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What did Springbank Community High School Phoenix girl’s rugby players do after their team upset Strathmore Spartans in the Big Sky rugby Tier 2 gold-medal final? They sat down.

That thud heard recently was the high-flying Cochrane Lions crashing back to Earth.

After opening the Calgary Rugby Union (CRU) Division 3 men’s season with three-straight victories, the Bow Valley Grizzlies are looking forward to some home cooking.

That familiar blur on the Calgary Canadian Irish Athletic Club ground was none other than Cochrane High School Cobras running back Justin Mount.

With all adjectives spent by the final whistle of St. Timothy Thunder senior girl’s improbable City soccer championship win, Cochrane reporters on the sidelines proclaimed: “She plays like a man.

It’s never easy for a fledgling rugby effort. And when the Bow Valley Grizzlies come calling, it gets even tougher.

With all adjectives spent by the final whistle of St. Timothy Thunder senior girl’s improbable City soccer championship win, Cochrane reporters on the sidelines proclaimed: “She plays like a man.

It’s never easy for a fledgling rugby effort. And when the Bow Valley Grizzlies come calling, it gets even tougher.

St. Timothy School Thunder athletes medalled at the Calgary Senior High School Athletic Association City track-and-field championships May 24 in Calgary. Jocelyn Aab took bronze in the senior girl’s long jump with a 4.48 metre-jump.

You can tell a lot about a team by how it manages a game in the late stages – if it can seal the deal.