Local Sports

Not to be out-done by his older brother, Chace, Cochranite Jake Nielson will have a chance to play for a Canadian title at the U15 championship tournament, which is Aug. 4 to 11 in St. John’s, Nfld.

Two graduating Cochrane High School Cobras basketball players are bringing their venom to another viper den in our province.

There’s more to a season than wins and losses. For St. Timothy High School senior boys soccer coach Kevin Pilling, that’s just the way it is.

Cochrane’s Devon Fordyce was pressed into action at the Western Canada Cup Junior A hockey championship in Nanaimo April 28.

Cochrane lawyer Matt Kirk is in Helsinki right now, getting ready to lay down the law. He’s refereeing at the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) men’s world championship, taking place in Stockholm, Sweden, and Helsinki, Finland.

They’re young and they’re fast. And that youth and speed was on display as the Rockyview Silvertips made their 2013 season debut in the Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League’s (RMLL) Tier 1 Jr.

Looking for some exposure? How about 3.5 million people? That’s what Cochrane doubles luger Tristan Walker is talking about now that he’s back home for the summer, dry-land training in preparation for the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia.

Cochrane Cowboys wrestler Callum McNeice has just thrown his hat into the ring at the Canada Summer Games. McNeice has qualified for the Games following another strong showing on the mat, this time at a qualifying meet April 19-21 in Wetaskiwin.

Another season, another shot at a Calder Cup for Cochrane’s Tanner House of the Oklahoma City Barons. The Edmonton Oilers’ farm team opens the American Hockey League (AHL) playoffs April 26 against the Charlotte Checkers in a best-of-5 series.

Cochrane Skating Club members brought home medals from the Chinook Open Figure Skating Competition April 5-7 in Lethbridge.