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With a touchdown in the final minute of the semi-final game, the Raiders came close to staging an epic comeback at Shouldice Athletic Park, but ultimately fell just short as they were still trailing by two points when the clock ticked down to zero.

The Airdrie Irish are just days away from their 2023 Alberta Football League (AFL) season-opener, which gets underway this Saturday in Lacombe.

Bert Church finished the 2023 regular season with an unbeaten 6-0-0 record, putting the Chargers clear at the top of the Rocky View Sports Association (RVSA) standings. In their six matches this spring, the Chargers have outscored their opponents 23-3.

Pratt said the local track meet organizers have enlisted the help of students and staff from Enoch Cree Nation to make sure Airdrie students play the games correctly.

A competitive soccer player who hails from the hamlet of Langdon is relishing the opportunity to compete with and against some of Alberta's best players this summer, thanks to a new league that caters to the province's professional prospects.

Plenty of Airdrie's high-school student athletes were in action on May 28 at the South Central Zones track and field championships, hosted at Foothills Park in Calgary.

The Chargers' most recent win was an emphatic 9-0 clean-sheet victory over the visiting Bow Valley Bobcats on Tuesday at Monklands Park, in Airdrie.

When it comes to Airdrie's top men's lacrosse team, local fans of the sport can expect a changing of the guard in 2023, according to head coach Gareth Barley.

Airdrie’s BMX racing superstar Abygale Reeve is feeling strong and ready for the World Cup season ahead, after spending the last two months in Colombia training with two-time Olympic gold medalist Mariana Pajón.

Boychuk said the high number of players from the Xtreme who were selected by WHL teams this year was a testament to the team's dominance in 2022-23.