Local Sports

Cochrane’s Cody Matechuk battled his way back from sixth place at the 2017 X Games last weekend to earn a bronze medal in the inaugural men’s Snow BikeCross. “It was insane the whole time,” said the 22-year-old athlete.

The Bantam Rockies Tier 6 team took to the ice last weekend in Coaldale and came home with a gold medal.

The Cochrane Soccer Club is growing – and it is looking for more players to kick the ball around with. The CSC was formed in 2015 and currently has one women’s over 40 team and two men’s teams: 35-plus, and an open team in which any age can play.

Picture it: 2008. The Cochrane Generals are preparing for the first round of the Heritage Junior Hockey League playoffs against the Claresholm Storm.

Cochrane hockey players got some premier practice time last night with a trio of champions ahead of an upcoming tough tournament.

Four-year-old Nate Chapin dazzled a dressing room of champion hockey players last week – all who wanted a chance to meet the little boy with cystic fibrosis and let him know that he was the inspiration to do their best on the ice.

The Cochrane Generals hockey team is back in action this weekend. After a two-week holiday hiatus, the Gens will sharpen their skates for the first game of 2017 on Friday against the Strathmore Wheatland Kings.

A girls’ school in Afghanistan will receive a refurbished volleyball court, thanks to a group of generous Cochranites who bundled up and bustled along the Bow River last weekend in support of females in sport.

The cool and hip X Games will feature snow bike racing for the first time this year – and Cochranite Cody Matechuk will be front and centre for the action.

When winter hits, many Alberta families travel to warmer weather for warmth and relaxation.