Local Sports

January Cross-country skier Devon Kershaw made history, posting the highest-ever finish for a Canadian during Europe’s Tour de Ski, finishing fourth. “It’s bittersweet to be fourth. In the coming days, I will appreciate it more,” Kershaw said.

Christmas is the time for the unexplained. The Grinch’s heart softened, Little Ralphie got his BB gun and the Canmore Eagles moved out of last place in the AJHL.

The sight compelled neophyte cross-country ski racer Jess Cockney to unleash a primal scream that echoed through the packed Canmore Nordic Centre stadium at the Alberta World Cup, Saturday (Dec. 15).

Several local skaters posted podium performances and personal bests at a Banff Canmore Speed Skating Club home meet on Saturday (Dec. 15) as the club continues to develop young skaters.

Sitting in the media room three days before her first race, cross-country skier Chandra Crawford struggled to speak positively.

In what may well be the last World Cup race on adopted home soil in his World Cup career, cross-country ski beast Ivan Babikov had to go for it.

The valley is filled with those humbled by harsh conditions on familiar mountains. Add ski cross racer Tristan Tafel to that list.

National team cross-country skiers lead a simple life: eat, train, sleep, repeat. Canmore’s Russell Kennedy, though, has to find time to lay down some beats.

Amidst deafening crowds in Quebec City, Canada’s national cross-country ski team fell short of World Cup glory Friday and Saturday (Dec. 7-8) in the team and individual sprints.

With the women’s speed team firmly stuck in rebuilding mode, Alpine Canada president Max Gartner says patience is needed before the nation sees a resurgence in downhill and super G competitors.