Local Sports

With the player-introduction niceties out of the way, the Rockyview Silvertips are getting their game faces on in preparation for the upcoming Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League (RMLL) Tier 1 Jr. B season.

They may not pull the Cochrane Generals sweater on again, but departing players Jason Labelle and Nick Borody will always be Generals just the same.

Aidan McKeage of the Cochrane Cowboys Wrestling Club came away with a bronze medal at the national cadet/juvenile wrestling championships in Saskatoon on April 7. The 16-year-old Cochrane High School student was joined by Cowboys teammates, and St.

Opening-night jitters. Experienced players out with injury. A short roster. Not the way you want to start a season.

Now that he’s joining Penn State University’s hockey program, Cochrane’s James Robinson may want to get there in one piece.

I don’t think there are too many places on this planet where someone can go skiing one day and fishing the next. After making turns on Bye Bye Bowl at Sunshine Village one day, the next I was headed south to fish the Crowsnest River.

More than 100 teams from across Alberta took part in the Alberta Treaty Hockey Championships March 27-31 in Cochrane, Cremona, Tsuu T’ina and a rink in northwest Calgary.

Football is back. And the bodies were flying at the Calgary and Area Midget Football Association (CAMFA) season-opening football jamboree March 28 at Calgary’s Shouldice Park.

A funny thing happened to the Rocky Mountain Raiders on the way to repeating as provincial champions. Someone forgot to tell them they were in a rebuilding year.

Cochrane Minor Hockey product, and long-time Coda Gordon linemate, James Robinson has signed a letter of intent to play hockey for National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division 1 school Penn State University.