Local Sports

For the last two years, the Airdrie Irish football team, have come up painfully short of the Alberta Football League (AFL) title, losing in back-to-back championship games to the Cold Lake Fighter Jets in blowout fashion.

Airdrie's BMX star Abygale Reeve added another piece of hardware to her collection from the from the Canadian BMX Championships in Vaudreuil-Soulanges, Quebec, on July 6. 

The second annual Rick Hagel Memorial Ranch Rodeo returned to Irricana at the Bev MacDonald Memorial Arena on July 6.

Junior B Airdrie Silvertips lacrosse fought well against the league-leading Calgary Shamrocks on July 6 at the Plainsmen Arena, but the Shamrocks would go on to take the game by a score of 6-9. 

The Rockyview Silvertips, a Junior B Tier One team in the Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League (RMLL), are enjoying their first season back in Airdrie.

Special Olympics, RCMP, Calgary Transit, and Alberta Corrections raised over $1,000 to support local athletes at Boston Pizza "Cops, Pop and Pizza" event.

The Airdrie Raiders, a spring football team made up of some of the best youth football players in the Airdrie area, finished their 2024 season as undefeated champions.

The history of professional soccer in the City of Calgary and surrounding area is a history of mis-steps and misadventures, and just plain old bad luck.

Last month, Aaron Dell, the Airdrie native and NHL goaltender most remembered for his time with the San Jose Sharks, finished his thirteenth professional season as a member of the American Hockey League’s (AHL) Ontario Reign.

Two former Bert Church High School football players have inked their contracts to play in the Canadian Junior Football League (CJFL) for the upcoming season.