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It cost him $500 but an Okotoks barn hand will argue it was the best $500 he has ever lost and it has been paid back dozens of times over.

You never know what or who you are going to find when you visit Seaman Stadium. Sure, you will always find an atmosphere that makes Seaman Stadium as quaint as Wrigley field, but last week Okotoks’ ball park offered more.

The results in the ladies barrel racing at the Morris Rodeo in Manitoba read like a who’s who in the sport from the Foothills. The top four at the Morris Rodeo on July 21-24 came from Okotoks, Black Diamond, Okotoks and Longview respectively.

A tight-to-the-bleachers infield brings you right on top of the action, making the 15th Annual Millarville Rodeo coming August 5-7, one of the very best in Alberta for spectators.

It’s getting close to playoff time but there is much yet to be decided in the Western Major Baseball League playoff race.

Yes, Hawker there is a Santa Claus, even in the middle of July. Okotoks Dawgs fans’ favourite vendor, Darcy “Hawker” Fairbourn received a pair of skis from St. Nick and the fans in Section 100 at Seaman Stadium earlier this month.

It’s been a busy month for one of the Dawgs’ homegrown prospects.

An Okotoks wrestler is in Big Sky Country for a little R & R before taking off for the biggest tournament of his life. “I’m heading down to Montana for a little break,” said 17-year-old Reid Watkins last week.

The Okotoks Ice’s title hopes have melted away. The Junior B Tier II squad bowed out in the second round of the Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League playoffs in a dramatic two-game, total goal set with the Medicine Hat Sun Devils on July 16-17.

It wasn’t easy but the Raiders are moving on. The Okotoks Junior A Raiders advanced to the Alberta Junior A Lacrosse finals with a three games to one series victory over the St. Albert Miners and will now await the winner of the Edmonton Eclipse v.