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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. 

Locally, some of the athletes competing for Team Alberta in P.E.I. include Bert Church High School boxer Emily Vigneault, Airdrie Bisons hockey player Wyatt Pisarczyk, ringette player Kennedy Rice, and archer Haley Priest.

The Thunder earned a 3-0 shutout victory at the Ron Ebbesen Arena on Tuesday night, in front of a few hundred fans, to lead the Heritage Junior Hockey League (HJHL) series 3-2. 

A pair of Airdrie-raised university athletes are continuing to put their hometown on the map in western Canada's post-secondary track-and-field scene.