By Rob Vogt The Claresholm Junior “A” Thunder may have reached a turning point, by splitting a pair of weekend games against Athabasca.The Thunder hosted the Rivermen at Claresholm Arena on Friday night, Oct. 10, dropping a tough 4-2 decision.The game started like so many for the Thunder where they fell behind 2-0 after the first period.This time, things were very … Read more…
By Tim Bryson Co-coach, WCCHS Cobras football team With the pending province-wide teachers’ strike shutting down all school activities this week, the Willow Creek Composite High School Cobras made sure they lived for the moment with a dominating 35-0 win over the Winston Churchill Bulldogs of Lethbridge last Friday, Oct. 3, at the Snake Pit.With the game being the last … Read more…
By Rob Vogt The Willow Creek Composite High School “A” girls volleyball team won their home tournament this past weekend with a thrilling victory in the final over Canmore.The Cobras welcomed teams from High River, the Piikani Nation, Canmore, Fort Macleod, Picture Butte, Nobleford and the Kainai Nation for a one-day tournament on Saturday, Sept. 27.The Cobras opened with a … Read more…
By Tim Bryson Co-coach, WCCHS Cobras football team The Willow Creek Composite High School Cobras football team ran into a buzzsaw last Friday, Sept. 19, in Cardston, as a fast and motivated bunch of Cougars used an offensive explosion in the second and third quarter to beat the Cobras 42-12. This was clearly a game that Cardston had circled on … Read more…
By Rob Vogt It is not how you start, but how you finish that counts.The Willow Creek Composite High School senior varsity girls’ volleyball team proved that this past weekend with a stirring run to the final of their home tournament after finishing next to last in round robin play.The Cobras welcomed teams from Lethbridge; Vulcan; Brant; Coalhurst; Picture Butte; … Read more…
By Tim Bryson Co-coach, WCCHS Cobras football team The Willow Creek Composite High School Cobras won their football season opener last Friday, Sept. 5, with a 28-21 win over the Brooks Buffalos.As is often the case with the first game of the year, the game started slowly for both teams, as they were trying to work out the glitches that … Read more…
By Rob Vogt and Kevin Todd Pro rodeo took over the Nanton Ag Grounds this past weekend.When all the dust settled, the winners of the Nanton Pro Rodeo held Aug. 22 and 23 were:Bareback riding1) Brett Williams, 83 points;2) Steven Dewolfe, 82;3) Colton Ouellette, 79.5;4) Ty Taypotat, 77;5) Dantan Bertsch, 75.56) (tie) Jared Marshall and Dallas Hay, 75.Steer wrestling1) (tie) … Read more…