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Just call them the Cochrane Snow Lions. With the game on the line, and the Calgary Broncos kicking at the door, the Lions defence dug deep into the morning blizzard to defend their den.

Whatever it takes. Cochrane’s Dillon Dube knows that’s why he was chosen to join Team Alberta for the Western Hockey League’s Western Canada U16 Challenge Cup Oct. 31-Nov. 3 in Calgary.

The great thing about a season is you have time to get it right. The Bow Valley High School Bobcats football team has used that time well, steadily improving as the season’s progressed.

With a 61-0 exhibition win over the Chestermere Cowboys Oct. 25, the Cochrane High School Cobras are itching to play the Olds Spartans to kick off defence of their 2012 provincial Tier 3 high school football title.

Matthew Kaczur and Bradley Bergshoeff scored two goals each to lead the Bow Valley Timberwolves to a 7-1 South Central Alberta Hockey League midget AA win over the Lacombe Rockets Oct. 26 in Lacombe.

Good things come in threes. So when Team Alberta selected players for its U18 female team, three Cochrane-area players made the grade. Channia Alexander, Daria O’Neill and Hannah Olenyk are on Alberta’s roster for the Nov.

Be careful what you wish for. Cochrane Lions offensive co-ordinator Cam Cote wanted the team to play into Calgary Bantam Football Association Tier 1 playoffs, and his players obliged with a 32-30 win over Calgary Stampeders Oct. 19.

Cinderella wears soccer boots, and they aren’t made of glass. They’re forged from the stuff of champions. And the boots fit perfectly as the St.

The Cochrane Lions wrapped up their perfect Calgary Peewee Football Association regular season (8-0) with a near-perfect performance Oct. 20 against the Calgary Golden Hawks at Calgary’s Shouldice Park.

Not content to just defeat the Calgary Stampeders, the Cochrane Lions first had to beat back their mistakes en route to Calgary Bantam Football Association (CBFA) Tier 1 playoff play.