Local Sports

By Travis Cummings Special to the Eagle The Cochrane Endurance Project Track & Field Club had athletes entered into its first track meet at the UCAC Calgary Spring Challenge at Foothills Stadium this weekend.

Bocce ball is back in Cochrane for its fourth season at the Bow Rivers Edge Campground. The league was originally supposed to get underway on May 1, but due to snow it was delayed to May 9. The league will run every Wednesday at 6:30 p.m.

Cochrane Cobras star quarterback Xavier Vaillancourt is hitting the big stage. The soon-to-be Grade 12 athlete has been one of the 73 players selected to suit up in the Canadian Football Chat (CFC) Prospect Game June 1 at TD Place Stadium in Ottawa.

Cochranite and Edge School Bantam Prep Mountaineers defenceman Josh Mettimano was selected in the eighth round (156th overall) by the Winnipeg ICE in the Western Hockey League's (WHL) Bantam Draft on May 2.

Former Cochrane Lions quarterback Des Catellier has been selected to play in the USports 2019 East-West Bowl on May 11 at Carleton’s MNP Park in Ottawa.

Roller derby is coming to Cochrane. On May 31, the Rocky View Rollers and the East Side Wheelers will square off in the Home Team Show Down at Spray Lake Sawmills Family Sports Centre.

Winter sports are over and spring time is in full flight in the Town of Cochrane. There are many sports around town that can keep the kids busy throughout the spring and summer with registrations open for all activities.

Oh how things can change in just a few short seasons.

A spring blizzard couldn't stop the throng of people who rushed through the doors at the Cochrane Lions Event Centre on April 27 for Rival Boxing Gym's Boxing Beauties charity event.

The Rockyview Junior Ladies Silvertips lacrosse team is back for another season when they open their 2019 Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League (RMLL) campaign on April 28 vs the Calgary Axemen.