Local Sports

The Okotoks Bisons find themselves in an unfamiliar position three games into the Heritage Junior Hockey League season — with a losing record.

An Okotoks high school girls soccer team reaped the rewards of forward thinking on the pitch last week. The Holy Trinity Academy (HTA) Knights (2-0) made quick work of the Strathmore Spartans on Sept.

An Okotoks go-kart driver did all he could this year to combat the stereotypes surrounding teenage drivers.

If the coaches of Okotoks two high school football teams kept their hands any closer to their vests in regards to the upcoming game one would need a crowbar to get their fingers free.

A former Calgary Flame, who didn’t actually see the puck go in the net when he scored one of the most famous goals in franchise history, will never forget what he saw when he went to visit Canadian troops in Afghanistan.

For veterans of the Foothills Composite Falcons football team the fact they have never beaten their cross-town rivals in their careers is like a bad case of athlete’s feet.

The Foothills Falcons suffered a first against an Edmonton school with a rebellious spirit.

The trickle-down effect of the National Hockey League lockout has begun to take effect on an Okotoks Oilers alumnus.

There are no sure things in sports, but the town of Okotoks can expect the Foothills Athletic Council Senior girls soccer championship trophy to stay in Big Rock country.

It’s a new era of youthful skill and exuberance for the Okotoks Bantam AAA Oilers.