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The high stakes pressure of one of the worlds’ biggest international competitions hasn’t stopped an Okotoks para-swimmer from stopping to smell the roses.

The 29 horse-drawn carriages at the Calgary Polo Club this weekend won’t be like the ones you see on those romantic flicks of a couple riding through Central Park.

A Foothills Bantam Eagle found out over the weekend his new job isn’t going to be a snap. Although Foothills’ Liam Hamlyn had a few struggles at centre on Aug.

It’s difficult enough to make an impression on coaches amidst a horde of 80 of Alberta’s best young hockey players, but to do so with a troublesome injury made a Blackie player’s achievement that much more impressive.

A recent graduate of Holy Trinity Academy is just days away from the biggest athletic competition of his life. Okotokian Zak Madell and the Canadian wheelchair rugby team get things going at the 2012 London Paralympic Games with pool play from Sept.

The coaching staff of the Holy Trinity Academy Knights isn’t using the word re-building this football season despite losing many first-string players from their provincial finalist 2011 team due to graduation.

Thirteen was a lucky number for an Okotoks swimmer at the provincial championships. Not that Tanner Potaka needed any luck to win four gold medals at the Alberta Summer Swimming Association’s (ASSA) Provincial Championships, Aug.

Some hunters helped slew the buffalos at an Okotoks football field on the weekend. The Foothills Falcons beat the Brooks Buffalos 33-13 in high school football action Friday night at Falcons Field.

There were bound to be some growing pains for the Foothills Lions’ leap to a new division and the jump was indeed painful.

The two-time defending Heritage Junior Hockey League champions will have a familiar look in the 2012-13 season. The Okotoks Jr.