Local Sports

Jane Gray can fly. Gracefully gliding across the ice at the Canmore Rec Centre on a Sunday afternoon, she spreads her muscular arms outwards in a readied position.

For the first time in two decades, a Canmore Collegiate High School team has won back to back provincial championships. Competing in Sherwood Park, near Edmonton, the senior girls golf team won the provincial title by 20 strokes, Sept. 24-25.

Many ski racers will tell you there is no fear on the mountain. They talk about the thrill, the line between control and recklessness; but never the fear. Jan Hudec says that’s a load of crap.

Local barrel racing phenoms Bailee and Lacey Brewster-Stanton are closing out another stellar year on the rodeo circuit with a trio of podium finishes.

With apologies to Dinah Washington, What a diff’rence a game makes. The Canmore wwEagles notched their first win of the season, Saturday (Sept. 24) against the Fort McMurray Oil Barons, handing the Northern Division team a 5-3 loss.

To most, the feat is pure madness. Run up Grotto Mountain, Mount Lady Macdonald, East End of Mount Rundle and Ha Ling Peak in one day. No bikes, no driving to trail heads, no cash rewards or prizes. Fifty-three kilometres.

Calgary’s Graham Diehl scorched the revised 2011 Melissa’s Road Race half marathon on Saturday (Sept. 24), finishing in a time of 1:13:25. Challenged by an arguably tougher, yet slightly shorter, 20.

“We can be really, really good or really, really bad.

The Banff Men’s Rugby Football Club’s season has come to an abrupt end after a 25-22 loss in Calgary to the Saints in Calgary, Saturday (Sept. 17).

In a blood-soaked night of boxing, the Canmore Fight Club hosted its second Friday Night Fight event at the Canmore Miners’ Hall on Friday (Sept. 15).