Local Sports

More than 750 runners of all ages and abilities will put one foot in front of the other this weekend – including Cochranite Meaghan Fisher, who is fired up to face her first Footstock.

Ten athletes from the St. Timothy High School track team are headed to the Calgary City Track Championships on Saturday after a solid showing at the Calgary Senior High School Athletic Association divisional meet last week.

Like he’s done so often before, quarterback Tae Gordon led his football team to victory last weekend – but this time, it was the last time, and he couldn’t have gone out in better style.

Cochrane diver Ashley McCool was one of the youngest competitors at the Canada Summer Games in 2013 – and now, four years later, she will again take to the platform before leaping into in a new life at Arizona State University.

Two-time national champion wrestler Brendan McKeage did not clinch a spot on the Canada Summer Games team this year … but not because he was muscled off the mat.

Triathlete Stefan Daniel has a fresh approach to training this season as he moves into an adult level of competition and tackles a duathlon for the first time. “I’m stepping up,” said the Bearspaw resident, who recently turned 20.

Cochrane prospect Adam Tisdale is one step closer to the NHL after committing to Clarkson University in New York state this week. Tisdale grew up in Cochrane and played with the AC Avalanche and Airdrie Xtreme.

Cochrane wrestlers had to square off against each other this weekend in order to secure a spot on the coveted Canada Summer Games squad.

Cochrane hockey player Tyler Wong has signed with the Chicago Wolves of the American Hockey League - the affiliate team of the NHL's Vegas Golden Knights.

For the first time, the learning support program at Cochrane High School has spearheaded a sports league, thanks to a bright and bold student - and Special Olympic floor hockey bronze medallist - with an enduring passion for the game.