Local Sports

The Airdrie-Cochrane (AC) Avalanche couldn’t have asked for a better Christmas present as they stomped Red Deer Strata Energy Chiefs 6-2 at home in Alberta Minor Midget AAA Hockey League action.

As Germany reasserted its dominance in luge at the Viessmann World Cup, at Canada Olympic Park on Dec. 18-19, the Canadian athletes, including Cochrane’s Tristan Walker and Calgary’s Justin Snith were shut out of the podium.

It wasn’t the most ideal of weekends for the Airdrie-Cochrane (AC) Avalanche as they continued a three-game slump with a 3-1 loss in the Alberta Minor Midget AAA Hockey League (AMMHL). Avs (9-7-3, sixth in Southern Division) went into their Dec.

The Cochrane Generals were stunned over the weekend as they fell to a 5-2 defeat against Three Hills Thrashers in Heritage Junior Hockey League (HJHL) action.

It’s the most wonderful time of the year. The Edge School for Athletes hosted the fifth annual World Sport Challenge hockey tournament over the course of four days and has slowly worked its way into the public conscience as a Christmas-time staple.

Spray Lake Sawmills Family Sports Centre was abuzz over the weekend of Dec. 11-13 as the Cochrane Ringette Association (CRA) hosted their seventh annual Cochrane Ringette Classic.

On Nov. 7, St. Timothy High School student Alex Howells competed in the Alberta Cross-country Championships at Peace Hills Park, Wetaskiwin.

The Bow Valley Credit Union recently announced their First Goal Hockey Program is in full swing.

Bow Valley Midget AA Timberwolves have gone from the darkness to the light in the space of a single weekend. After a previous weekend where the side lost back-to-back games, T-wolves (4-12-3, 7th North Division) opened their account on Dec.

Cochrane Curling Club recently hosted their annual Junior Bonspiel over the weekend of Dec. 4-6. Twenty teams in total took part in the event. 12 teams participating in the Bantam event (Under-15) and eight in the Juvenile category (Under-18).