Local Sports

Monday, October 7th

Major League Baseball
American League
Division Series
Detroit 3 Cleveland 0
(best of 5 series tied 1-1)
Kansas City 4 New York 2
(series tied 1-1)

NFL
Kansas City 26 New Orleans 13

Tuesday, October 8th

SWAC held their annual cross country meet on October 2nd in Fox Valley.

Over 200 runners participated in 10 categories of the event. 

There will be 22 local runners advancing to the SHSAA Provincial Championship on October 12th in Dixon Hills. 

Here are the top finishes in the different categories:

PEE WEE BOYS

Parker Schmaltz - Fox Valley

Wyatt Hassett - Irwin

Jude Hegglin - Fairview

PEE WEE GIRLS

Breanna Kropuis - Ponteix

Bobbi Deobald - Fairview

The Swift Current Home Hardware Legionnaires swept both male U18 AAA hockey games in Tisdale over the weekend.

Wesley Olson had 4 points as they won 5-3 on Saturday, while Mason Fauser scored twice including the overtime winner in a 4-3 win Sunday. 

Evan Hutcheon and Cade Mitchell each had one of the wins in goal.

It was a statement weekend for the Swift Current Innovation Federal Credit Union Wildcats.

They opened the home portion of the regular season female U18 AAA schedule against the perennial contenders from Saskatoon.

It was a Stars teams with some new faces, but one that only lost twice in regulation all of last season. Swift Current not only beat them 2-1 on Saturday but played right with them in a tightly contested 3-1 loss on Sunday.

The Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) announced their weekly award winners on Monday, with one member of the Humboldt Broncos recognized.  

Jacob Strizzi was named the Bourgault Forward of the Week.  

He had 5 PTS (4G-1A) throughout three games last week. 

The Sait Trojans were welcomed to the Viking Rentals Centre with a great turnout of young ladies in attendance watching the Trojans down the Medicine Hat Rattlers 1-0 on Sunday (Oct. 6).

The Trojans came to Okotoks to play in part with their Women's Hockey Showdown Exhibition series.

Kaylin Schellenberg who has been on the Trojans since the 2018-2019 season played in her first game of the 2024-2025 season, picking up a shutout with 24 saves. The final shot count was 36-24 in favour of the Trojans.

There was no shortage of Foothills-area athletes at the Canadian Finals Rodeo (CFR) held in Edmonton from October 2-5.

One highlight was Longview's Bradi Whiteside taking the All Around Cowgirl title after strong showings in both barrel racing and breakaway roping, taking $66,215.15 from both events combined.

Here's the breakdown of the performances from the athletes representing the Foothills and surrounding areas:

Barrel Racing

Bradi Whiteside landed in the top five in three of the rounds, taking the day money in the third.

The Carstar Okotoks Bisons continue to stampede through their opponents, having strung together four wins in a row after coming away with two wins on the weekend.

The Herd started their first road trip of the season when they headed to Didsbury to take on the Mountainview Colts on Friday (Oct. 4).

The Cochrane Chaos junior female hockey team had a key win early in the season against a north division rival over the weekend.

The Chaos remain undefeated in their first three games and are on top of the AJFHL south division.

The Chaos beat the Edmonton Wolves, 4-1, at home on Oct. 5. They capped off the weekend with a 5-1 win against the Foothills Storm.

Cochrane held a 2-0 lead until the 15:66 mark of the second when Bridgette Hetu scored the Wolves' lone goal.

The High River Flyers have yet to register a win during the 2024-2025 HJHL season.

They're 0-5-1 so far after losing to the Airdrie Techmation Thunder on Friday (Oct. 4) and then falling to the Coaldale Copperheads on Saturday.

The Flyers have still yet to play a home game this season due to renovations at Bob Snodgrass Rec Plex.

Friday's game saw the Flyers get on the board with goals but the Thunder came out on top. Lucas Gough opened up the scoring for the Flyers with Isaac Cayetano and Owen Grant getting the helpers.