Local Sports

Spring time is here which means it's playoff season for the local Cochrane hockey stars which started off with the Western Hockey League (WHL) playoffs starting on March 22.

The McNeice brothers have done it again.

"Tough times never last, but tough people do." That is a quote from motivational speaker Robert H. Schuller that can seemingly relate to the members of the Cochrane Chaos after they suffered their second championship series loss in as many tries.

The 19th annual Yelnats Cup is set to get underway today at Spray Lake Sawmills Family Sports Centre and will continue through until March 31 when the final games will take place.

It's a bird ... it's a plane ... no, it's Cochrane track and field star Rachel Berscht! The 22-year-old Berscht took home silver in high jump with a score of 1.70 metres at the Canada West Track and Field Championships on Feb.

The Cochrane Chaos are looking to dig themselves out of a hole in their Alberta Junior Female Hockey League (AJFHL) championship series with the Edmonton Wolves.

By Jake Cressy The Cochrane Minor Soccer League (CMS) is in good hands – and feet – thanks to the work of John Castrillon, technical director of the program for the past four years.

This was supposed to be a rebuilding year.

Both the Cochrane Cobras boys and girls basketball teams had a very successful season when they capped of their league play on March 8 and 9 at the Zone Championships.

The Cochrane Generals were eliminated last night after a 4-2 loss to the Coaldale Copperheads in Game five of the third-round of the Heritage Junior Hockey League (HJHL) series.