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The wooded Bow Valley is a world apart from the hot rocks of Flagstaff, Arizona, but that didn’t stop ultramarathon star Jacob Puzey from winning the 5 Peaks Enduro race on Saturday (Sept. 12) at the Canmore Nordic Centre.

After the dust settled on their first playoff game of 2015, the Banff Men’s Rugby Club had utterly dominated the Calgary Irish.

Last week, head coach Andrew Milne joked his team was so young and naďve, that perhaps they weren’t aware of how nervous they should be for a back-to-back series against the Brooks Bandits. Consider the Eagles educated.

Doubling in size in its second year, the Rocky Mountain Crusher attracted hundreds of Alberta’s top CrossFit athletes to the Canmore Nordic Centre for a day of tough workouts, trail running, and lots of mud.

It was a perfect September morning to dive in the chilly glacier water at Two Jack Lake as triathletes competed in the Subaru Banff Triathlon on Saturday (Sept. 12) under the glaring sun’s rays.

Jackson Howatt’s 80-yard touchdown run and Danny Scurfield was a monster on the offensive line, as the Bow Valley Wolverines edged Taber 15-8 on Saturday (Sept. 12) at McMahon Stadium in Calgary.

From a vantage point inside the new domed Teepee Town chair at Sunshine Village, the sky really is a different colour.

Coming off a 27-31-2 season and an early exit from the playoffs, it’s no surprise the Canmore Eagles have a lot of turnover on the roster.

A balanced offence and disciplined defence paid off for the Bow Valley Wolverines on Friday (Sept. 4) as they recorded their first win of the Big Sky Conference football season, a 28-13 win over Pincher Creek.

“Insanely proud.” That’s how Neo Gleason described the look plastered on his face as he climbed onto the podium at the ITU triathlon Kids of Steel race in Edmonton, which ran in conjunction with the world cup.