Local Sports

It was déjŕ vu for an Okotoks rink in the A final of the second leg of the Ladies Triple Crown.

Okotoks’ King of the Mat found out his kingdom isn’t of Olympic proportions. Reid Watkins, a Grade 12 student at Holy Trinity Academy, went undefeated at Stu Hart’s King of the Mat tournament in Burnaby, B.C. on Jan. 6-7.

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.