Local Sports

One is a schoolteacher. Another is an electrician. There’s a framer, and a student, and an employee of a non-profit organization.

Senior shuffleboard player Doug Campbell proudly wears a gold medal from last weekend’s provincial tournament around his neck – but he insists it’s his partner Dan Stuehrenberg who truly has the golden touch. “The star of the show was my partner.

The gloves are off for hockey-loving mom Jenna Dillon, and she’s hoping others will follow her lead.

A pair of Cobras will evolve into Dinos after being signed by the University of Calgary football club. This week, the Dinos confirmed that Kane Boklashchuk, currently in Gr.

Billiards champion Bill Gibbons has been playing pool since he was a teenager. “When I was 16, I played against the best players,” Gibbons recently recalled. “It was one way to spend some leisure time and stay out of trouble.

Every winter when his kids were young, Allan Willms created a small oval pond in the backyard so his three sons – including his youngest Caleb – could play shinny after school. “It was our family time,” recalled the hockey dad.

Cochrane hockey player Dillon Dub é has been re-assigned to the Kelowna Rockets after spending four months at the Calgary Flames training camp.

Sometimes in sports, it truly isn’t about whether you win or lose – it’s about how you get along with fellow players who share the same passion for the sport.

Thunder roared through the Calgary Catholic Junior High School Division Cross Country Championships last week, as the St. Timothy Junior/Senior High team qualified a record 11 athletes to the upcoming Meet of Champions.

Victory finally belongs to the Bow Valley Grizzlies - and it couldn't be any sweeter for the scrappy senior men's rugby squad, who are bringing home the hardware for the first time in the club's history.