.

The Midget AAA UFA Bisons are going to get quite the measuring stick at the Mac’s tournament this week. The Bisons have been slotted into an extremely challenging pool at the Mac’s Midget Tournament in Calgary.

In a week clouded by uncertainty for the future of lacrosse in the foothills, a 22-year-old has broken new ground as the first Okotokian to crack a National Lacrosse League roster.

What’s old is new again for an Okotoks Junior A Oiler veteran.

The Okotoks Oilers need to find a way to slay the dragons.

At their current clip a 20-day holiday break was the only thing likely to halt the Okotoks Bisons’ impressive winning streak in the Heritage Junior Hockey League.

A touch of fortune and a refusal to be denied his hockey dreams have an Okotoks netminder looking squarely at the Mac’s Midget tournament as the main man in the crease for the UFA Bisons.

The most successful Jr. A lacrosse program in the province is doing its best to feed Alberta’s two professional teams with the next crop of prospects. Seven former members of the Okotoks Jr.

By Remy Greer Staff Reporter After coming so close to gold medal glory a year ago a revamped UFA Bisons team is looking to reach their goal this year at the premier Midget tournament in the country.