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The game was called with just over seven minutes left in the third quarter when Bow Valley threw in the towel early. Within the first quarter, a player for the Bobcats suffered a minor injury, which halted the game until an ambulance could arrive.

The Cochrane Generals thumped the Kainai Braves 17-2  in their regular-season opener Sept. 11 at the Cochrane Area.

“Getting a win under your belt, and you’re 1 and 0, and you’ve got another team coming in to see you. Hopefully we can keep building on that. But if you lose that first game there’s always those doubts and whatnot. It was a huge win for us overall.”

Following its successful implementation in the spring, Peak Ambition Rugby is bringing free introductory rugby sessions back to Redwood Meadows this fall.

“When you put that cardinal jersey on, you’re not only representing today, you’re representing the past and future, so you’ve got to be ready for it.”

Weston Davidson of Strongfield, SK. came out on top with 80 points and $6,400 in winnings. Carving out a nice little slice of his own, Dixon Tattrie of Youngstown, Alta. earned 78 points and $5,676 as runner-up.

After years of programming designed to foster interest in hockey among Cochrane’s young women, Cochrane Minor Hockey is experiencing a wave of female registrations.

“My entire team, we all have part-time or full-time jobs to be able to support our season."

“I feel really good, we’ve taken on the best teams in the league and we’ve done really good. We have a really good group of kids, a core of them who have played together for quite a while now, and we have a lot of talented kids who, and kids who work really hard, and kids who have played in a lot of provincial championships."

“After CALTAF I would have been happy with some modest personal bests and good experience, I would have considered that successful. But what I expected and where they ended up— They just totally exceeded everything that I thought was possible this year.”