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Cochrane and area is hosting one of the largest First Nations hockey tournaments in the province later this month. The Alberta Treaty Hockey Championships run March 27-31 in Cochrane, Cremona, Tsuu T’ina and at the Crowfoot rink in northwest Calgary.

“Hockey in Morley is at a standstill.” And with that utterance, Alberta Treaty Hockey Association president Marty Wildman left one sports reporter scratching his head.

When you hail from Dogpound, you’re going to have some junkyard dog in you. And that’s just fine with the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) Trojans.

Contact in Peewee hockey has absorbed another crushing body-check with the delivery of yet another study denouncing the practice because it increases the risk of concussions in young players.

The AC Avalanche have won the Alberta Minor Midget AAA Hockey League’s Sutter South Cup with a 3-0 win over the Calgary Royals Athletic Association Blues.

According to Rich Preston, young hockey stars are a lot like wild horses — they need to be broken when you get them.

It’s business as usual for Cochrane mixed martial arts fighter Trent “Slaughter” House – even though he is preparing for his first-ever pro match.

Springbank’s Michelle Brodeur won the silver medal at the Snowboardcross NorAm Cup under sunny skies March 5 at Canyons, Utah.

Cochrane wrestlers put in an Olympic-sized effort on the weekend to keep their sport from getting swept under the mat.

No matter how the game ended, it was going to be a momentous win for either the Bert Church High School Chargers or the Cochrane Cobras.