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The road to success is not only paved with good intentions, but hard work and perseverance. And when people tell you “you can’t,” you look them dead in the face and say, “I can.

The Rocky Mountain bantam AAA Raiders’ dynastic ways have reached a fever pitch. Cochranite Taylor Sawka’s powerplay marker with 79 seconds on the clock lifted the Raiders to a 3-2 victory March 29 in Okotoks to complete the two-game sweep of the St.

The Cochrane Sloths put an exclamation point on their season by winning the Tier 5 Division at the Yelnats Cup March 30 in Cochrane.

After going undefeated in the regular season and winning the Central Alberta Hockey League’s peewee Tier 1 title, the Cochrane Rockies ran into some stiff competition at provincials.

Twenty-four midget hockey teams are in Cochrane right now, vying for the Yelnats (that’s Stanley, spelled backwards) Cup.

Calgary and Cochrane are combining forces to create a barbaric, marauding teenaged rugby juggernaut.

These kids bounce, and they aren’t playing basketball. The Highwood Raiders have lost just twice in Alberta Major Midget Female Hockey League (AMMFHL) playoffs so far, and both one-goal losses were immediately followed by series-clinching wins.

Cochrane Cowboys wrestler Cian Hilkewich won gold in the bantam male 43-kilogram class at the Alberta Open provincial wrestling championships March 15 in Calgary.

The perennial favourites for the provincial banner are leaving little room for doubt.

With a couple of weeks to lick their wounds, the Bow Valley Timberwolves are preparing to attack unwary prey at the Hockey Alberta major midget AA hockey provincial tournament starting today (March 20) in Wainwright.