Local Sports

As the 2016 Alberta Winter Games approach, Zone 2 is excited to announce their ringette squad has been named.

There’s an old Klingon proverb that says, “revenge is a dish best served cold.” On Jan.

Hockey mania swept Spray Lake Family Sawmills Sports Centre over the weekend of Jan. 29-31 as the Cochrane Rockies hosted their annual female tournament. “We had 200 girls participate this year, and 12 teams,” said organizer Debbie Novello.

Football season is coming. Registration for the Cochrane Lions midget football team began online on Jan. 15. The program is looking for high school-age and graduating bantam players to participate in the upcoming season.

After years of girls not having anywhere to go to play lacrosse after the age of 16, and a lack of participants, the Rockyview Silvertips are looking to change things up.

Cochranite and rookie forward Coda Gordon experienced something very few hockey players will get a chance to as his University of Calgary Dinos men’s hockey team swept the ultimate cross-town showdown over the weekend of Jan.

Peaking at the right time of the season is crucial in any sport, and the Bow Valley Bantam AA Timberwolves are doing just that, as they recorded an 8-3 victory over the Red Deer Steel Kings (5-18-3, 7th North Division) on Jan.

Tristen Nielsen is continuing the tradition of a long line of excellent athletic prospects coming from the Edge School for Athletes, as he will be one of the seventeen players that will represent Team Canada at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics.

The Airdrie-Cochrane (AC) Avalanche came out of their latest challenge over the weekend all the wiser.

The ponds have been cleared, the tents taken down, and life is back to normal, but the legacy of this year’s Kimmett Cup will linger long in the minds of those who participated in it.