Local Sports

If bike race organizers want to ensure a strong turnout from the Bow Valley, they would do well to follow the Salmon Arm Salty Dog lead: give winners apple pie.

After several years of rebuilding and reshaping the organization, the Canadian National Biathlon Team is on a mission: win a medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.

Many of the best cyclists in the world, including Ryder Hesjedal, will race through Canmore on Sept. 7 as Tour of Alberta organizers have officially confirmed the route. “It’s going to be a great event.

The springtime announcement of Canada’s national cross-country ski team tends to bring little fanfare, but for two Banff siblings, it was front page news.

A mere nine months before the 2014 Sochi Olympics, 2006 gold medalist Chandra Crawford has left the Canadian national cross- country ski team to train independently.

Our Lady of the Snows Catholic Academy senior boys handball team capped a successful season with a bronze medal at the ASAA Tier II Provincial Championship in St. Paul, Alta., Saturday (April 27).

The newly-christened Lady Macs roller derby team battled hard, but lost their debut bout of the season against a more experienced side from Kimberley, B.C. at Thelma Crowe arena in Canmore, Saturday (April 27).

Coming off a season where they finished second in the province in Tier II high school rugby, the Banff Community High School Bears boys are looking for another strong season.

Massimo ‘Max’ Carca, who helped lead the Italian ski team to multiple World Cup, world championship and Olympic titles, has been named head coach of Canada’s men’s alpine technical team.

Following up last year’s league and zone double, the Canmore Collegiate High School Crusaders boys soccer team are hard at work in preseason training before Wednesday’s (May 1) home opener.