Local Sports

Fun Country Riders results: The Fun Country Riders closed out the 2011 season with a show and gymkana on Oct. 2 at the Strathmore Rodeo grounds. Some of the results are as follows: Leadline: • Pleasure, Equitation: 1. Jessica Wolfs 2.

It would be easy to call a Colorado Rockies night game in Denver, followed by a Broncos game the next afternoon, the highlight of a long road trip. But that all happened before I stepped foot into Cowboys Stadium in Dallas.

Kellen Forrest kicked five extra points during the Cochrane Cobras’ 41-3 win over the Bert Church Chargers at Genesis Place in Airdrie on Oct. 5.

Single points can often make the difference in Canadian football.

Airdrie’s Quicksilver Running will host its fourth annual fun run and ultra run at East Lake Park, Oct. 8. It marks the first time the local running and triathlon club will host the event in Airdrie, after having the last three in Calgary.

The Airdrie Thunder Heritage Junior B hockey club took home two points after defeating the Coaldale Copperheads 6-4 at home Sept. 30. The first period saw the Thunder get on the board first with a tally by Ryan Preston.

Airdrie’s Boss Boxing held its second fight card of the year Oct. 1, with one Boss fighter taking home a win. The event was held at the Airdrie Town and Country Centre, Oct. 1, and saw about 250 people attend to watch 12 amateur boxing bouts.

The George McDougall Mustangs girls’ soccer team will play for the Rocky View Sports Association high school championship.

The Crossfield Curling Club is holding an emergency annual general meeting on Oct. 3, to help boost board membership ahead of the 2011-12 curling season.

Darren Elcock is currently ranked as the nation’s No. 1 in the martial art of Judo, and recently returned home from Kiev, Ukraine from the Cadet World Championships with Team Canada.