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A Foothills minor hockey organization and High River-based high school have formed an unlikely affiliation.

Newcomers dominated the World Professional Chuckwagon Association run-off last weekend, meaning a veteran driver is on the outside looking in.

A new football league will likely take the intensity of the rivalry between Okotoks’ two high school football programs to a whole new level.

Three touchdowns by Ryder Stone catapulted Holy Trinity Academy to a convincing 40-2 win over the Springbank Phoenix in the Knights’ home opener on Sept. 10.

Defence used to be the calling card for Okotoks’ senior rugby squad, now it’s costing them crucial late season games.

In just his second full season in the Foothills Cowboy Association an Okotoks bull rider has staked his claim to being one of the top amateur bull riders in Alberta.

Many coaches have said you learn more from losing, if that is the case the Foothills Falcons have learned some valuable lessons over the past two weeks.

If anything a two-game sweep of the High River Flyers in exhibition play last weekend proved cracking the Okotoks Bisons’ roster will be a trying feat for the rookies in camp.

After a transitional off-season, the Calgary Canucks are looking to get out of the South Division’s basement and back into a playoff position in the Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL).

The Okotoks Oilers have a new man on the bench this season, but the newest member of the coaching staff is far from an unknown commodity.