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Zone 2 captured 94 medals at last week’s Alberta Summer Games held in the Peace Region, good for third overall, with a good portion of the team’s 25 gold coming from Rocky View region athletes.

Erin Paterson could’ve trained for the Olympics.

The Rockyview Rage got better with age this season, despite its collectively young and inexperienced squad of players.

Despite competition from summer holidays and the Stampede, a good turnout of riders attended the Fun Country Riders Show and Gymkhana on July 18.

A Cochrane-area resident made history by winning the first ever triple crown in the Calgary Stampede Heavy Horse pull, July 18.

A three-on-three hockey tournament set for mid-August will not only help those trying to fill the midsummer sports void, but also help prepare a group of up to 150 players for the coming hockey season.

Zone 2 captured 94 medals at last week’s Alberta Summer Games held in the Peace Region, good for third overall, with a good portion of the team’s 25 gold coming from Rocky View region athletes.

Ashley Wareham is going back to the Western Canadian Fastball Championships.

Two former Calgary Little Leaguers are bringing their Triple Play Baseball Academy to Airdrie next week. Scott Price and Chris Copot will host the four-day camp, designed for players ages nine to 12, July 26-29 at Fletcher Park.

Kyle German went into Showdown Sunday at the Calgary Stampede with his sights on $100,000. Unfortunately for the Crossfield bull rider, the bull he drew, Fig Jam, had other ideas and bucked him off in less than four seconds.