Local Sports

The youngest competitor in the Paralympic wheelchair rugby tournament proved age is just a number.

After an extremely disappointing campaign last season the new head coach and general manager of the Drumheller Dragons has overhauled the roster in hopes of lighting a fire within the moribund franchise.

The new man behind the bench for the Calgary Junior A Mustangs is not tempering expectations in his first year with the organization.

It’s not how you start, it’s how you finish. The Holy Trinity Academy (HTA) Knights fought off a sluggish first half to comfortably defeat the Vernon Kalamalka Lakers 21-6 at the John Paul II Collegiate field in Okotoks on Sept. 8.

After two weeks of running through their opposition, the Foothills Bantam Eagles got a taste of their own medicine on Saturday in Calgary.

For the Canmore Eagles, things can only get better. The 2011/2012 Eagles were a terrible hockey team.

In one fell swoop the Foothills Falcons football team served notice they will be a force to be reckoned with in 2012.

The 2012-13 Okotoks Oilers are a team without superstars and that suits head coach and general manager James Poole just fine. Poole said unlike the previous two seasons, this year’s Oilers won’t feature a dominant scoring line.

For the first time in his hockey career an Okotoks Major Junior defenceman is going to have to adjust to a home away from home.

The Brooks Bandits ran away with the league title last season and with its line-up almost intact it looks poised to do it again.