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The voice on the other end of the phone, as always after a meet, is hoarse. And just a tad weary.

The Rocky View Rage are ready to get the ball rolling on their bantam football season. Rage president, and offensive coordinator, Paul Netzband expects big things from his team in this season’s Central Football League bantam competition.

You put in the work, training six days a week to be competitive. Brute strength, cardio and technique – explosive for starts and clinical for driving – are all integral to your game. You’re in shape. You’re game-ready. Now all you need is . . .

The Bow Valley Grizzlies want to fatten up their record before the fall season begins.

The fledgling Cochrane Soccer Club (CSC) is taking flight in its inaugural season in Calgary United (CUSA) and Calgary Women’s (CWSA) soccer leagues.

Going to Jamaica to play some elite water polo, mon. Cochrane’s Bryant Joudry can be forgiven for getting into the spirit of the Union Americana de Natacion (UANA) Pan-American junior men’s 17-and-under (17U) water polo championships.

Hope springs eternal for Springbank Community High School Phoenix. In order to rise from the ashes of last season's Tier 2 playoff loss to Airdrie's George McDougall Mustangs, Phoenix will have to do it with a young team.

Some athletes play through pain. Others prefer to recover entirely before getting back in the ring. Then there’s Brendan McKeage.

Cochrane Cowboys wrestler Connor McNeice won gold Aug. 11 at the Western Canada Summer Games in Wood Buffalo. He was one of three Cowboys to medal at the Games, with Brendan McKeage taking silver in the 54-kilogram male event.

It’s a sweltering 33C outside, in the shade. Inside, it’s considerably cooler (10C) but that doesn’t keep Christine de Bruin and Janine McCue from working up a sweat at WinSport Winter Sport Institute’s Ice House in Calgary.