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Graduating team captain Chris Hugo was named Cochrane Generals most-dedicated player at the Heritage Junior Hockey League team’s awards banquet March 27 at Killarney’s in Cochrane.

ATHLETE PROFILE Chris Hugo Cochrane Generals AGE: 22 BEEN PLAYING HOCKEY FOR: 17 years (started when I was 4) WHY HOCKEY? I don’t know why hockey, I started at such a young age it almost seems like it was just part of life.

It was an overcast Thursday evening, barely warm enough to say it was the first week of spring.

The Cochrane Rangers men’s open soccer team acquired two new coaches for the coming season in preparation of gaining promotion back to Division 2 after last year’s relegation.

The Bow Valley Grizzlies men’s rugby club has awoken from it’s winter hibernation in search of a meatier meal. So Grizzlies are sharpening their claws for Calgary Rugby Union (CRU) Division 2 play in 2015. Having won all but one Div.

When you reach this point in the season, it’s about what can’t be coached.

So you want to play some football? Now's your chance. The Cochrane Midget Lions have space for players aged 14-18 (Grades 9-11) to play right now. “Absolutely.

The bad news is, the Cochrane High School Cobras varsity boy’s basketball team is not going to provincials. The good news is, the Cochrane High School Cobras varsity boy’s basketball team is not going to provincials.

Pop quiz: The Usual Suspects is a 20-year-old film featuring Oscar-winner Kevin Spacey, or a list of award-winning names among Cochrane’s elite amateur wrestlers? Answer: Both.

A year ago, Springbank High School Phoenix varsity boy’s basketball player Steen Lindquist was a tall, skilled Grade 11 making some plays. This year, he was a colossus.