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In the tradition of major basketball tournaments every March, the Bow Valley saw its own version - a mountain madness, if you will, at Our Lady of the Snows school.

The second day of the Ski Tour Canada in Canmore challenged Canadian women as they took to the hilly and lengthy skiathlon course, Wednesday (March 9).

Three Canadians fought their way into the heats at the Ski Tour Canada, Tuesday (March 8) in Canmore, but the sunny day was “bittersweet” for the Canucks. Len Valjas was the top Canadian with an 11 th -place finish in the men’ s 1.

It took a fill the net, drop the gloves kind of night, but the Canmore Eagles clinched home ice advantage in the first round of the AJHL playoffs with an 8-5 win over the Olds Grizzlys, Tuesday (March 1) at the Canmore Rec Centre.

Three Canadians landed in the top 30 as the historic Ski Tour Canada made its debut in Gatineau, Que., Tuesday (March 1).

It wasn’t the victory Brian McKeever was after this week.

A season-ending win for the young ladies of the Banff Hockey Academy was a double victory for the program as it said farewell to a condensed schedule. BHA (3-4-1) won 3-1 Sunday against Kelowna, B.C.

Inspired by teammate Larisa Yurkiw’s phenomenal women’s speed season, where she finished second overall in the downhill, Marie-Michele Gagnon added to Canada’s alpine medal tally with a gold medal in alpine combined, Sunday (Feb.

Alex Fricker’s climbing career scaled new heights as the 16 year old was crowned champion at the youth bouldering national championships in Etobicoke, Ont. The national title was his first. “It feels great.

Five games left in the season and it took the Canmore Eagles 20 days before recording their first regulation loss of the month, placing the team comfortably in fourth place in the AJHL’s southern division.