Local Sports

A sunny Saturday morning was met with a successful start to the season for Cochrane Minor Ball (CMB).

The Cochrane High Cobras soccer team is gearing up for another year when they kick off Rocky View Sports Association (RVSA) season on May 1 against the W.H. Croxford Cavaliers.

Both junior Rockyview lacrosse teams were in action this past weekend. The junior Rage and Silvertips took to the turf on April 27 and 29.

The Rockyview Rage Tier 2 junior lacrosse team started their first season in the Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League (RMLL) with three straight losses starting on April 13 and leading into the weekend of April 20 and 21.

Cochrane-born wrestler Elijah Springer capped off his 2017-18 wrestling campaign with a bronze medal in the Canadian Cadet Wrestling Championships on April 13 in Edmonton.

Cochrane athlete and former Bow Valley High School Bobcat Landon Murphy was named the Olds College Broncos Male Rookie Athlete of the year during the school's annual sports awards banquet on April 5.

Three members of the Cochrane Cobras football team were named to Football Alberta's South Senior Bowl team when the roster was announced on April 23.

Young Cochrane curling star Hannah Airey won a bronze medal with Team Alberta at the Canadian U-18 Women's Championships April 9 to 14 in St. Andrews, N.B.

Former Cochrane High Cobras quarterback Brett Conlon officially signed with the University of Windsor Lancers football program on April 13.

The Rockyview junior ladies Silvertips lacrosse team will be kicking off their third season in the Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League (RMLL) when their season starts on April 27 at home against the Okotoks Raiders.