Local Sports

The 2015/16 season will be one the Bow Valley Midget AA Timberwolves will likely want to put behind them. After posting a 7-25-6 record during the regular season, T-wolves got a bye into the Conference Playoff Tournament Championships as hosts.

Two local athletes returned home with a bagful of medals from the Special Olympics Canada Winter Games hosted by Cornerbrook N.L., Mar. 1-4. Cross-country skier Elouise Stewart romped her way to three gold medals.

It was a sensational weekend for Cochrane High School as their junior girls basketball team captured gold at the Rocky View Sports Association divisional finals at Bow Valley High School on March 5.

Stranded behind enemy lines, their troop transport a smoky, charred mess, the Cochrane Generals were at the mercy of their enemy. What did the enemy do? Take care of the Gens in their time of need.

With the AMMHL regular season in the bag, the Airdrie-Cochrane (AC) Avalanche will be looking to put their losing streak behind them while they prepare for the Sutter Cup.

If you put in the time and effort, no matter what adversity you face, dreams do come true. That’s what local archer Warren Collins found out when he walked away from the Alberta Winter Games in Medicine Hat with a gold medal in archery.

With six games left in AMMHL regular-season action, the AC Avalanche had an opportunity to gain some serious ground in the standings, and boy, did they run with it.

Four youth boxers from Rival Boxing Gym in Cochrane have been spoiled. Not spoiled because of the medals they recently won.

Cochranites were treated to a unique experience on Feb. 21 as the Calgary Canucks beat the Whitecourt Wolverines 3-2 in a shootout, during a special AJHL regular-season game at Spray Lake Sawmills Family Sports Centre.

The push for the Sutter Cup continues, as the Airdrie-Cochrane (AC) Avalanche put in one of their most dominant performances of the season, crushing NWCAA Stampeders 5-1 in AMMHL action on Feb. 13 at Spray Lake Sawmills Family Sports Centre.