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Cochrane steer wrestler wins second
Canadian Finals Rodeo title
Brendan Nagle
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Bromley Chamberlain/Athabasca Advocate
Got Him -Cochrane’s Tanner Milan reached for a
steer as older-brother Baillie hazed for him at the
Canadian Finals Rodeo matinee performance on
Nov. 8 at Edmonton’s Rexall Place.
It’s a long, dusty road that ends
in Edmonton.
But don’t tell Tanner Milan
it isn’t worth every ounce of
blood, sweat and tears he’s put
into a full Canadian Pro Rodeo
Association (CPRA) season to be
the 2014 national steer wrestling
champion.
The 31 year old Cochranite
prevailed at the 41st annual
Canadian Finals Rodeo (CFR)
in Alberta’s capital, winning his
second Canadian steer wrestling
championship in three years.
“It’s outstanding. I don’t even
know how to explain it right
now,” Milan said hours after
winning the title on the competition’s final day in Nov. 9. “I absolutely can’t believe it. I’m kind of
kiss for words.”
Riding Paul Guenthner’s CPRA
award-winning horse, Itzy, Milan
was up against it on the show’s
final day.
Needing a win in the sixth
(last) go, he put up his secondbest time of the week – a 3.5-second run that was best on the day
putting him over the top.
He won CFR Day 1 on Nov. 5
with a 3.4-second pass.
“Coming down today (Nov. 9),
I knew I had to win the round
and I needed some other stuff to
go in my favour. It happens I was
the last guy out today,” Milan
recalled. “Right before we rode
in, my brother Baillie slapped me
on the leg and said; ‘Tanner, you
go after it. You don’t back off.’”
“That’s what I did,” he added.
“I got a (heck) of a start and
made a good run, and everything
worked in my favour.”
Baillie Milan was Tanner’s
hazer all week at the CFR. As the
man tasked with keeping steers
on line for the catch, he did
his job perfectly, earning some
post-CFR refreshments on his
brother’s tab.
When the dust settled,
Tanner’s combined CFR and
CPRA season earnings totalled
$64,618.90, just ahead of
Neepawa, Manitoba’s Justin
Miller at $62,023.53.
“I was so set on winning it
this year and that’s what I was
practising for. I absolutely put
all my time into it,” Milan said.
“My mind was on winning first
up here this year.”
But, as in everything rodeo, it
didn’t come easy.
“I had some good runs and I
had some bobbles too, and it
was a battle right to the end”
Milan said.
“I put some pressure on and
then I’d mess up and someone
else would put some pressure
on and then it just kind of kept
switching back and forth like
that.”
“There’s always the ups and
downs,” he added. “But you just
have to ride out the high times
and enjoy every moment of it.”
Chestermere defenceman helping Kodiaks to great start in AJHL this year
Lucas Punkari
Rocky View Publishing
As a seasoned veteran in the Alberta
Junior Hockey League (AJHL),
19-year-old Chestermere native Trevor
Costello is enjoying his most successful year to-date with the Camrose
Kodiaks.
Costello, who is in his third season
with the Kodiaks as a defencemen,
has already surpassed his career high
in points with eight in 22 games and
has been a key part in the team’s 18-22 record this season.
“In my first two seasons here in
Camrose, we went out early in the
playoffs, and that was not what
we wanted to do at all as a team,”
Costello said.
“This year, everyone is pulling
together as a group and playing a
team game, and hopefully it will only
go up from here.”
“During the summer, myself and the
other returning players on the team
made a goal to become stronger and
faster, and that training has paid off,”
he added.
“The new players on the team
have bought in to what we are doing
here as well, and it’s been a healthy
match.”
Following a 5-0 win over the Calgary
Mustangs at the Father David Bauer
Lucas Punkari/Rocky View Publishing
Defensive General - Chestermere
native and Camrose Kodiaks defenceman Trevor Costello gave directions
to his teammates during the Kodiaks’
5-0 win over the Calgary Mustangs in
Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL)
action at the Father David Bauer Arena
in Calgary on Nov. 11.
Arena in Calgary on Nov. 11, the
Kodiaks were all alone in first place
in the AJHL South Division, and
were tied for the most points in the
league (38) with the defending league
champion and North Division leading
Spruce Grove Saints heading into a
pair of home games on Nov. 14 and 15
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Nov. 21, when they will pay a visit
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