26 - ROCKY VIEW WEEKLY Tuesday, November 18, 2014 - Serving Crossfield, Irricana, and rural Calgary Cochrane steer wrestler wins second Canadian Finals Rodeo title Brendan Nagle Cochrane Eagle 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. 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