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Last weekend’s Cochrane Classic Ringette Tournament showed off the best the sport has to offer, both on and off the ice. “The kids always really enjoy the tournaments,” said Laurie Smith, manager of the U14B XLR8 team and mom to player Madison Smith.

The 2017 Kimmett Cup is still a couple of months away, but it’s already breaking records – with more teams taking part than ever before and the addition of Sunday activities to its already-successful pond hockey tournament.

Neither sleet nor snow could keep Cochrane quarterback Xavier Vaillancourt from leading the Calgary Selects to victory last weekend.

Paying for university will be a bit easier for a St. Tim’s teen after being honoured for her talent on the basketball court. Last Wednesday at a gala dinner, St.

Serving hot and healthy suppers to Calgary’s homeless helped Cochrane High School’s basketball players put their own lives into perspective during the plentiful holiday season.

Cochrane Cobras quarterback Tae Gordon has been named the Most Valuable Player from the Rocky View Sports Association.

Bow Valley’s basketball team bowed down to the Cochrane Cobras Tuesday at the senior boys’ debut game of the year. The town’s two high schools met at Bow Valley’s gymnasium in Riversong, and the play leaned heavily in Cochrane High’s favour.

NHL prospect Dillon Dubé called his mom last week to tell her he might not make it home to Cochrane for Christmas this year … and she didn’t seem to mind at all.

Twenty-one power snatch pull-ups, 15 overhead squats, 20 burpee box jumps, walking lunge with barbell, nine squat snatch pull-ups, 100 double unders, 15 deadlifts...

The Cochrane Generals closed out a successful 2016 home stretch Saturday night with a blowout and a bunch of brawls against the High River Flyers.