Local Sports

Mothers, grandmothers and daughters ran with wide smiles and heads held high during the sixth annual Rocky Mountain Soap Women’s Run, May 11-12 at the Canmore Nordic Centre.

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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.