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Hometown boy and Kelowna Rockets forward Dillon Dubč has been named captain of Team WHL (Western Hockey League) ahead of the CIBC Canada-Russia Series taking place Nov. 6 through to Nov. 16.

The Cochrane Generals snapped a four-game losing streak with a convincing 9-3 road win over the Coaldale Copperheads on Oct. 28.

Winner is in and the loser goes home. That’s how the Cochrane Cobras and Bow Valley Bobcats football playoff match up is set the shake out at Spray Lake Sawmills Legacy Field on Nov. 4.

The Cochrane Chaos women’s junior hockey team has now won back-to-back games after a 5-2 victory over the winless Lethbridge Eagles on Oct. 29 at the Nicholas Sheran Ice Centre in Lethbridge.

The Airdrie-Cochrane (AC) Avalanche had a pair of home games on Oct. 28 and Oct 29 when they hosted the CRAA Gold Royals and the NWCAA Stampeders in Alberta Minor Midget AAA Hockey League (AMMHL) action. On Oct.

The Cochrane Generals have lost four straight games after another pair of weekend losses on Oct. 20 and 21. The Gens closed out their six-game home stand, in which the team went 3-3 in the process including a 5-3 loss to the Mountainview Colts.

Cochrane product and Okotoks Oilers forward Austin Wong has committed to the University of Harvard of the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA).

The Cochrane Chaos women’s junior hockey team continued their great start to the season after a 4-0 win over the Sherwood Park Steele on Oct. 21.

Cochrane’s Connor Bouchard is one of 66 players selected to represent Canada at the 2017 World Under 17 Hockey Challenge scheduled to take place Nov. 5 to 11 in Dawson Creek and Fort St. John, B.C.

The St. Timothy's Thunder High School cross country team capped off a productive season on Oct. 21 at the ASAA Provincial Cross Country team at Rundle Park in Edmonton.