Local Sports

After a heartbreaker of a loss in the league championship last week, the Cochrane Generals are focusing on a fresh start as they take to the ice again for the Hockey Alberta provincials.

Cochrane High School basketball coach Randy Peron is living proof of his mantra that hard work is a defining factor of success after being named to Team Alberta’s sideline staff for the fifth time.

The Cochrane Generals will give it everything they’ve got at tonight’s all-or-nothing Game 4 in Red Deer as they continue their quest for the Heritage Junior Hockey League championship.

Mixed martial arts fighter Jesse Arnett has learned to roll with the punches.

A piece of Cochrane technology is on board one of the wildest and wettest sport sailing yachts on the planet, after a local company has partnered for a second year in a row with the current holder of the prestigious America’s Cup.

After playing four games in 24 hours, heart and hustle put the Cochrane Rangers U18 team in position to procure the provincial soccer gold medal last weekend, said their longtime coach and leader.

All are remembered … those gone and left behind. Those words are written on the back of a meaningful artpiece created by Cochrane artist Heidi Smyth to honour and support parents who have unexpectedly lost a child.

Cochrane’s swim programs are ready to drown out their current waiting lists and create the robust aquatic community they have dreamed about when the new pool opens this summer.

The Cochrane Generals are challenging businesses to “Meet It or Beat It” as they celebrate their strong season and prepare for provincials.

Dedicated coach and father Jeff Bosch wasn’t going to let a little distance get between him and the Cochrane Cobras basketball team’s zone championship game last weekend … so he found a way to be courtside – live – from more than 10,000 kilometres aw