Local Sports

A foothills area resident will have a birds’ eye view when the 36 drivers race around the track at the North American Chuckwagon championships this week in High River.

There will be plenty of people heading down the highway looking for adventure for the 25th consecutive year this weekend near Longview.

When the starting gun goes for the 25th annual Kananaskis 100-mile relay in Longview June 25, Okotoks will once again be well represented. At least one team from the Big Rock Runners has competed in the 10-person relay race for the past 24 years.

For the first time in their history, the Calgary Roughnecks are under different ownership.

The future looks bright for the Foothills Composite High School’s Athletes of the Year, even if they never pin an opponent, throw a football or make another lay-up again.

fi It takes a coach’s eye to notice the little things that helped shape a successful high school sports program.

Staring at a potential third loss in four games, the Okotoks Dawgs had to create their own luck. Fortunately, they came through when it mattered the most.

Two Foothills area chuckwagon drivers sit comfortably in the top 10 of the World Professional Chuckwagon Association standings after the Medicine Hat Stampede last week.

A Blackie cowboy can’t be tied down in one spot for long during the Foothills Cowboy Association (FCA) rodeo season.

Alberta’s representatives at the Football Canada Cup will have a distinctly local feel at the July tournament in Lethbridge.