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A 16-year-old Okotoks athlete has been training hard to make sure he won’t be up the creek without a paddle next week.

An Okotoks fitness centre is giving some free instruction on how variety isn’t only the spice of life, it also might add some years to your life. Natural High CrossFit is offering free crossfit classes on Saturday mornings.

Even after you have won a Calgary Stampede title two of the last three years, a rider is still nervous when they go into the working-cow horse finals at the Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth.

Okotoks martial arts students got some hands-on instruction from a former UFC world champion last week.

The Okotoks Dawgs hit a drought in Saskatchewan. The Dawgs, who have won the Western Division crown for each of their five seasons in Okotoks, are now fighting to stay in second place.

A lifelong passion for equine has translated to an Olympic dream realized for a DeWinton equestrian. Twenty-seven-year-old Pia Fortmuller is one of 19 riders from Equine Canada named to the Canadian Olympic Team.

The Okotoks Junior Raiders aren’t letting off the floor distractions get to them in the first round of the Alberta Junior A Lacrosse League playoffs. The Raiders staked themselves to a commanding 2-0 lead over the St.

The Foothills Stingrays Swim Club walked away from the long course provincials as the best in Alberta at its level.

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Nothing unites like sports. DeWinton brothers Bradley and Curtis Sylvestre had their first opportunity to play on the same team since their tyke ice hockey days this spring when they laced them up with the Slayers of the Calgary Roller Hockey League.