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The season record will say 0-7. What it won’t say is how many players will return to their high-school football programs with more tools in their toolbox.

The North’s game plan seemed simple enough. Just run the ball away from Cochrane High School Cobras defensive back Logan Blair.

Three Cochrane-area football players have made the grade for Alberta’s U18 (Grades 10-11) football team.

The Cochrane High School Cobras girls track team fielded some impressive results at the Nike Grand Prix meet May 11 in Toronto. Cobras track coach Esther Sieben couldn’t be happier. “We did really well,” an elated Sieben said. “We just, yeah.

You want to win? You want to be the best in the world? You want to go to the Olympics? Then you’d better be prepared to hurt. Springbank snowboard-cross racer Michelle Brodeur, who now calls Whistler, B.C.

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.