Local Sports

Parity is the new theme for the expanded Bow Valley Soccer League, which is now well under way for the 2014 season with more teams, better officiating and an expanded schedule of competitive play.

Rundle’s Revenge needs more girl power.

Playing firebrand Banff rugby in an effort to snap a home losing streak, captain Jeremy Woodcock broke a deadlock in the dying minutes of the game with a brilliant run to give the Banff Men’s Rugby squad a 14-7 victory over the Calgary Hornets on Sat

Belt tightening and lean budgets will become the norm this year for winter sports, as two national sports organization received bad news from Own the Podium.

If anyone thought the Banff Bears rugby team would dominate Division III of the Calgary Rugby Union, think again.

The youth movement was in full effect for the Bow Valley’s showing at Banff Bike Fest, and Reid McLure led the way for the junior Rundle Mountain Cycling Club team, finishing third overall in Cat 4.

Those who still need convincing that a diverse sports background produces stronger athletes should look at the results of the 5 Peaks Running Series trail race from Saturday (June 14) at the Canmore Nordic Centre.

Nick Martin of Canmore Fight Club will head to the East Coast for a huge helping of mental and physical abuse. Martin will take part in the Spartan Summer Death Race, where he will face a variety of mental and physical endurance challenges.

Clear eyes, full hearts, can’t lose. It only took those six words from the movie Friday Night Lights to inspire 14-year-old Holly Phillips to join the Bow Valley Wolverines and become one of the only women to play football in the club’s history.

Parks Canada joined the local biking community to launch a new trail network on Tunnel Bench in Banff National Park, Friday (June 13).