Gabby Mercuur
A few muffled hoorays and casual high-fives aside, the Springbank Phoenix girls varsity basketball team did little to celebrate earning the top prize at Rocky View Basketball Divisionals.
It seems the two-time defending provincial champions are their own toughest critics.
“We just felt like our defence was a little lacking (more…)
Austin Loeppky
St. Timothy School sent just one competitor to the Calgary high school Wrestling City Championships; however, the young grappler proved to be worth his weight in silver.
Thunder Grade 10 athlete Austin Loeppky finished second in the 56-kilogram class at the meet March 3-4 to earn a silver medal and berth in the Wrestling Provincial Championships.
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Alyssa Soloski
The smile smeared across Dione Wearmouth’s face gave it all away.
With two podium finishes at Skate Canada’s Alberta-NWT/Nunavut STARSkate Championships — Wearmouth’s biggest competition of the year — the 10-year-old Cochranite could barely contain her excitement.
“It was really good for me,” exclaimed the young skater, who officially took silver (more…)
Hardy Schmidtke
The top rally car drivers from across Western Canada descended on the Cochrane area for a race March 7, but it was a local man who stole the show.
Hardy Schmidtke, the two-time defending Western Canadian rally champion, kicked off his 2010 title in fine fashion, driving his 2002 Subaru Impreza WRX to a nine-minute victory in the Cochrane Rally, an enduring backwoods race (more…)
Connor Matthezing
After smashing numerous club records and climbing the podium at every event he entered, Cochrane Comets athlete Connor Matthezing wrapped up his breakthrough short-course swimming season in style at the Alberta Age-Group Championships.
Matthezing made the final in all eight of his swimming disciplines and earned four medals at the March 5-7 meet in Edmonton.
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It may have only been the third stop on the Professional Bull Riders (PBR) Canadian Cup Series but local cowboy Devon Mezei seems to already be in top form. (more…)
A heartbreaking defeat followed by an uplifting victory marked the end of the competitive hockey season for the Edge School Mountaineers Prep Boys team. (more…)
Some of the finest minor hockey players in Alberta are sharpening their skates and taping their sticks in anticipation of three massive hockey tournaments coming up in Cochrane. (more…)
One tough match was all it took to derail a Cochrane curling foursome’s hopes of winning the Southern Alberta Mixed Playdowns in Lethbridge and earning a spot in the Alberta finals. (more…)
By Laura Vaillant
Special to the Eagle
The Cochrane Jaguars Volleyball U-17 and U-18 girls Volleyball teams competed in Edmonton and Leduc March 6-7 at the Alberta Volleyball Association Premier #3 Volleyball Tournament.
After a surprising fourth-place finish at their first premier tournament in January, the U-18 girls were looking for some redemption after a disappointing performance at the second premier tournament in February dropped them to division two.The Jags needed to place in the top three to get bumped back up. (more…)
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