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“I’m really proud of everybody. Our whole purpose is to get seniors off the couch and get them involved physically, mentally and socially,” Campbell said.

"It's great when the two Cochrane teams get together. A lot of those kids have played since they were in atom, through peewee and bantam. Now they're in high school and it's just a great opportunity to get on the field and compete."

The Calgary Rugby Union (CRU) championship cup is returning to Banff for the first time since 2018, after the Banff Bears senior men's team defeated the Bow Valley Grizzlies of Cochrane 19-15 in a back-and-forth battle Sept. 10 in Calgary.

“I think by the end of the year, you’re going to see a gigantic difference between where we are now and where we’re going,” Paul said. “Even where we were at the end of last year compared to where we are now, we’re light years ahead.”

In an exciting twist of fate, the Grizzlies and Bears will meet again on the pitch at the Calgary Rugby Union for a tiebreaker to determine which bruins crew reigns supreme.

The local junior B team announced the game's cancellation on social media on Tuesday.

Though they may not have been content with their overall performance, the Cochrane High School Cobras football team began their 2022 Rocky View Sports Association (RVSA) season the same way they ended the last six – with a win.

The Cochrane Generals are going international before kicking off their 2022-23 Heritage Junior Hockey League (HJHL) campaign, taking on the University of South Korea on Sept. 5.

The Grizzlies U16 girls' and boys' teams, U18 boys, and senior men's team are all hitting the pitch this weekend for Calgary Rugby Union playoff action.

Two Cochrane-area athletes rounded off the 2022 Canada Summer Games with positive performances for Team Alberta last week.