Local Sports

With only five games remaining on their schedule, the 9-6 Rockyview Silvertips Junior B lacrosse team gained a much-needed point when they faced off with a divisional rival in the 9-6 Calgary Chill on June 28.

With summer well underway, cowpokes throughout the region are dusting off their cowboy boots and hats in preparation for the Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth, known as the Calgary Stampede, which runs July 6 to 15.

Cochrane hockey player Austin Wong is Cochrane's next pro-level hockey player after he was taken in the National Hockey League (NHL) Draft. The Winnipeg Jets selected him in the seventh round, 215th overall on June 23 in Dallas.

Cochranite Justin Dowling had an eventful and exciting 20-17-18 American Hockey League (AHL) campaign with the Texas Stars.

The Rockyview Silvertips are keeping pace with the rest of their division in a tight playoff race, when the team split a pair of weekend games on June 23 and 24.

A heartbreaking overtime loss to the Calgary Tier 3 Axemen killed the Rockyview Rage Tier 2 lacrosse team's slim mathematical chance at a playoff run.

The Rockyview Rage junior B Tier 2 lacrosse team had a rough go against a pair of the league's top two teams on June 16 and 17. The Rage kicked off the weekend against the first place Red Deer Rampage in the team's final regular season home game.

After rattling off five straight wins from May 25 to June 10, the Rockyview Silvertips junior B lacrosse team had their winning ways come to a screeching halt after a pair of games on June 15 and 17 against the Calgary Mounties and Red Deer Rampage.

The Cochrane Cobras football club was hard at work during their annual spring camp on June 5 to 13 in preparation for the upcoming season in the fall.

The Cochrane Piranhas had a busy weekend, as the group competed in their second swim meet of the year in High River on June 15 and 16.