Local Sports

Rugby’s roots are beginning to bear fruit in Cochrane.

Cochrane High School Cobras are hanging another provincial track-and-field banner from the Cobradome rafters. Cobras defended their 3A (student population 749-1,250) track title June 5-6 in Lethbridge.

Three Bow Valley Grizzlies are in the hunt for spots on Alberta’s under-23-year-old (U23) men’s rugby team.

Every now and again, you’re going to have a noticeably good game. Ty Hawes had one of those games against Foothills Lions of Okotoks on June 6. Playing at the No.

St. Timothy High School Thunder roared to their first-ever provincial high school track-and-field medals June 5-6 in Lethbridge.

Cochrane Rugby left it all on the field this season. Losing 20-5 to Holy Trinity Academy (HTA) Knights of Okotoks in Alberta Schools’ Athletic Association South Central Zone boy’s play May 28 in Calgary, the decision was a victory of sorts.

With provincial berths already secured for both teams, there wasn’t much in it for Springbank and Banff community high schools other than who’d take home the Alberta Schools’ Athletic Association South Central Zone Tier 2 girl’s rugby banner.

Edge Mountaineers Midget Girl’s Prep head coach Carla MacLeod has skated into the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame.

The influence of the internet is boundless. Case in point: When St. Timothy High School Thunder field-hockey goalie Emily Wasylyniuk sought shootout goaltending stragegies, she went straight to YouTube.

Cochrane High School Cobras’ gold medal came with a silver lining.