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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.

The Okotoks Junior A Raiders left it late, but snatched a come-from-behind 9-6 victory over the Edmonton Eclipse at the Minto Cup, Aug. 21 at Centennial Arena.

In a battle of prohibitive tournament favourites the Coquitlam Adanacs established themselves as the team to beat at the 2011 Minto Cup after a 14-8 rout of the Whitby Warriors.

An Okotoks Junior A Raider doesn’t rub it in to dad he is playing in his second consecutive Minto Cup while the older guy never made it despite being one of the top Junior A lacrosse players in Ontario in the 1970s.

The Okotoks Midget Black Dawgs’ national championship might have been derailed by a bad bounce.

A lacrosse mom was sitting right dab in the centre of the stands when the Okotoks Raiders played the Edmonton Eclipse on Aug. 12 in Crossfield.

Okotoks was selected to host the first hockey camp in Alberta for an organization which stresses a holistic approach to developing the player – ensuring growth mentally, physically and spiritually.

It’s one of the sure signs summer in Okotoks is coming to an end. The Okotoks Oilers begin their main camp on Friday.

For the head coach and general manager of Okotoks’ Junior A hockey team, choosing his captain for the 2011-12 season was no small matter, but picking the right man for the job was a no-brainer.