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Penton: Canada: Small population, big medal haul
Sports The Oyen Echo 8/19/24 Sports The Oyen Echo 8/19/24

Penton: Canada: Small population, big medal haul

It’s no surprise that the world’s athletic powers, the United States and China, stood atop the medal standings when the Paris Olympic Games concluded Aug. 11.

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Penton: Scheffler’s Olympic gold ends all POY arguments
Sports The Oyen Echo 8/12/24 Sports The Oyen Echo 8/12/24

Penton: Scheffler’s Olympic gold ends all POY arguments

After Xander Schauffele won the Open championship at Troon for his second major championship of 2024, the major conversation among golf insiders was about PGA Tour Player of the Year.

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SPORTS TALK: Olympics more about controversy than athletes and medals
Sports The Oyen Echo 8/12/24 Sports The Oyen Echo 8/12/24

SPORTS TALK: Olympics more about controversy than athletes and medals

The Olympics are never short on controversy and scandal, and Paris has been no different so far.

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Getting down and dirty in Cereal!
Arts & Culture, Sports The Oyen Echo 8/6/24 Arts & Culture, Sports The Oyen Echo 8/6/24

Getting down and dirty in Cereal!

The annual Cereal Mud Bog was held on a rainy and cool July 27, but that didn’t stop almost 500 spectators and 32 trucks from participating.

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Penton: Canada’s athletic reputation stained once again
Sports The Oyen Echo 8/5/24 Sports The Oyen Echo 8/5/24

Penton: Canada’s athletic reputation stained once again

Canada, primarily because of our comparatively small population, is not one of the heavyweights in the global sports picture, unless we’re talking about hockey, where we dominate.

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SPORTS TALK: Olympics are never without controversy
Sports The Oyen Echo 8/5/24 Sports The Oyen Echo 8/5/24

SPORTS TALK: Olympics are never without controversy

The Olympics are never short on controversy and scandal, and Paris was no different. From opening ceremony shenanigans to polluted water, drone-spying and hijab bans…

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FERTILE VALLEY CHAMPIONS!
Sports The Oyen Echo 7/30/24 Sports The Oyen Echo 7/30/24

FERTILE VALLEY CHAMPIONS!

The Oyen Eagles are the champions of the FVBL after defeating the Kindersley Stallions in two straight games.

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ALL IN THE FAMILY!
Sports The Oyen Echo 7/30/24 Sports The Oyen Echo 7/30/24

ALL IN THE FAMILY!

One of the events at the Big Country Agricultural Society’s Summer Rodeo in Oyen July 13 was Dummy Roping.

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SPORTS TALK: Lloydminster games could be a stepping stone for bigger things
Sports The Oyen Echo 7/29/24 Sports The Oyen Echo 7/29/24

SPORTS TALK: Lloydminster games could be a stepping stone for bigger things

The Saskatchewan Summer Games came and went in the Border City. The summer games haven’t been held since 2016, and the previous games in 2020 were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Penton: Paul Skenes MLB’s newest pitching sensation
Sports The Oyen Echo 7/29/24 Sports The Oyen Echo 7/29/24

Penton: Paul Skenes MLB’s newest pitching sensation

Baseball fans who happen to be Baby Boomers will likely recall the hysteria surrounding pitcher Mark (The Bird) Fidrych in 1976.

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Empress Bindloss Agricultural Society Summerspiel
Sports The Oyen Echo 7/29/24 Sports The Oyen Echo 7/29/24

Empress Bindloss Agricultural Society Summerspiel

Winners of the A event. Andrew Grudecki, Tom Rafa,  Dan Grudecki, Tyson Rafa.

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Shirley McClellan Aquatic Centre Report
Arts & Culture, Sports The Oyen Echo 7/29/24 Arts & Culture, Sports The Oyen Echo 7/29/24

Shirley McClellan Aquatic Centre Report

Another season at the swimming pool and it’s hard to believe we are over half way through already.  We started off the year on June 10th, a bit later than most years.

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Neutral Hill AAA Wranglers in Provincial Championships
Sports The Oyen Echo 7/23/24 Sports The Oyen Echo 7/23/24

Neutral Hill AAA Wranglers in Provincial Championships

Neutral Hill AAA Wranglers compete in Baseball Alberta Provincial Championships in Fort McMurry. Good luck!

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Penton: McIntosh-Ledecky clash would be Olympic highlight
Sports The Oyen Echo 7/22/24 Sports The Oyen Echo 7/22/24

Penton: McIntosh-Ledecky clash would be Olympic highlight

What has the potential to be the most dramatic head-to-head competition at the Paris Olympics might not happen.

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SPORTS TALK: Jays caught in the quicksand that is the American League East
Sports The Oyen Echo 7/22/24 Sports The Oyen Echo 7/22/24

SPORTS TALK: Jays caught in the quicksand that is the American League East

The modest goal for any baseball fan base starts with the overused yet admirable aim for their team to get in a position to play meaningful September baseball.

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Penton: McIlroy dealing with ‘major’ scar tissue
Sports The Oyen Echo 7/1/24 Sports The Oyen Echo 7/1/24

Penton: McIlroy dealing with ‘major’ scar tissue

Professional golfers don’t like to use the word ‘choke’, but how else to explain what Rory McIlroy did to hand the 2024 U.S.Open championship to Bryson DeChambeau?

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SPORTS TALK: Oilers remarkable run ends in heartbreak
Sports The Oyen Echo 7/1/24 Sports The Oyen Echo 7/1/24

SPORTS TALK: Oilers remarkable run ends in heartbreak

Over the last two months, a love affair developed between hockey fans coast to coast and the Edmonton Oilers.

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