Local Sports

It's a bird ... it's a plane ... no, it's Cochrane track and field star Rachel Berscht! The 22-year-old Berscht took home silver in high jump with a score of 1.70 metres at the Canada West Track and Field Championships on Feb.

The Cochrane Chaos are looking to dig themselves out of a hole in their Alberta Junior Female Hockey League (AJFHL) championship series with the Edmonton Wolves.

By Jake Cressy The Cochrane Minor Soccer League (CMS) is in good hands – and feet – thanks to the work of John Castrillon, technical director of the program for the past four years.

This was supposed to be a rebuilding year.

Both the Cochrane Cobras boys and girls basketball teams had a very successful season when they capped of their league play on March 8 and 9 at the Zone Championships.

The Cochrane Generals were eliminated last night after a 4-2 loss to the Coaldale Copperheads in Game five of the third-round of the Heritage Junior Hockey League (HJHL) series.

The Cochrane Generals are onto round three. After defeating the second-ranked Okotoks Bisons 3-2 in Game 5 on Feb. 28 to take the second round Heritage Junior Hockey League (HJHL) series four games to one.

Four Bow Valley Special Olympics athletes won a grand total of 11 medals at the B.C. Winter Games in Vernon on Feb. 21 to 24.

1 ... 2 ... 3 ... down for the pin! The Cochrane Cowboys Wrestling Club held its Invitational tournament on March 2 at Spray Lake Sawmills Family Sports Centre.

Cochrane hockey star Sarah Wozniewicz and her Team Alberta teammates won the gold medal at the Canada Winter Games in front of a capacity crowd in Red Deer with a 2-1 victory over Team Quebec on March 2.