Local Sports

Bring it. That’s the message delivered by the Bow Valley Timberwolves midget hockey team for the 2014-15 Central Alberta Midget AA Hockey League (SCAHL) season.

The next level. In a town grooming athletes from the high school/community ranks in a wide range of sports, Cochrane High School Cobras football co-head coach and offensive coordinator Rob McNab is always pitching “the next level.

Try as they might, the Bow Valley Grizzlies couldn’t finish the deal. Riding a 15-game win streak, the Cochrane-based men’s rugby team ran into a stubborn and determined Calgary Canucks side Sept.

St. Timothy Thunder high school girl’s soccer player Seela Wulff has been named to the Calgary Senior High School Athletic Association girl’s South Selects team. The Thunder senior striker, who helped St. Tim’s win the CSHSAA Div.

Close only counts in horseshoes and hand-grenades. When an errant hand-grenade found the back of the Cochrane Generals net, it landed close enough to detonate Cochrane’s chance at a season-opening win over host Airdrie Thunder.

The 2014 Rocky View Sports Association (RVSA) divisional golf championship will be a tournament the Cochrane High School Cobras golf team won’t soon forget.

With the formalities out of the way, it’s down to business for the Bow Valley Grizzlies. Having devoured everything in their path, the Grizzlies have a date with redemption and another shot at a Calgary Rugby Union Div. 3 men’s championship title.

Survivor [sur-vye-vor]/noun: A person who survives; a person who copes well with difficulties in their life. We don’t see Mason Raymond’s photo next to the dictionary definition . . . yet.

When there’s a train coming, stay off the tracks. The Springbank Community High School Phoenix found out the hard way, crossing the tracks as a late-running locomotive making up time arrived.

Drop the puck. With the Heritage League exhibition season in the rearview, the Cochrane Generals start firing live ammo in Airdrie Sept. 19. Following a gripping 2-1 overtime shootout win against Airdrie on Sept.