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For confirmation the Okotoks Oilers’ back end was the backbone of the team look no further than the honourees of the Alberta Junior Hockey League team’s year-end awards.

In a championship game an Okotoks resident rose to the occasion with a rising tipped deflection to net a series-winning goal past a seemingly unbeatable goaltender.

The Okotoks Bisons’ homegrown starting goaltender is eager for a smoother ride in his second trip through the Junior B provincials.

A former Calgary Stampede champion from Black Diamond may be heading down to the Cayman Islands to invest in his future.

Opposing coaches aren’t seeing double when they watch the Foothills Falcons crash the boards this basketball season. They also better get used to it because identical twins Madie and Kalli Turbach are only in Grade 10.

The Oilfields Drillers ended their season on a positive note by winning their last two games at the 2A provincial Senior girls basketball championships.

There’s nothing like a solid team performance to cheer a team up. The Foothills Falcons cheerleading team finished third at the provincial big squad championship at Brooks Composite high school on March 2- 3 in Brooks.

An Okotoks family thought they were just helping out the community when they volunteered to take in a stray Dawg two years ago.

The Okotoks Midget AA Oilers are bringing home a nice keepsake from a quick jaunt to Slave Lake. The Oilers won the provincial gold medal in the Minor AA division with a 4-1 victory over the Barrhead Steelers, March 18 in Slave Lake.

The Foothills Falcons girls’ basketball team squared off against some of the most elite teams in the province and upped their rankings in the process.