Cochrane High School’s (CHS) Cobras Girls curling team won the 2019 Provincial Curling Championship in St. Paul, Alta., in March.
The team was also awarded the Sportsmanship Banner for their good conduct on the ice.
All teams involved in the championship voted for the team they believed demonstrated the best sportsmanship during the tournament.
Seven of the 10 competing teams voted for the CHS team.
“That people see you as a team that they’re excited to play and they think you’re nice people is good,” said Keeley Isinghood, second for the curling team.
The tournament marks the second consecutive championship win for the team, and the second sportsmanship banner awarded to the school.
“I think our coaches were definitely happier that we got sportsmanship than [that] we won the actual thing,” said Zoe Cinnamon, skip for the curling team.
The team defined good sportsmanship as keeping a positive attitude, being kind and helping the other team to put their rocks away.
Their positive attitude was not only extended to the other teams, but to every member of their own team.
“Every single shot takes all four players,” said Isinghood.
“It’s a team working together and communication is super important.”
The school held a small celebration for the receiving of the banner where the team signed the banner that now hangs in the school gymnasium.
“It was like a curling party so, the whole curling program and all the other teams and all the players who just participated, we all ate pizza and then we signed the banner,” said Cinnamon.
Curling season is officially over for this school year but the team is hoping to be just as successful next year.
“Next year, hopefully, we can take it all the way to provincials again,” said Paige Roux, third for the curling team.
Each member of the current team will be returning to CHS for the coming school year.
