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“I am too positive to be doubtful. Too optimistic to be fearful. Too determined to be defeated.” With that uncompromising resolve, Cochrane High School Cobras multi-sport athlete Brock Wiebe is fighting cancer.

Two Cochranites have brought home gold from the Western Sledge Hockey tournament in Leduc. Playing for Calgary Venom, Eric Carvelli and Shane Mott won gold in the Under-12-year-old (U12) division at the April 4-6 regional tournament.

“I am too positive to be doubtful. Too optimistic to be fearful. Too determined to be defeated.” With that uncompromising resolve, Cochrane High School Cobras multi-sport athlete Brock Wiebe is fighting cancer.

Two Cochranites have brought home gold from the Western Sledge Hockey tournament in Leduc. Playing for Calgary Venom, Eric Carvelli and Shane Mott won gold in the Under-12-year-old (U12) division at the April 4-6 regional tournament.

Kateri Cowley is following up her win in Extreme Cowboy Alberta’s (ECA) 2014 Winter Series with a lofty goal: to qualify for the 2014 World Championship.

Cochrane High School (CHS) Cobras senior lineman Dale Cummings is heading south to play university football.

The Cochrane Lions ran into a runaway opponent in the Calgary Colts. And the end result was a 51-19 Calgary Area Midget Football Association loss April 19 at Shouldice Park’s Encana Field.

Cochrane High School is sending three graduating football players to the Football Alberta’s Senior Bowl next month in Edmonton.

Cochrane’s hockey community has been shaken to the core with the loss of one of its leaders. The April 21 passing of Mike Bigland, head coach of the Bow Valley Timberwolves midget AA hockey team, has sent ripples across Cochrane Minor Hockey’s pond.

They grow up fast. In Justin Sambu’s case, that robust growth is already bearing fruit.