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On the same weekend the Brooks Bandits earned their first Alberta Junior Hockey League title, the Okotoks Oilers took their first major steps of the offseason to remedy the franchise’s championship drought.

An Okotoks multi-sport athlete is accumulating a bushel full of frequent flyer miles as part of the national team for a future Summer Olympic sport.

It finally happened. After three years Okotoks wrestler Reid Watkins found himself in a hold he just couldn’t avoid or get out of, however, he didn’t try that hard.

It didn’t matter how hard some foothills area women fell on their keisters over the weekend, they just kept rolling along.

The famed green jacket has been given out in Georgia, which means in the foothills it’s time for golfers to don a sweater, grab their clubs and start the golf season. Several golf courses in the foothills have opened or plan to open later this week.

An Okotoks wrestler has won his third consecutive national championship. Reid Watkins, 17, pinned Pavanvir Dulai from Ontario in the 76kg Juvenile Men's final at the Canadian championships in Fredericton, New Brunswick on April 13.

Some foothills area athletes were totally tapped out after competing in a jiu-jitsu tournament. However, they can’t wait to get back on the mat in the near future.

It didn’t matter if a Foothills Composite High School graduate was working on his family farm, welding in the school’s shop or scoring the winning goal for the SAIT Trojans, Jon Malin always liked working with his hands.

The High River Agricultural Society has approximately $8,000 more this year for its chuckwagon races, but that money will be gone quicker than Mark Sutherland or Jason Glass turning a barrel.

Around 100 more players will be hitting the pitch this year for Okotoks Minor Soccer, but tweens are still needed to fill some spots. Minor sports are busy accepting players for the spring and summer season.