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An Okotoks curler isn’t going to Nova Scotia to enjoy the mussels and listen to bagpipes. Taylor Ardiel, 17, is focused on bringing home a gold medal as the third for Team Alberta at the Canada Winter Games in Halifax, Feb. 11-27.

Amidst another weekend of sub-par outings, the Okotoks Oilers got some good news from the Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL). Three Oilers were named finalists for the AJHL’s most prestigious awards on Feb. 11.

In most areas of life, you will be rewarded for hard work.

High River rocked, that was the response from the competitors in the Alberta men’s provincial curling championships last week.

A couple of guys actually helped shape the women’s team that will represent Alberta at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts this week.

The High Country Rockies like to learn from every one of their losses during the Midget hockey season.

It was a finish worthy of the hype. Defending Olympic gold-medalist Kevin Martin defeated last year’s world champion Kevin Koe 7-4 on Sunday afternoon and claimed the 2011 Boston Pizza Cup in High River.

The top four seeds at the 2011 Alberta Men's Curling Championship showed they deserved the ranking with their play on Wednesday. All four won their opening matches at the championships last night in High River after receiving an opening round bye.

The 2010 Olympic gold medalist won’t be suffering from an Olympic hangover when he comes out of the hack at the Alberta Men’s Curling Championship in High River this week.

Having clinched the South Division title following a win last Tuesday, it would appear the Okotoks Junior A Oilers are facing with some meaningless games down the stretch. Don’t tell that to Oilers coach James Poole, however.