Local Sports

The Cochrane High Cobras football team has won the Rocky View Sports Association (RVSA) Division 3 Championship, and will represent Cochrane in the Tier 3 provincial tournament after a 51-0 victory over the cross town rival Bow Valley Bobcats on Nov.

Hometown boy and Kelowna Rockets forward Dillon Dubč has been named captain of Team WHL (Western Hockey League) ahead of the CIBC Canada-Russia Series taking place Nov. 6 through to Nov. 16.

Registration is new open for the annual Kimmett Cup Memorial Pond Hockey Tournament taking place Jan. 19-21 at Mitford Pond. Seven out of the possible 56 teams have already registered for the event.

The Bow Valley Midget AA Timberwolves are atop the North Conference standings with an 8-2 record, after a 7-4 victory over the West Central Tigers on Oct. 27.

Hometown boy and Kelowna Rockets forward Dillon Dubč has been named captain of Team WHL (Western Hockey League) ahead of the CIBC Canada-Russia Series taking place Nov. 6 through to Nov. 16.

The Cochrane Generals snapped a four-game losing streak with a convincing 9-3 road win over the Coaldale Copperheads on Oct. 28.

Winner is in and the loser goes home. That’s how the Cochrane Cobras and Bow Valley Bobcats football playoff match up is set the shake out at Spray Lake Sawmills Legacy Field on Nov. 4.

The Cochrane Chaos women’s junior hockey team has now won back-to-back games after a 5-2 victory over the winless Lethbridge Eagles on Oct. 29 at the Nicholas Sheran Ice Centre in Lethbridge.

The Airdrie-Cochrane (AC) Avalanche had a pair of home games on Oct. 28 and Oct 29 when they hosted the CRAA Gold Royals and the NWCAA Stampeders in Alberta Minor Midget AAA Hockey League (AMMHL) action. On Oct.

The Cochrane Generals have lost four straight games after another pair of weekend losses on Oct. 20 and 21. The Gens closed out their six-game home stand, in which the team went 3-3 in the process including a 5-3 loss to the Mountainview Colts.