Local Sports

Now that the sizzle of the season is over, the Cochrane Generals were able to celebrate each other’s accomplishments at the hockey club’s annual awards dinner last Saturday.

The luck of the draw challenged the Rockyview Junior Ladies Silvertips right out of the gate last weekend – squaring off against the top teams in their league for their first two games of the year.

Cochrane will be well represented at McMahon Stadium next month when Alberta’s best high school footballers take to the field for this spring’s Senior Bowl.

A group of Bow Valley Grizzlies supporters are moving from the sidelines to the front lines after christening a new women’s rugby squad in Cochrane this season.

Jedediah Heal is not only an enthusiastic fan of the sport of Ultimate – he is spearheading a movement to see the sport played at his high school after he’s gone.

Ron Sullivan was first exposed to archery when he thought it would make a good sport for his young daughter to try.

A trio of rock stars are getting set to host three days of clinics as part of the opening week push out of the hack at the new Phillips Curling Centre.

While Matt Roberts tried to solve his nagging back pain issues in 2014, the young boxer never imagined the chronic ache was actually a symptom of testicular cancer ravaging his insides.

James McKeage would rather talk about the Cochrane Cowboys’ accomplishments at wrestling nationals last weekend than winning a lifetime achievement award for his more than a quarter century of coaching.

A Cochrane tween has hauled home some major hardware after competing at gymnastics provincials last weekend in Fort McMurray.