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Don’t let the mussed up hair and the guy in the corner with the cowboy boots fool you this weekend –history has proven the Barnert family is a winning combination at the high school wrestling championship.

The Okotoks Oilers’ second round playoff series will not be for the faint of heart.

Trying to pick a winner among the three top teams in the Foothills Athletic Council Senior girls basketball tournament this weekend is like a shell game — just when you think you have things figured out, the shell moves.

If you are going to drive seven hours for just one four-minute wrestling match, you might as well make it worth your while.

Some Renegades from Okotoks have made a splash in the Sunshine State.

It’s only fitting the Heritage Junior Hockey League semifinal series will feature the top two teams in the South Division and the winners of three of the last four league championships. Fresh off a sweep of the Coaldale Copperheads completed on Feb.

The Foothills Stingrays saved one of its best performances of the season for one of Canada’s most prominent meets with several members setting new personal bests.

There’s nothing quite like a victory over the top-team in the league to put an exclamation point on a successful regular season and make a statement prior to the playoffs.

The Okotoks Oilers withstood opportunistic goal scoring and terrific goaltending from their opponents to sweep the Drumheller Dragons 3-0 in the best-out-of-five South Division quarterfinal playoff series.

In a move that could please husbands across the foothills plans are in place to establish a new ladies football team in the region.