Local Sports

After playing four games in 24 hours, heart and hustle put the Cochrane Rangers U18 team in position to procure the provincial soccer gold medal last weekend, said their longtime coach and leader.

All are remembered … those gone and left behind. Those words are written on the back of a meaningful artpiece created by Cochrane artist Heidi Smyth to honour and support parents who have unexpectedly lost a child.

Cochrane’s swim programs are ready to drown out their current waiting lists and create the robust aquatic community they have dreamed about when the new pool opens this summer.

The Cochrane Generals are challenging businesses to “Meet It or Beat It” as they celebrate their strong season and prepare for provincials.

Dedicated coach and father Jeff Bosch wasn’t going to let a little distance get between him and the Cochrane Cobras basketball team’s zone championship game last weekend … so he found a way to be courtside – live – from more than 10,000 kilometres aw

For hockey teams like the Cochrane Generals, the cost of winning can be high – and they need to get creative in order to cover the soaring price of their success.

The Cochrane Generals are moving past Tuesday’s performance in Game 1 of the Heritage Junior Hockey League final series and focusing on trying to make up for the loss this weekend.

While tens of thousands of people grunt and grip their way through the CrossFit Open, a handful of Cochrane athletes are also supporting each other like family - both figuratively and literally - as they power through their own punishing workouts.

The Cochrane Cobras junior varsity basketball boys clawed back from a 19-point deficit to choke out their competition and take the zone championships last weekend.

The Cochrane Rockies fought their way to a silver medal at the U16A Ringette Alberta provincial championships last weekend. “Winning a medal wasn’t an expectation in mind.