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Momentum. It’s what you want down the stretch. The Bow Valley Midget AA Timberwolves are trying to roll in the right direction as the South Central Alberta Hockey League season winds down.

There are valuable lessons served over the course a junior hockey season. One of them being you can never “expect” to win. The Ponoka Stampeders took the Cochrane Generals to school on that lesson, with the Gens earning a passing grade. Barely.

Swinging for the fences has landed Cochrane’s Brendan Hendriks in the middle of the action at the next level. The University of San Francisco Diamond Don’s slugger was named a top-100 senior collegiate prospect Jan.

The Cochrane Generals are getting closer to fine. But they aren’t there yet. After defeating Okotoks Bisons 3-2 Jan. 16 in Cochrane, Gens were defeated a third time this season by the Copperheads, 5-1, Jan. 17 in Coaldale.

There’s nothing like a crosstown rivalry to decide the champion of the town’s largest basketball tournament.

Cochrane’s Bow Valley Timberwolves AA hockey program is sending nine players to the South Central Alberta Hockey League’s (SCAHL) all-star games this weekend.

Cochrane luger Tristan Walker and Calgary teammate Justin Snith began 2015 where they left 2014. On the medal podium. Walker and Snith, along with Luge Canada teammates Sam Edney and Alex Gough, took bronze in the World Cup luge team relay event Jan.

What’s better than rodeo on New Year’s Eve? A rodeo payday on New Year’s Eve. Cochrane’s Steven Turner greeted 2015 with a third-place overall finish in the Ultimate Cowboy event at Calgary Stampede’s Agrium Western Events Centre.

Right back at it. Cochrane’s high school basketball players have barely had a chance to shake off their holiday turkey hangovers before hitting the hardwood for our town’s biggest hoops tourney of the season.

She may be new to town, but curling is old hat for this 13-year-old. It’s why Cochrane’s Hannah Airey is playing two levels above her age group.