Local Sports

The Cochrane Cobras lengthened their six-year dynasty as the Alberta Sports' Athletic Association Tier III provincial football champions to seven in Edmonton earlier tonight (Nov. 26).

Team Alberta has won a bye to the U21 national curling semi-finals in Saskatoon, including Cochrane-area lead Julianna Mackenzie. Mackenzie, 19, is a 2020 graduate of St. Timothy’s High School in Cochrane.

Generals won three games in two-and-a-half days in HJHL play.

The Cobras senior girls and boys volleyball teams topped the ranks of competitors in this past weekend's South Central Zone tournament in Strathmore and are heading to Westlock for 3A provincials Nov. 25-27.

The Cochrane Generals went three-for-three this weekend in an away game the Gens downed the Three Hill Thrashers Friday 7-1 and then beat them again at home the following day, 10-2.

The Cochrane High Cobras will compete in the Alberta Schools' Athletic Association provincial final after claiming a victory against Medicine Hat's Crescent Heights Vikings in the Tier III South final Nov. 20.

Boys and girls teams will be pitted against a pool of other teams in Strathmore this weekend at South Central Zones

The Cochrane Cobras senior girls and boys volleyball teams have their eyes locked on the Rocky View Sports Association championships, with both set to face off in the division's final games at home Nov. 16.

Rocky View County curler Julianna Mackenzie is heading to her third national championship later this month, after bagging the provincial title.  

In a 57-0 blowout game back on home turf Nov.12, the Cochrane Cobras sent the Winston Churchill Bulldogs back to Lethbridge with their tails between their legs.