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“We haven’t been able to have regional or provincial meets for three years and so to come in and put this huge stamp on it, it’s so exciting.”

Three Cochrane athletes, one Bearspaw athlete, and one "mission staff" member are representing their hometown at the 2022 Canada Summer Games, which are being held this month in Niagara, Ont.

The Cochrane-based Junior B Tier 1 team finished fourth in their quest to clinch the Larry Bishop Memorial Cup in Okotoks last weekend (July 29 to Aug. 1) after a hard-fought season that saw the ‘Tips earn the top seed and win the central division championship for the first time in franchise history.

The 'Tips are Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League's Junior B Tier 1 central division champions.

The summer swim club finished the weekend meet with countless new personal bests and one new provincial record, set by a former member of the Calgary Swordfish – Aaron Xiao.

The U13 Cobras and U15 Cherry Bombs brought home some gold hardware from the Calgary tournament which ended this past weekend

"As an organization, this is massive for us," said head coach Tyler Waycott. "We set out at the beginning of the year to be at the top of the division and it's always been a goal of ours to get here."

“It’s pretty easy to put some points up on the board when our team is playing like that.”

A hundred Cochrane-area kids will have the unique opportunity to train at the beginner level with the MLB team's baseball academy in a one-day instructional clinic on July 12

The Banff Bears rugby team beat the Bow Valley Grizzlies 24-19 at the Banff rec grounds on Saturday, June 25.