Local Sports

An Okotoks wrestler is the King of the Mat. Reid Watkins had a perfect 6-0 record at 74kg for Team Alberta en route to winning the Stu Hart King of the Mat tournament in Milton, ON, on Jan. 8.

The guest speaker at the fourth annual Okotoks Dawgs Awards Banquet has words of inspiration by a Nobel Peace prize winner posted on his website, but they are from an unexpected source.

For Brad Banister, the Calgary Roughnecks have been a labour of love, but all good things must come to an end. Banister, a resident of Okotoks, announced his plans to sell the National Lacrosse League (NLL) franchise on Jan. 5.

Heartbreaking losses are an equal opportunity thing. There is no bias, if you lose a big game in a big tournament it still hurts regardless of gender.

The Holy Trinity Academy Knights Senior boys basketball team has been perfect in league play thus far and they are hoping to carry that momentum into their home tournament.

Sport Shorts Coming off of the Christmas break, it will be a busy week for the Okotoks sports scene. Following is some of the action in the foothills area.

The bowl was only half full for the Foothills Falcons at a basketball tournament hosted by the number one Senior boys team in the province.

The Okotoks Oilers’ head coach is probably going to be busier at the Mac’s hockey tournament this year than when he won the darn thing.

A few Okotoks area hockey players got their first experience with Russian hockey last week and it proved to be a difficult lesson. Although the Foothills UFA Midget AAA Bisons were beaten 7-3 by Severstal on Dec.

Two of the best curling rinks in the world are coming to the foothills.