Local Sports

Despite not competing at a track meet for more than a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Airdrie local and University of Calgary Dinos athlete Sienna MacDonald is currently the number-one ranked U20 women’s heptathlete in the country, following a modified outdoor track and field season this spring and summer, according to Athletics Canada.

The Airdrie Angels U19D women’s softball team capped off a successful 2021 season on Aug. 21, winning the provincial championship with a 12-2 victory over the Fort Saskatchewan Sliders.

The Airdrie Irish competitive men’s football team’s 2021 season has come to a close, following a 45-6 defeat at the hands of the Central Alberta Buccaneers on Aug. 21.

Airdrie’s senior B men’s lacrosse team overcame a sluggish start to the 2021 box lacrosse season, making it all the way to their league’s championship finals before bowing out against the St. Albert Miners.

When the George McDougall Mustangs and W.H. Croxford Cavaliers open the high-school football season on Sept. 4, the stakes will be a bit higher than their previous encounters – at least when it comes to local bragging rights.

An explosive offensive effort catapulted the Airdrie Irish men’s football team to their first Alberta Football League (AFL) victory in nearly three years on Aug. 7, dominating the Calgary Wolfpack 77-32 at Ed Eggerer Athletic Park.

Two lacrosse players from Airdrie will be representing their home city – and playing for the pride of western Canada – at the 2021 World Junior Lacrosse Championships, held in Winnipeg, Man. From Aug. 12 to 14.

A strong start for the Airdrie Irish was not enough to quell an elite second-half effort from the Alberta Football League’s (AFL) newest team.

Rocky View County resident Andrew Smollett, 19, is headed to Wroclaw, Poland on Aug. 5 to compete in the World Archery Youth Championships in the Junior Male Recurve Division.

After a long pause due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Airdrie Irish football team returned to the turf on July 24. “There is a lot of rust that needs to come off,” said head coach Anton Bellot.