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After their dominant regular season, the Airdrie Xtreme U15 AAA boys' hockey team is kicking off the Alberta Elite Hockey League (AEHL) playoffs with a best-of-three series against the Calgary Royals this Thursday. 

Priest, 18, earned a fourth-place finish in the women's individual compound division, as well as a gold medal in the mixed-teams event, alongside her Alberta teammate Adam Berge, of Sturgeon County.

The 16-year-old Bert Church High School student-athlete won all three of her bouts in the women's 60-kilogram weight class to walk away with the gold medal around her neck on March 4.

Thunder to face Wranglers After a few days of waiting, the Airdrie Techmation Thunder junior B hockey team discovered on Sunday who they'll be playing in the Heritage Junior Hockey League's (HJHL) north division finals – the Sylvan Lake

“The girls are very committed, they work hard, and they bought in,” Hilko said. “It’s been a wonderful experience.”

W.H. Croxford High School alumna Shanice Alfred has been suiting up for Guyana's national women's soccer team, while also competing for Ontario's Seneca College. 

The best U16A and U19A ringette teams are in Airdrie this weekend for the provincial championships.

Skip Myla Plett, third Alyssa Nedohin, second Chloe Fediuk and lead Allie Iskiwoff to U20 Nationals at end of March

Last night, the Thunder won game six of their playoff series against Mountainview, downing the Colts 4-1 in Didsbury.

Playoffs are underway this week for Airdrie's public high-school basketball teams.