Local Sports

The Northern Raiders Midget football team has been training since mid-January, and now that the weather is improving, practices have been moved outdoors in preparation for its 2012 season.

A local karate competitor has finally earned her shot on the big stage. Airdronian Emily Lambert was named to the Canadian National Junior Karate team after her silver-medal performance at nationals last weekend in Richmond, B.C.

The Airdrie Ranch Rodeo will have a new identity – and a new date this July.

After an incredible inaugural Ride of the Mustang children’s cancer funder last year, which raised a total of $51,000 for the Oncology Unit of the Alberta Children’s Hospital, the school is doing it again, and its shaping up to be bigger than last ye

The Northern Raiders midget football team has been training since mid-January, and now that the weather is improving, practices have been moved outdoors in preparation for its 2012 season.

The City of Airdrie, in support of Airdrie’s bid to host the 2014 Alberta Summer Games Bid Committee, is asking residents to save the date of April 18.

The organizers of inaugural Airdrie Regional Recreation Enhancement Society (ARRES) Winter Challenge hockey game have all of the final preparations ready for this weekend. The game, set for 3 p.m.

A local karate competitor has finally earned her shot on the big stage. Airdronian Emily Lambert was named to the Canadian National Junior Karate team after her silver-medal performance at nationals last weekend in Richmond, B.C.

Springbank High School student Merissa Redwood, 16, has been an elite athlete since she was eight. Hailing from Redwood Meadows, the teen has put in thousands of hours in pursuit of her dream to reach the Olympics as a synchronized swimmer.

The Bearspaw Glendale Community Associationís (BGCA) second annual golf tournament has secured four major sponsors three months before the first golfer tees off June 25.