Local Sports

The Cochrane Crush senior baseball squad is hoping hot bats will be the ticket to an Alberta District 3 Little League championship win tonight.

Duffers, hackers and pros are all on an even playing field at the annual Monumental Tournament of Aces charity golf tournament, where the only hole that matters is the coveted hole in one.

The head coach of the CFR Chemicals Midget AAA Bisons – and a familiar face on the Cochrane hockey scene – says he hopes to draw some promising young players from this town to his new team.

Dillon Dubé remembers a time, not so many years ago, when he waited anxiously with a long lineup of fans in Calgary to have his hockey jersey autographed by the one and only Sidney Crosby.

Father's Day for one Cochranite was a particularly punishing family affair as he and his children grinded out more than 100 gruelling kilometres at the annual Ghost of the Gravel cycling race.

Cochrane will kick off the official start of the BMX season as hundreds of riders from across the province shred around town this weekend. “This is really big,” said Brad Christensen, Cochrane BMX Association president.

Cochrane teenager Ty Bauer has signed with the Seattle Thunderbirds of the Western Hockey League. “We’re really excited for him.

With scores of swimming lessons and a club development camp set to begin in July, the delayed opening of the town’s new pool is pushing aquatic administrators into Plan B mode … just in case. “We all found out yesterday.

Tim Isberg brought the music to the military during his 30 years as a soldier, serving tens of thousands of kilometres away from his Edmonton home.

The Rockyview Rage Bantam B lacrosse team brought home a gold medal from last weekend’s Rock the House tournament in Vernon, B.C.