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Bad luck, and the medical industrial complex, have caught up to Cochrane Generals forward Ian McRae. The 20-year-old sublime sniper, on target for his third Generals season, is out for the long term – diagnosed with post-concussion symptoms.

The cardiac crew came through. Again. Locked in a 3-3 battle in Stettler, Cochrane Generals rookie forward Kurt Thrussel was the only shooter to score in Cochrane’s 4-3 overtime shootout victory Oct. 4 over the Lightning.

Local hockey phemon Dillon Dubé is multi-tasking at the next level.

First the city, then the nation. St. Timothy School Thunder senior girl’s soccer player Seela Wulff wound up on the short end of a 4-1 loss at the Calgary Senior High School Athletic Association Selects game Sept. 26 in Calgary. “It was good.

Potential. When you step through the door to the next level, it’s all you have. After dominating at high school, you start at zero in university.

They did it again. The Cochrane High School Cobras have won out in 2014, going undefeated to claim both the South Central Zone and Rocky View Sports Association division titles. It was Cochrane’s sixth-straight Zone title.

The Airdrie-Cochrane (AC) Avalanche new players, new coaches and a new season all on the go. The squad was fine-tuning its game plan in a Sept.

Cochrane High School Cobras golfer Bria Jansen shot 77-78-155 to win the Alberta Schools’ Athletic Association girl’s individual golf title Sept. 30 at Redwood Meadows Golf and Country Club.

Making up for lost time. Out of the playoffs last season, the Cochrane Generals are playing postseason-style hockey three games into the 2014-15 regular season.

Twenty-four years ago, a kid named Hume wore No. 19 for the Cochrane Generals. That was Wally Hume. Fast-forward a couple of decades and you have another Hume wearing the same Generals sweater number. In a ceremony prior to Cochrane’s Sept.