Local Sports

Now that Hockey Alberta has blown the whistle on intentional body-checking in Peewee hockey, Cochrane Minor Hockey (CMHA) is re-tooling its Peewee programs to meet the provinces’s new criteria for contact.

The Cochrane Generals are looking for a new head coach. In a surprise move, the Generals announced at their May 2 annual general meeting that the team was relieving head coach Ken Soloski of his duties.

Still winless, the Cochrane Lions midget football team hasn’t stopped clawing for its first victory of 2013. Along the way, players have shown real signs of improvement in Calgary and Area Midget Football Association play.

Four Cochrane-area football players are suiting up for the South squad in Football Alberta’s Senior Bowl all-star tilt on the May long weekend.

The Cochrane High School Cobras girls track team is in Toronto this weekend (May 11) for the High School Grand Prix Track and Field Invitational. The Cobras are representing Alberta at the Nike-sponsored event presented by School Sport Canada.

Mitchell Quong scored twice and added an assist, but it wasn’t enough as the Rockyview Silvertips dropped their Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League (RMLL) season-opener 13-5 to the Calgary Shamrocks.

Not to be out-done by his older brother, Chace, Cochranite Jake Nielson will have a chance to play for a Canadian title at the U15 championship tournament, which is Aug. 4 to 11 in St. John’s, Nfld.

Two graduating Cochrane High School Cobras basketball players are bringing their venom to another viper den in our province.

There’s more to a season than wins and losses. For St. Timothy High School senior boys soccer coach Kevin Pilling, that’s just the way it is.

Cochrane’s Devon Fordyce was pressed into action at the Western Canada Cup Junior A hockey championship in Nanaimo April 28.