Local Sports

With their Calgary Rugby Union playoff lives on the line, the Banff Bears Rugby Club absorbed a 33-17 loss to the second-place Calgary Hornets, Thursday (Aug 30) at the Banff Rec Grounds.

Meagan Stewart is by no means an extreme athlete. She finished last in almost every figure skating competition she entered as a child and has next to no experience with the snowkite.

In what could be a crucial season for the future of the Canmore Eagles, head coach and general manager Andrew Milne has high hopes leading into the team’s first game of the season, Saturday (Sept. 8) against the Olds Grizzlys.

In the wake of the first Banff GranFondo, work continues to bring many of the top road cyclists in the world to Alberta for a Tour de France-style race, including a stage that climbs Highwood Pass and finishes in Canmore.

How one-sided was Canmore boxer Craig Wilson’s bout at the K.O. for Cancer Round 3 Fundraiser? He drilled his opponent’s chin so many times he lost count. “I went right to the plan and followed it,” Wilson said.

When grizzly bear 64 and her three cubs were spotted on the Bow Valley Parkway in advance of the RBC Banff GranFondo peloton, Saturday (Aug.

For a week in August, everyone wants to be a Canmore Eagle. Eighty potential Canmore Eagles arrived in town for the start of the club’s AJHL training camp on Thursday (Aug. 23), trying to earn a spot on the 2012/2013 roster.

It’s a case of déjŕ vu all over again for two Canmore Eagles. Nils Moser and Zack Rassell will both try to earn spots on the 2012/2013 Canmore Eagles squad when the club opens training camp on Thursday (Aug. 23) with fitness testing.

Myron Tetrault and Margie Ritchie proved why they’re among the best triathletes in the west, blowing past the competition at the fifth annual Canmore Triathlon, Sunday (Aug. 19).

In their best performance in recent history, the Canmore Coho Swim Club brought home seven medals from the Alberta Summer Swimming Association provincial championships, Friday (Aug. 17) in Edmonton.