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An Okotoks high school boys basketball squad was two minutes away from winning its home tournament before its opponents from Medicine Hat put on a clinic in late game execution.

The Okotoks Bisons sent a clear message to the Cochrane Generals — the South Division title is going to go through Big Rock Country. The Bisons rumbled to a 6-1 romp of the Generals, Jan.

With 17 games to go in the regular season, fans of the Okotoks Oilers finally have the opportunity to cheer for a hometown kid.

A ballplayer has to have plenty of true grit to promote a t-shirt stating he sucks. Okotoks Dawg Austin Voros is the team’s 2011 True Grit Award winner.

Members of Okotoks’ Mountain Shadows gymnastics club were mentally zoned in at a qualifying meet for the Alberta Winter Games.

The Okotoks Curling Club is making a bid to host Alberta’s best at the roaring game. Club officials reviewed its proposed budget on Jan.

A fruitful three games in three nights set has the Okotoks Oilers in hot pursuit of a top two-position in the standings. The Oilers took five of six points on the weekend, recording a 3-2 shootout win at home over the Camrose Kodiaks on Jan.

It wasn ' t pretty, but the Okotoks Bisons kicked off their 2012 schedule by maintaining their defining attribute of the season; finding ways to win games.

Two newly-formed rinks competing at their first bonspiel made it all the way to the A final in the first leg of the Ladies Triple Crown, with an Okotoks Curling Club rink settling for a second place finish.

By Bruce Campbell Sports Editor The executive director of the Okotoks Dawgs brings the same passion to baseball as he does to the courtroom so it was only fitting he was named the 24th most influential Canadian in baseball on the same day he was sele