A Drumheller Titan is getting ready for his team’s run at provincials, but he also has an eye on showcasing his skills representing Alberta.
Teagan Watson, 16, has been selected to play at the Alberta vs BC Showcase and Camp and Game.
Teagan learned he was selected on November 2. A team of selected players will be heading to Langley from December 18-21 for a camp to showcase their skills, culminating in a provincial game.
For the Titans, Teagan plays halfback and running back. For the Alberta Team, he was selected as a halfback.
“I was kind of surprised, honestly. I kind of forgot about it because it took so long to reach out to me,” he said. “I was like wow, it’s so crazy.”
The tryouts were in Airdrie last summer. From there, he was selected to a team, and he played in Red Deer.
Teagan has been playing through the Drumheller Community Football organization since Grade 5 as a Terrapin, and now for the Senior Titans.
The camp and game will be a chance to showcase his skills in front of scouts. He hopes to play at the post-secondary level when he completes his high school career. There may be some more opportunities to get seen this summer.

Kneehill County ran an online and social media campaign over the summer to help attract more local tourism to the region, and more visitors to their website, in a bid to promote the region as a local tourism destination.
The Explore Kneehill campaign, which ran between June and August and managed by Calgary-based marketing and web agency nonfiction studios, was a Kneehill Regional Partnership initiative led by Kneehill County with the goals to grow awareness and develop sustainable tourism to the region, promote local businesses through authentic experiences, and increase website traffic.
Explore Kneehill employed a number of tactics to promote the county’s attractions and draw tourism to the region.
Parking attendants who were on-site at Horseshoe Canyon for the pay parking pilot received training to better assist visitors looking to explore other attractions. QR signage was also installed at the canyon and generated some 300 page views to the Kneehill County website.
To gather more photos of the region, Explore Kneehill also employed a professional photographer who captured 60 photos of communities throughout the region, and a social media photo contest which helped get local residents involved also garnered an additional 70 photos. These photos will be used in future marketing and social media campaigns.
Calgary-based social media influencer and writer Leigh McAdam was also sent on a tour of Kneehill County. She shared her experience visiting Orkney View Point and Dry Island Buffalo Jump along with the small-town hospitality at various Kneehill County locales with her over 61,000 followers on her HikeBikeTravel destination and travel blog.
Overall, the campaign helped drive website traffic up 864 per cent-from a total of 3,166 page views in 2020 to over 30,000 page views in 2021. Kneehill County social media also saw significant increases, at over 900 per cent on Facebook and 1,800 per cent on Instagram; a majority of followers were female, and 26 per cent were from Calgary.
Economic Development officer Jacqueline Buchanan shared with council the total budget for the campaign was some $45,000, with the majority of the budget spent between May and September; the county received $15,000 from TravelAlberta funding and some $7,500 from municipal partner contributions.
Council accepted the presentation as information; the Explore Kneehill campaign will be brought back to council for consideration in the 2022 budget.