Local Sports

Master of the pommel, king of the rings; Luke Fricker is Alberta’s new Level 1 provincial gymnastics champ. Fricker presented a truly dominant performance on April 21 in Edmonton to win the overall title, capturing five medals in the process.

Canmore’s Austin Anderson is prepared for a higher calling. The 23-year-old kicker is expected to be chosen in the CFL draft following a stellar career with the McGill Redmen, Thursday (May 3).

After 102 hours of racing, coral snakes and crocodiles, Canmore’s adventure racing queen Liza Pye and Team Tecnu Extreme Adventure Racing are tops again, crushing the competition at the 2012 Costa Rica Adventure race championship.

A handstand back handspring on the beam propelled Canmore’s Abby Houck to the town’s first provincial gymnastics title in five years.

Two Bow Valley natives with long ties to their sports have earned prestigious coaching duties with the national alpine and biathlon programs.

A giant chessboard-sized, gold-plated silhouette of a skier mounted on polished granite is awarded to the top World Cup downhill skier in Chamonix, France. The stylized French ski trophy is so bulky, it’s impossible to miss.

While Banff’s Colton Semenok and his AJHL league champion Brooks Bandits battle the BCHL champion Penticton Vees for the Doyle Cup and a possible berth in the Royal Bank Cup national championship, the Canmore Eagles aren’t waiting around to reload fo

The Alberta Ski Team’s dynamic coaching duo has finally received some accolades.

The Canadian cross-country ski community is mourning the loss of former national team coach Inge Braten, who died suddenly in Norway after suffering from a short illness on April 12. He was 63.

Nine Banff skaters won 17 medals at the Chinook Invitational in Lethbridge on April 1 to cap off one of the more successful seasons in the Banff Skate Club’s history. “They train really hard. They set goals for themselves and always achieve them.