Local Sports

Spring is in the air and that means the beginning of Junior B lacrosse when the Rockyview Silvertips kick off their Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League (RMLL) season on April 27 against the Calgary Chill.

The first round of the Western Hockey League (WHL) playoffs will have a bit Cochrane flavour added to it when the Kelowna Rockets kick off their best-of-seven series against the Tri-City Americans on March 22.

Cochrane-born Hannah Airey has been selected to represent Team Alberta with Team Bakker at the U18 National Curling Championships in Saint Andrews, NB., from April 9 to 14.

The results weren’t want they wanted, but Bow Valley Midget AA Timberwolves head coach Tyson Soloski was still proud of how his group battled throughout the South Central Alberta Hockey League (SCAHL) Championship series against the Lethbridge Hurric

Registration is now open for the 19th annual Footstock race, taking place in Cochrane on June 2 and 3.

The Cochrane Chaos is standing on their last legs in the Alberta Junior Female Hockey League (AJFHL) playoffs after dropping the first two games to the Sherwood Park Steele in a best-of-five championship series on March 17 and 18.

Both Cochrane High Cobras basketball teams wrapped up their respective seasons after hosting their first Alberta Schools’ Athletic Association (ASAA) Provincial Championship from March 15 to 17.

St. Timothy Thunder soccer alumni Amber and Sage Meyers committed to play for the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) Trojans women’s soccer team when they officially signed with the school on March 8.

Cochrane-born and Cochrane High Cobras basketball alumnus Jake Nielson was part of the University of Calgary Dinos basketball team that won their first USports National Championship in men’s basketball on March 11 in Wolfville, NS.

The Cochrane Chaos will be representing the South Division in the Alberta Junior Female Hockey League (AJFHL) finals after a series sweep in the South Finals over the Central Alberta Amazons on March 9 and 10.