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To win a zone high school championship is bliss. To repeat is divine. But three wins in a row? That’s dynasty territory. For the third year in a row, the Banff Community High School boys rugby team has been crowned zone champions.

Graham Torrie and Margie Smith came out on top of the annual Kananaskiker mountain bike race on Sunday (June 3), at the Canmore Nordic Centre.

The Bow Valley’s small but mighty Judo club has produced a handful of potential national champions. MacKenzie Morgan, Erin Morgan and Laure Wanlin have all earned a shot to win the Canadian national judo championship title in Toronto on July 5.

Fishnet-clad gladiators hurl jaw-shattering blows onto marked women, pummeling opponents onto the cold pavement below. Welcome to the world of Bow Valley Roller Derby, which officially launched Saturday (June 2) at the Canmore Rec Centre.

Compass and map in hand, the nation’s top orienteering racers navigated their way to Canmore for two days of top competition, last weekend.

The bark of the scrum-half, the crunch of bones and the smell of barbecued beef wafting from the Banff Rec Grounds can only mean one thing: Banff men’s rugby is back in the Bow Valley.

The Banff Hockey Academy Midget AAA girls reached the final of their biggest tournament of the year, but lost 3-1 on the West Coast to Vancouver-based Midget New Generationz on Sunday (May 20). “The girls played really well.

Following two frustrating years of headaches and health setbacks, Olympic silver medalist Mike Robertson is trading in his dreams for long-term health.

Map and compass fans appear poised to crowd out the GPS crowd this weekend at the Canmore Nordic Centre for the Fifth Barebones Orienteering competition (May 26-27). “Essentially, it’s a running race, but you have checkpoints to find along the way.

Justin Brisbane CANMORE Flying saucers, pylon heads and chill foursomes lingering in the woods: true signs the Big Bear disc golf tournament has returned to Canmore.