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Cochrane curlers performed at provincials last weekend, with three teams pushing onto the podium. The Grande Prairie Curling Centre hosted the Alberta 55 provincial championships, with 26 rinks from across the province competing for top spots.

Though students at Bow Valley and Cochrane high schools are out of class this week, there’s no break for basketballers, who are blasting it out on the court in preparation for playoffs.

It’s been a pretty good week for Cochrane football star Rob Cote. Last Friday, the longest-serving Calgary Stampeder secured his contract with the Canadian Football League team for another season.

The Cochrane Generals will work to cool the fire in their bellies while staying hot on the heels of their competition after they blazed through the Heritage Junior Hockey League semi-finals – but were plagued by penalties throughout the series.

Lorne Bremner says the idea behind Try Hockey Day is for girls who may have never played before to give the sport a shot – just like his daughter Rowan did when she was three.

A “small army of good” marched through Mitford Pond for the ninth annual Kimmett Cup last weekend, bringing in $165,000 to help grant sick children’s wishes while celebrating the playful spirit of the late Lindsay Kimmett.

Big back-to-back wins last weekend were the fuel the AC Avalanche was hoping for to keep propelling them toward the post-season. “I’m very, very proud of these guys. This is exactly what we needed.

A longtime Cochrane hockey referee got the surprise of his 82-year-old life last weekend when hockey legend Ron MacLean showed up at one of his games.

The Cochrane Generals delivered a heartbreaker of a shutout to the Banff Academy Bears during a Valentine’s Day playoff game – their first of the Heritage Junior Hockey League top team’s post-season push.

Justin Dowling. The Purple Panthers. Mason Raymond. The Rockies. The Generals. The Kimmett Cup...