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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.

She got her start at Spruce Meadows, now she’s got her first place finish. Fourteen-year-old Tayah Sobie of DeWinton won the Direct Energy Cup in the prestigious All Canada Ring at Spruce Meadows on Sept.

Three years ago organized field lacrosse didn’t exist in the foothills, now the program boasts Midget provincial gold and silver medals.

The Olds Grizzlys are looking to improve upon their Alberta Junior Hockey League semi-final appearance last season, when they were ousted by the eventual league champion Brooks Bandits.

The Okotoks Oilers used their final dress rehearsal at home before the regular season to make significant inroads on their new team identity.

An Oilfields High School grad had a nice homecoming at the Okotoks Pro Rodeo on the weekend. Former Black Diamond area cowboy Kyle Thomson won the saddle bronc when he rode Wayne Vold’s Eclipse to score an 84.5 Sunday afternoon at the Murray Arena.

The starting quarterback for the Holy Trinity Academy Knights has come a long way since he enrolled at the Okotoks high school two years ago.

An impossible decision for the management of Okotoks Bisons was rendered slightly easier prior to training camp. Veteran forwards Todd Callaghan, Brock Boswell and Dylan Kendrick chose not to report to training camp, Aug. 30 to Sept.

The local mandate of Okotoks’ Junior B Bisons was on full display this weekend. A premium was put on filling in roster openings with products from Okotoks minor hockey once again at the Okotoks Bisons’ fall training camp, Aug. 30 to Sept.

It was breakthrough performance in more ways than one for a former Okotoks high school rugby standout and his new teammates last weekend.