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Familiarity. It can ease the transition to the next level.

The Cochrane High School Cobras senior girl’s volleyball team stamped an exclamation point on their perfect season with a championship win on their home floor.

She’s a long way away, but Cochrane’s Morgan Geremia is right at home. The 2014 St. Timothy High School grad walked out of the Cochrane school last spring into a soccer scholarship at the next level, where she’s currently freshman goalkeeper at St.

That bitter taste in the mouth is more than enough motivation to take full advantage of a second chance. Still smarting for losing the Rocky View Sports Association football title at home Oct. 25 to Airdrie’s George McDougall Mustangs, the No.

The Cochrane Generals are still seeking the right ammunition for their guns.

The Olds High School Spartans football team watched their lead dwindle in the second half of their qualifying game against the Bow Valley High School Bobcats but managed to hang on for a 45-28 victory on Nov. 1 at Normie Kwong Park.

You have to go a long way to catch up to Cochrane’s Tom Strachan. The cross-country runner is on the move at the next level.

The sky’s the limit for Keenan Reinhardt, if there is a limit. The stratospheric Cochrane cowboy has bucked his way into the 41st annual Canadian Finals Rodeo this week (Nov. 5-9) at Edmonton’s Northlands Coliseum.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall. When Airdrie’s George McDougall Mustangs defeated Cochrane Cobras 21-17 in Rocky View Sports Association high school divisional football gold-medal final play Oct. 25, they toppled a giant.

Getting to the next level, at times, demands a huge leap. So when Cochrane goalie Ryan Ternes made the jump from Bow Valley Midget AA Timberwolves to Alberta Junior Hockey League's (AJHL) Lloydminster Bobcats, he skipped a level altogether.