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Four-sport athlete Kyle Moortgat was named Cochrane High School Cobras varsity male athlete of the year at the school’s athletic awards ceremony June 14 at the school.

Bow Valley High School Bobcats’ Cole Lethebe won gold in the intermediate boy’s triple-jump event at the Alberta Schools Athletic Association provincial track meet June 8 at Foothills Athletic Park in Calgary.

This was supposed to be a rebuilding season, but at the end of the day the Cochrane High Cobras still found a way to out-play their competition.

It wasn’t the way team manager Gary Moore wanted it to end, but the silver lining is a silver medal.

When Cochrane High School Cobras track coach Esther Sieben asks her to jump, Rachel Berscht replies: “How high?” How about high enough to win a high-jump gold medal at the Alberta Schools Athletic Association’s (ASAA) provincial track championships?

The Cochrane Generals have pulled a youngster from the coaching ranks to lead the team’s march into the 2013-14 Heritage Junior Hockey League season. Evan McFeeters was named the team’s new head coach by club president Greg Keller on June 10.

It’s been a while, but Ryan Yip is finally taking a trip back to Merion Golf Club to shoot a few rounds. This time, it’s not as an amateur. The Bearspaw golfer is swinging with the pros at the 2013 U.S.

A long time ago, when the grass on the field was real and the game ball was leather, high-school football was a simple affair. You ran the ball. You kicked the ball. You tackled the ball-carrier.

She may not be old enough to drive, and her horse is almost as old as she is, but that doesn’t keep Hannah Burrell from driving hard for the finish. The 14-year-old from Didsbury is the youngest pro barrel racer in Canada.

He calls himself the “mammary hunter.” And for good reason. Sundre’s Bruce Burrell won the wild-cow-milking event at the 60th annual Water Valley Rodeo on June 1.