Drumheller Titans Noah Lowther and Cole Suntjens participated in the U16 Summer Games 2023 in football. They attended a spring selection camp along with three other Drumheller players.
Noah was selected to be on the Calgary Metro Colts team and Cole on the Calgary Metro Dinos. Selection camp was inside the Encana Dome at Shouldice Field in Calgary.
There were eight Alberta football teams (three Calgary, three Edmonton, one Central Alberta, one South). Each team played three games, two prior to the games, and one at the games.
There were 14 different sports at the Summer Games (athletics - track and field/cross country/road running, baseball, basketball, canoe/kayak, BMX, mnt bike, football, lacrosse, rugby, soccer, softball, swimming, triathlon, beach volleyball).
Nearly 3000 athletes (aged 11-17) participated in their sporting events and attended the opening ceremonies, stayed in gyms with their teammates in schools throughout Okotoks, and were bussed to the Okotoks Rec Centre for meals. There were activities planned for them to do when not playing. The sporting events took place throughout Okotoks and Diamond Valley. It was run similarly to the Olympic games.
Expected attendance was over 6500 people with parents and participants.

Construction work on the Willow Estates, Midland, and North Drumheller Grove Plaza berms is wrapping up, and the design team and engineers are preparing to conduct final walkthroughs and inspections in the coming week.
While work is finishing on these projects, it is beginning to move forward on the downtown berm project, with a major focus on completing work along the portion of the berm which encompasses the Centennial Park area.
“Our contractor for the downtown berm (Wilco Contractors Southwest Inc.) got started just after Canada Day,” shares project director Deighen Blakely.
Pathways within the construction area within Centennial Park have been closed to pedestrian traffic. Due to the impact and disruption these closures have had, work is being focused in this area and Ms. Blakely is hopeful this portion of the project can be completed this year.
There is an anticipated closure of Riverside Drive in August to allow contractors to work on a retaining wall, which will run along a portion of the roadway.
While the road right-of-way will be permanently closed, Riverside Drive itself will remain open to traffic, though will be narrowed slightly between 3 Avenue East and 3 Street East to accommodate the footprint of the berm.
Riprap work will also be completed on the river side of the berm, though Ms. Blakely notes there are still pending approvals for this from Fisheries and Oceans Canada.
While this work is moving forward as expected, there are some delays on the first phase of the East Coulee berm due to bird nesting in the area of construction. Teams are currently monitoring the area and, once the birds have cleared their nests and moved on from this area, it is expected construction work will begin.