Local Sports

To quote legendary sportscaster Al Michaels, “do you believe in miracles? Yes!” The Calgary Stampeders looked down and out as they trailed by 15 points after the three-minute warning had been given in their CFL game against the B.C.

Horse Creek Road was abuzz with swarms of cyclists on July 30 as the Tour de Bowness kicked off.

World-class mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter Jesse “Big Cat” Arnett is making Rival Boxing Gym Cochrane his new home.

The Cochrane Piranhas Swim Club wrapped up its second last regular season meet in style over the weekend of July 22 and 23 in Canmore.

The Bow Valley Barbarians recently lost a local derby 48-19 to the Banff Bears, but it’s not all doom and gloom for the developmental team.

Sometimes you have to be in the right place at the right time and get lucky. That’s what Cochrane area hunting enthusiast Terry Raymond recently said.

It was a weekend to remember for the Cochrane BMX Association. Several of the club’s riders returned home with multiple gold medals after Provincial Races Five and Six in Airdrie over July 23 and 24.

Last Thursday night saw a western staple return to Cochrane as the fifth annual Foothills Bucking Horse Futurity took to the Cochrane Lions Rodeo Grounds.

The Cochrane Piranhas Swim Club continued its stunning run of success this past weekend at the Calgary Swordfish Club meet at the University of Calgary.

Two junior golfers from the Highwood Golf and Country Club are set to compete in the semi-finals of the first Alberta Amateur PAIRSGolf Junior Championship.