Local Sports

For the past four years a minor inconvenience has prevented me from participating in a foothills tradition — the Big Rock Runners Sheep River Road Race on Labour Day. That minor inconvenience is my job.

Prince Philip likely never imagined when he started promoting the combined driving event it result in a Gladys Ridge woman sitting in the back of a carriage trying to keep balance while giving the driver direction on the Labour Day weekend.

The Okotoks Raiders proved they can compete with the best Ontario has to offer. They were eliminated from the Minto Cup when they were beaten 8-4 by the eventual national champions, the Whitby Warriors, in the semifinal game Aug.

The Okotoks Pro Rodeos have provided plenty of memories over the past 20 years. Here are some of the memories of a few of the top rodeo athletes over the past two decades.

The Okotoks Raiders' brass is hopeful hosting the Minto Cup will not only raise the team's profile in the lacrosse community but also set them up as a destination organization for some of the country's best young athletes.

The biggest off-season acquisition for Okotoks' Junior A hockey club is ecstatic to be an Oiler, after all, he wanted to come play for the AJHL franchise.

The Minto Cup is going back to Whitby for the first time since 1997.

Lacrosse in Okotoks last weekend wasn’t confined to just Centennial Arena, as young athletes from Edmonton to Saskatoon descended upon the foothills for the tri-provincial field lacrosse tournament.

An Okotoks wrestler who rarely loses is hungry to get back to international competition after being beaten twice at the World championships.

In a battle for first place in the Calgary Rugby Men’s Tier III the Foothills Lions let one slip away.