Local Sports

A speedskater who helped set the pace at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary would like to bring the sport to Okotoks.

A former Dawg who toiled in the minors for nearly a decade before getting his big break to pitch in the majors is going to reward himself by spending his offseason in a baseball paradise.

The Strathcona-Tweedsmuir School Spartans found out early how far they need to go to win another provincial high school girls volleyball championship.

A teacher’s project helped the Foothills Falcons spike the Strathmore Spartans in senior boys' high school volleyball action last week.

A pair of Okotoks schools finished atop the podium at the South Central girls soccer championships after the heavy favorites were ruled guilty of foul play off the pitch.

The Okotoks Oilers let a winnable game slip away against the North Division’s basement dwellers at home on Oct. 13.

Belief is a powerful force in sports.

One of Okotoks’ Paralympians is getting used to life after winning silver in London, but that doesn’t mean he’s forgotten a second of the awe-inspiring experience.

What a difference a year makes. At this time last season Robbie Fisher couldn’t buy a regular spot in the lineup as a rookie blueliner, but fast forward one year and he’s one of two co-captains of the Okotoks Junior A Oilers.

A match-up with a South Division heavyweight was enough to ignite a slumbering Okotoks Bison squad out of his early season doldrums.