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The Cochrane High School Cobras senior boys basketball team went undefeated in three games to claim their home-court Cobra Classic basketball tournament held Jan. 11-12 in Cochrane.

The cheers you heard at the announcement of a deal between the National Hockey League and its players weren’t just coming from fans.

The South Central Alberta Hockey League (SCAHL) all-star weekend will be on high alert. There’s a pack of Timberwolves on the prowl; Bow Valley Timberwolves. The Bow Valley program is sending two Midget-aged players, three bantams and four peewees.

After spending a week in Sweden, with his wife and 10-month-old son Max, Cochrane’s Mason Raymond finds himself preparing for a shortened National Hockey League season with the Vancouver Canucks.

Somewhere, between winning a Tier 3 provincial high school football championship and being the designated driver for his crew on New Year’s Eve, Cochrane High School Cobras defensive lineman Bryce McKinnon became a University of Regina Ram.

JANUARY * After going 5-0-1 en route to the final of the Mac’s AAA Midget world invitational hockey tournament in Calgary, UFA Bisons of Strathmore are shut out 5-0 by Severstal/Locomotiv of Russia.

With five Grade 12s and a 6-foot-2 Grade 10 coming on board, the Springbank Community High School Phoenix varsity girls basketball team is primed to dominate the Rocky View Sports Association this season.

The Cochrane Generals split a pair of games against tough division rivals in their bid to shake off an uninspired first half of the Heritage Junior Hockey League season. The Generals bounced back from a 6-3 Dec.

Cochrane High School Cobras junior-varsity boys basketball head coach Jim Forrest didn’t have much time to prepare his team for its season-opener against the Bow Valley High School Bobcats.

The Cochrane High School Cobras took little time in expressing their desire to be a top team in Rocky View Sports Association senior boy’s basketball play.