Local Sports

The Cochrane Cowboys Wrestling Club has continued their impressive run this season picking up a score of medals this past weekend (Jan. 15-16) at competitions in Grand Prairie.

The eighth annual Cochrane Classic tournament transformed the town into a mecca of basketball over the three-day period of Jan. 14-16.

It wasn’t the most convincing couple of games, but the Bow Valley Bantam AA Timberwolves managed to get through a tough weekend where they pick up a win and a loss against two of the best team’s in the South Central Alberta Hockey League (SCAHL).

Different year, same old problems. The Bow Valley Midget AA Timberwolves’ misery continued as they fell 5-4 to CRAA Blue on Jan. 9, at Cochrane Arena. The loss means that T-wolves (4-17-5, 7th North Division) are now winless since Dec. 5.

The Airdrie-Cochrane (AC) Avalanche suffered a minor setback over the weekend on their quest to reach the AMMHL playoffs.

The Cochrane Generals are coming off a hard weekend where they were tested to their limits against two of the toughest competitors in the Heritage Junior Hockey League (HJHL). On Jan.

Sixty minutes. That was all that separated Rockyview Raiders from a historic win in the female division final at the Mac’s AAA Midget Hockey Tournament on Jan. 1 at the Scotiabank Saddledome.

It’s always important to start with a bang, and the Cochrane Generals did exactly that to kick off 2016. Gens travelled to High River Flyers on Jan.

The Scotiabank Saddledome was awash with local talent on Dec. 30 as the Calgary Hitmen took on the Lethbridge Hurricanes in Western Hockey League (WHL) action.

The Airdrie-Cochrane (AC) Avalanche’s quest to reach the AMMHL playoffs was firing on all cylinders over the weekend, as they leapfrogged to fourth in the South Division with a comeback win, and a draw.