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The Stanley Cup is the pinnacle of hockey greatness, it’s the biggest goal for hockey players young and old, but next to Lord Stanley’s Cup, there is the Calder Cup.

Sometimes there are bumps on the road to the next level. When Cochrane High School Cobras 2014 grad Dale Cummings left Aug. 4 for Montana to start his university football career, he was pumped.

When business gets in the way of hockey, it can drag you down. But Sundre’s Austin Fyten isn’t letting contract negotiations and a change of address get in the way of his hockey success.

Push, pull or sprint; the Bow Valley Grizzlies have a complete game. The Cochrane-based club won its 11th-straight Calgary Rugby Union Div. 3 men’s match 45-7 over visiting Banff on Aug. 15 at Mitford Pond rugby pitch.

Ashley McCool is flipping out. Literally. The 14-year-old Cochrane diver won gold, silver and bronze at the national diving championships Aug. 8-10 in Victoria.

Sometimes there are bumps on the road to the next level. When Cochrane High School Cobras 2014 grad Dale Cummings left Aug. 4 for Montana to start his university football career, he was pumped.

When business gets in the way of hockey, it can drag you down. But Sundre’s Austin Fyten isn’t letting contract negotiations and a change of address get in the way of his hockey success.

Push, pull or sprint; the Bow Valley Grizzlies have a complete game. The Cochrane-based club won its 11th-straight Calgary Rugby Union Div. 3 men’s match 45-7 over visiting Banff on Aug. 15 at Mitford Pond rugby pitch.

Ashley McCool is flipping out. Literally. The 14-year-old Cochrane diver won gold, silver and bronze at the national diving championships Aug. 8-10 in Victoria.

The puck stops here. And McKenzie Chalmers is the goalie training to do the stopping. The 17-year-old Calgarian, who played 22 games as a rookie for the Cochrane Generals last season, is already on the ice preparing for the team’s Sept.