Local Sports

The Cochrane and District Agricultural Society is promising more fun than ever at this year’s Cochrane Fair, slated to go for two days instead of one, Aug. 19 and 20. This year’s version leans more toward music and family fun than it perhaps did in previous years.

Held at the Cochrane Ag Society on June 11, the Angry Hawk Youth-Duro event attracted competitors from ages four to 16 years old from across the province to compete in four downhill stages on the Buffalo Bean trail network

"The season and scores might have not gone our way, but I couldn’t have asked for a better group to work with," she said. "As coaches, it was a pretty awesome season. We had a lot of fun and enjoyed working with them. They’re solid characters all around.”

Springbank coach Shaylynn Tell said it was an exciting victory for the boys, especially considering the cancellation of the two previous high-school boys' soccer seasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The club’s swimmers made a splash by amassing 24 first-place finishes and 22 second-place wins, while 17 Piranhas swimmers paddled and kicked their way to third at the meet in Didsbury June 4

The Cobras entered 30 athletes in various events and came away with 16 medals – good for 514 points and first place overall in the ASAA's 3A division.

Springbank's Number-10 James Keane made the match-winning penalty kick from 40 metres, much to the awe of his coach. 

The team qualified to play in the ASAA Provincial Rugby Championships happening June 3 and 4, the same days as Bow Valley High School's and Cochrane High School's grad celebrations

Cochrane youth have taken to Quidditch in numbers that indicate they don’t mind the differences between their game and the one made famous by J.K Rowling’s Harry Potter books.

The Bow Valley Rugby Club men's team is one step closer to bragging rights in the first annual Grizzly Bear Cup competition against the Banff Bears Rugby Club.