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The Calgary Rugby Union (CRU) championship cup is returning to Banff for the first time since 2018, after the Banff Bears senior men's team defeated the Bow Valley Grizzlies of Cochrane 19-15 in a back-and-forth battle Sept. 10 in Calgary.

“I think by the end of the year, you’re going to see a gigantic difference between where we are now and where we’re going,” Paul said. “Even where we were at the end of last year compared to where we are now, we’re light years ahead.”

In an exciting twist of fate, the Grizzlies and Bears will meet again on the pitch at the Calgary Rugby Union for a tiebreaker to determine which bruins crew reigns supreme.

The local junior B team announced the game's cancellation on social media on Tuesday.

Though they may not have been content with their overall performance, the Cochrane High School Cobras football team began their 2022 Rocky View Sports Association (RVSA) season the same way they ended the last six – with a win.

The Cochrane Generals are going international before kicking off their 2022-23 Heritage Junior Hockey League (HJHL) campaign, taking on the University of South Korea on Sept. 5.

The Grizzlies U16 girls' and boys' teams, U18 boys, and senior men's team are all hitting the pitch this weekend for Calgary Rugby Union playoff action.

Two Cochrane-area athletes rounded off the 2022 Canada Summer Games with positive performances for Team Alberta last week.

The swim club came home from the Alberta Summer Swimming Association provincial competition in Edmonton Aug. 12 to 14 decorated with 27 medals, two new provincial records, countless club records and personal bests, plus a team banner to boot.

Local wrestler Nicholas Hooper called the gold medal one of the highlights of his wrestling career to date.