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The proof is in the performance. Cochrane Generals have proven they can defeat a lesser opponent. Since November, Cochrane is 9-0 against Heritage Junior Hockey League foes lower in the standings. It’s the better teams Cochrane is struggling with.

In the wake of his community swimming success, Connor Matthezing is preparing to make waves at the next level. The 17-year-old Cochranite has signed a letter of intent to join the University of Calgary varsity men’s swim team in the fall.

As WinSport communications director Dale Oviatt walked down the footpath to the bridge overlooking Canada Olympic Park's luge finish area, he clutched a piece of paper. On it were first-run results from the Dec.

Nothing like a little home cooking to shake the rust off the rails.

Something different. That's what the field of 156 pro golfers will find when they tee it up at the PGA Tour Canada's ATB Financial Classic golf tournament this summer at the Links of GlenEagles in Cochrane.

Didn’t take the new recruit long to make his presence felt. Ninety-five seconds, to be exact. Chad Harrison fed Patrick Dove at 1:35 of the first period for Cochrane Generals’ first goal in their 8-7 Dec.

The right direction. It's where you want to go as you work your way through the South Central Alberta Midget AA Hockey League (SCAHL) season.

You cannot overstate the positive effect Cochrane’s Rob Cote and the Calgary Stampeders have on minor football in town. Just ask Cochrane Bantam Lions head coach Paul McLean.

The Cochrane Generals ended November the way they started. With a win in another team’s rink. Cochrane downed host Ponoka Stampeders 5-3 in Heritage Junior Hockey League play Nov. 30 for the team’s sixth win of the month.

Kristen McNab is getting more comfortable at the next level.