Local Sports

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

They say there’s no time like your first time … and Cochrane Generals rookie Michael Hodges knows that feeling first-hand after scoring his first goal for the team Saturday in front of a hometown crowd.

If you want to mix and mingle with your favourite Cochrane General – and maybe even take one home – this is the year Santa just might grant your wish. The hockey club is hosting an Ugly Christmas Sweater Pub Night on Friday Nov.

Blake Wilson didn’t expect to get bitten by the boxing bug when he first stepped into the gym last spring.

Calgary friends Jim Newton and Graham Buint chatted about their upcoming curling game while they waited to tee off – yes, tee off – at The Links at GlenEagles on Tuesday.

The Cochrane Generals continue to be unbeaten at home after mowing down the Mountainview Colts in front of a solid hometown crowd last Saturday night.

St. Timothy High School bantam girls ran their way to a silver finish last weekend, and the coach said he’s proud the juniors can hold their own against club teams from around Alberta.

The Cochrane Cobras’ provincial goal started to come into sharper focus under a thick and foggy sky Saturday afternoon as the high school football squad shut out Springbank to claim the Rockyview School Division A title. “Great job today.

Two Cochrane cowboys are off to the Canadian Finals Rodeo next weekend. Brothers Straws and Tanner Milan both qualified in the steer wrestling category at Canada’s largest annual indoor rodeo, taking place Nov.

It’s pretty easy to find Deidre Fennell at a Cochrane Generals game. Not because she often sits in the same blue folding chair above the hockey team’s bench, and not because of her thick shock of bright red hair.