Local Sports

Bow Valley Bobcats coach Cam Cote has a problem most football fans would agree is a pretty nice problem to have. For the first time in 14 years, the high school team he coaches is headed to the ASAA provincial finals on Saturday.

The Bow Valley Grizzlies rugby squad capped off a historic season at an annual awards banquet to honour the best and brightest of the team. “We had over 50 people there and classed it up,” said Coach Ty Hawes. “I think everybody had a great time.

Three Cochrane Lions have been named as Calgary Bantam Football Association League All-Stars for the 2016 season.

Cochrane hockey player Justin Barrett is a pioneer in his sport. He didn't invent a new hockey technique or create a fancy new move on the ice.

Baseball pitchers have a perfect game. Golfers have a hole in one. Curling has the eight-ender … and last weekend, a Cochrane teen and her team pulled off that extremely rare play to set their sport abuzz.

They say from a small seed, a mighty trunk may grow – and Cochrane Cobras quarterback Tae Gordon is living proof.

Cochrane firefighters gave a team full of former pros a run for their money at last weekend’s charity hockey game. “I’m old and sore, believe me,” NHL great Charlie Simmer joked after the game. “It was a good time. It was a blast.

An outdoor skating rink will give Riversong families a way to stay connected in the winter, says the organizer of a community-led initiative to build a shinny pond in the neighbourhood’s park.

Cochrane firefighters are hoping just to keep up at this weekend’s charity hockey game against a team filled with NHL players. “I think we got five or 10 minutes in us,” joked Cochrane Fire Department Lt. Marlin Glaspey. “We’ll do our best.

The Cochrane Generals replaced their own helmet numbers with #9 on the weekend to honour a fellow league player who died this summer.