Local Sports

The Holy Trinity Knights are way too young to have the Mel and Tim from 1969 in their Ipods.

The Okotoks Rodeo got started two decades ago the way a lot of goods things get going – with just a couple of friends chewing the fat while sharing some beverages. However, they almost got stuck with a $50,000 tab.

The Minto Cup is going back to Whitby for the first time since 1997. The Whitby Warriors defeated the defending champion Coquitlam Adanacs 12-7 in the third and deciding game of the best-out-of-three finals to win the Junior A Lacrosse Championship.

The Whitby Warriors avoided elimination at the Minto Cup with a narrow 5-4 victory over the Coquitlam Adanacs, sending the Junior A Lacrosse Championships to a winner-take-all game three Sunday night at Okotoks Centennial Arena.

The defending champions have drawn first blood in the Canadian Junior A lacrosse final. The Coquitlam Adanacs defeated the Whitby Warriors 12-9 Aug. 26 at the Centennial Arena to take a 1-0 lead in the best of three games final for the Minto Cup.

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

There’s nothing quite like representing your home province in a national tournament held on your home soil, an opportunity afforded to four foothills area rugby players.

Hundreds of Colts, Bulldogs, Eagles and other young football players gathered at Holy Trinity Academy on the weekend.

The new quarterback for the Holy Trinity Academy Knights will be taking his first snaps on a warm San Francisco night.

An Okotoks swimmer was in it for the long haul at the national swimming championships in Quebec in early August. Foothills Stingray Holly Johnson finished fifth in the 14-year-old girls 5,000m open swim at the Age Group Nationals in Montreal.