Local Sports

Graeme Killick and Emily Nishikawa have a message for Cross Country Canada: The kids are all right.

Jesse Cockney made Canadian history at the Haywood NorAm Olympic Trials sprint on Saturday (Jan. 11) at the Canmore Nordic Centre, when he became the first Aboriginal man to qualify for the Olympics in cross-country skiing.

While the Travelers All-Star Curling Skins Game didn’t work out as well as could be hoped for Brad Jacobs last weekend, he hasn’t altered his rink’s preparations for representing Canada at the Sochi Olympics. On Saturday (Jan.

With the playoffs looming, the Canmore Eagles took pleasure beating up upon two of the weaker AJHL teams this past week, but unfortunately in the air tight southern division, it isn’t getting them any headway in the standings.

Local climber Alison Vest was the big winner at the first climbing competition at Elevation Place in Canmore, winning the open women’s category at the Rockies Rampage competition on Saturday (Jan. 11).

More Bow Valley athletes have been named to the Alberta Winter Games roster, as the games are now a mere three weeks away. Opening ceremonies are scheduled for Feb.

It was the kind of shot that many club curlers at venues across Canada would relish – a shot to the button for all the marbles.

Matching Olympic gold medallist Chandra Crawford’s efficacious skate stride through the final 50 metres of Wednesday’s (Jan. 8) qualifier race at the Canmore Nordic Centre, Banff’s Heidi Widmer’s ascension to Canada’s Nordic throne became apparent.

It’s coming down to the wire, but Canmorite Robby Balharry’s Olympic dream is still alive. The Canmore slopestyle athlete has one more chance to meet Canadian Snowboard Association Olympic criteria at a world cup stop in Stoneham, Que.

Elevation Place will host its first-ever climbing competition on Saturday (Jan. 11), attracting many of the top local and regional wall crawlers.