Local Sports

The Cochrane Generals have pulled a youngster from the coaching ranks to lead the team’s march into the 2013-14 Heritage Junior Hockey League season. Evan McFeeters was named the team’s new head coach by club president Greg Keller on June 10.

It’s been a while, but Ryan Yip is finally taking a trip back to Merion Golf Club to shoot a few rounds. This time, it’s not as an amateur. The Bearspaw golfer is swinging with the pros at the 2013 U.S.

A long time ago, when the grass on the field was real and the game ball was leather, high-school football was a simple affair. You ran the ball. You kicked the ball. You tackled the ball-carrier.

She may not be old enough to drive, and her horse is almost as old as she is, but that doesn’t keep Hannah Burrell from driving hard for the finish. The 14-year-old from Didsbury is the youngest pro barrel racer in Canada.

He calls himself the “mammary hunter.” And for good reason. Sundre’s Bruce Burrell won the wild-cow-milking event at the 60th annual Water Valley Rodeo on June 1.

Following an undefeated season, and a 43-35 semifinal win May 29 over the University of Calgary Varsity Squad, the Rocky View Rebels U16 boys basketball team is in the Calgary Minor Basketball Association’s U17 championship game tonight (June 5) agai

The Springbank Community High School Phoenix senior girls rugby team has won its third-straight Alberta Schools Athletic Association South Central Zone Tier 2 championship.

The Water Valley Stampede is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year. And organizers have spared no expense, minting anniversary-edition beer cozies to mark the occasion.

Golf is an everyman sport. Every man wants to be good, but not every man can hack it on the course. Taylor Irvin is an exception. Turning pro last week, Irvin is ready to hit the links with the best of them and maybe teach a few tips along the way.

The St. Timothy High School Thunder track teams are making plenty of noise this season. Members from both the senior and junior teams have advanced to city and provincial competition.