The 2016 Team Alberta U16 Male, and U18 Female Provincial Team Rosters were announced this week, and two Cochranites made the cut.

Forward Taylor Sawka, from Edge School will join the U18 Females, while Forward Connor Bouchard from the Okanagan Hockey Academy Midget Prep White will play with the U16 Males.

Sawka says she's very excited to represent her hometown on the National Stage.

"It's pretty awesome to be able to represent my hometown and the people in it," she says. "It's very exciting, I'm pretty sure all of my team that made it is excited to get going with the process, and go to Nationals."

This is the third year Sawka has made team Alberta, but she had to miss last year due to an injured knee.

She's been working since May, attending different camps to make the 2016 team.

"It's been a lot of work but it's worth it in the end, if you look at the big picture in the end it gets you through it."

The U18 Female team heads to the National Women’s U18 Championships in Regina, Nov. 9-13, looking to improve on last year’s eighth-place finish.

The U16 Male squad won the 2015 Western Canada U16 Challenge Cup. The team will seek to continue Alberta’s success at the event, Oct. 19-23 at the Markin MacPhail Centre in Calgary.