Local Sports

For hockey teams like the Cochrane Generals, the cost of winning can be high – and they need to get creative in order to cover the soaring price of their success.

The Cochrane Generals are moving past Tuesday’s performance in Game 1 of the Heritage Junior Hockey League final series and focusing on trying to make up for the loss this weekend.

While tens of thousands of people grunt and grip their way through the CrossFit Open, a handful of Cochrane athletes are also supporting each other like family - both figuratively and literally - as they power through their own punishing workouts.

The Cochrane Cobras junior varsity basketball boys clawed back from a 19-point deficit to choke out their competition and take the zone championships last weekend.

The Cochrane Rockies fought their way to a silver medal at the U16A Ringette Alberta provincial championships last weekend. “Winning a medal wasn’t an expectation in mind.

Goat yoga is here. “I’m pretty excited about goat yoga,” said Annalise Coles, an instructor at The Green Lotus Yoga in Cochrane. “Every friend that I know was sending me all the YouTube videos, so I thought, ‘People want this.

Knowledge is power – especially when it comes to the treatment of concussions, says a group of Cochrane sports physiotherapists.

A few months ago, a collection of Cochrane and area girls came together for the first time, knowing virtually nothing about each other except that they had one thing in common: a love of ringette and a desire to win.

The Cochrane High School junior boys basketball team’s camaraderie gave them the edge last weekend as they dominated the court to earn the Rocky View Sports Association divisional banner.

Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Cochrane and Area is hoping people will spare some time – and some cash – for a good cause later this month at its annual charity bowling event.