Local Sports

If Hockey Canada is considering a nation-wide ban on body checking in bantam and midget house-league hockey, it’s news to Paul Carson.

The future looks bright. That’s the message delivered by Cochrane Midget Lions head coach Jud Graham in the wake of his team’s 76-1 Calgary Area Midget Football League loss to Prairie Fire (Red Deer) on May 1.

Cochrane High School Cobras quarterback Cody Stevens and Bow Valley High School Bobcats receiver/defensive back Grayson Javorsky have made the main-camp cut for the Calgary Colts junior football team.

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The Bow Valley Grizzlies have arisen from their winter slumber in a combative mood, appearing well up to the challenge of Calgary Rugby Union Div. 2 men’s competition.

You win some. You lose some. After opening the Big Sky Rugby Union high school season with a gritty 24-19 win over Oilfields in Black Diamond, the Cochrane Rugby senior boys hit an impenetrable shield in Okotoks.

Ivy or Brown? Cochrane’s Abby Niewchas doesn’t have to choose because she’s made the next level at Ivy League school Brown University.

Some friends will be chewing the fat this week as they fly to the national wrestling championships in New Brunswick.

Like any other 16 year old, Noah Maisonneuve does the same routine every week day: get up, head to school, rinse and repeat.

Born in a barn? No. Raised in one? You bet. Bow Valley Grizzlies Rugby Club men’s team is in its second indoor training preseason at its “secret” Jumping Pound location.