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Then there were two. The Bow Valley Grizzlies overcame last season’s semi-final hoodoo to reach the Calgary Rugby Union’s (CRU) Division Two City Championship, smashing the Calgary Canucks 59-3 on Sept. 17 at Mitford Pond.

For four years and counting, Rival Boxing Gym Cochrane and owner Craig Wilson have been leading the charge as a facility that balances training high-level competitors and helping people stay in shape.

It was almost predictable. The Cochrane Generals have blasted the hinges off the doors to this new Heritage Junior Hockey League (HJHL) season, sending a message to the rest of the league that they won’t be settling for second-best this time around.

Cochrane High has long been a school that has led the charge in athletics and innovative projects. The two were combined recently as the school became only one of two in Canada (the other being Charles P. Allen High school in Bedford, N.S.

The Cochrane Generals crushed their pre-season exhibition games over the weekend taking back-to-back wins against the Strathmore Wheatland Kings.

It was a record breaking end to a record breaking season. The Cochrane BMX Association returned home after a weekend where 15 of their riders placed in the top three of their age division at the Grands and Provincial Championships in Red Deer, Sept.

Despite an ice-cold evening punctuated by pouring rain, the Springbank High School Phoenix football team was all smiles as it won its home opener 26-0 against Airdrie’s WH Croxford Cavaliers on Sept.8.

The Cochrane High School Cobras are looking to three-peat this season as tier three provincial champions and they’ve gotten things off to a solid start. The Cobras took to their home field on Sept.

Since a shaky start to the season, the Bow Valley Grizzlies have managed to surge their way into the Calgary Rugby Union playoffs on the back of seven straight wins. The team played their final regular-season game on Sept.

After a summer of reflection and rest, the Cochrane Generals were back at it this weekend, holding their training camp for an upcoming season that promises to be most interesting as they take another shot at the Heritage Junior Hockey League (HJHL) t