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Canadian champion. Cochrane steer wrestler Tanner Milan can add that to the list of accomplishments in what has been a career year for the 29-year-old on the Canadian Pro Rodeo Association (CPRA) circuit.

The Canadian Finals Rodeo is shaping up to be a Cochrane brother act.

The Cochrane Lions became the second Cochrane sports team in two weeks to be disqualified from post-season play after being punted from the Calgary Peewee Football Association (CPFA) division final by the league.

Fighting under the Aggression Fighting Championship (AFC) banner, Cochrane’s Trent “Slaughter” House took less than two full rounds to defeat Medicine Hat’s Mitch Carlson in an amateur bout at AFC 12: Domination, Nov.

Bad gas. Not something you want to run your team on, particularly in playoff game against the Springbank Community High School Phoenix.

After a mediocre October, in which the Cochrane Generals carded one win in six games, the team has steamrolled into November with two straight victories. The Generals downed the Banff Bears 9-4 Nov. 3 in Banff after edging High River Flyers 7-6 Nov.

Shouldice Park turned into a venomous snake pit as the Cochrane High School (CHS) Cobras and the Rundle College Cobras went at it in Alberta South Central Zone Tier 3 high school playoff football play Nov. 3.

The three-peat is complete. The Springbank Community High School Phoenix shut out the George McDougall Mustangs 27-0 to win their third consecutive Rocky View Sports Association (RVSA) Tier 2 football title Oct. 26.

Their quest for the Calgary Bantam Football Association (CBFA) Division 2 championship doesn’t get any easier for the Cochrane Lions, as they meet Calgary Cowboys Navy in the final. The Lions rebounded from a disappointing 15-9 overtime loss Oct.

The Bow Valley High School (BVHS) Bobcats senior boys volleyball team is in Airdrie tonight for a Rocky View Sports Association division semifinal against George McDougall Mustangs. The Bobcats advanced to the Oct.