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It didn’t matter whether the Foothills Lions’ final try was a game winner or just some insurance points on Friday night.

The Okotoks Raiders are being tested in the Alberta Junior A Lacrosse championship.

A Turner Valley cyclist is going to hit the dusty trail as well as the open road this week in British Columbia.

There’s nothing like a hornet’s sting to put a damper on a great summer. Let alone being stung twice. The Foothills Lions lost only two games all season in Calgary boys U-17 rugby action and both of them were to the Calgary Hornets.

Some Okotoks Outlaws are hoping for a better haul compared to their last venture to the Western Canadian Baseball championships. This year, they are a bit older, wiser and won’t be awed by the pitching at the national-level tournament.

The Okotoks Dawgs will play for their fourth title in five years starting tonight in Regina after beating the Medicine Hat Mavericks in a thriller Monday night that made the Transformers movies look like Mary Poppins.

The Okotoks Dawgs weren’t able to put the Medicine Hat Mavericks away in the Western Major Baseball League semifinal playoffs. The Mavericks won Game 3 Sunday night 8-1 in Medicine Hat. The Dawgs still lead the best of five games series 2-1.

The Okotoks Dawgs are one win away from going to the Western Major Baseball League finals for the fourth time in five years. The Dawgs swept the first two games of their best of five games semifinal with the Medicine Hat Mavericks on the weekend.

There was no shortage of offense in the opening game of the Western Major Baseball League final as the Dawgs knocked out 17 hits on their way to a 13-5 win over Medicine Hat Mavericks on Friday at Seaman Stadium.

The Okotoks Dawgs have set their pitching rotation for their upcoming Western Major Baseball League semifinal playoff series against the Medicine Hat Mavericks. The Dawgs' starting rotation for the Best of five series is: Aug.