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The Airdrie Regional Recreation Enhancement Society (ARRES) has officially announced plans for its next fundraiser.

The George McDougall Mustangs girls’ varsity basketball team had a memorable past two weeks.

Cochrane’s Cody Boeckman still has five months of high school remaining. But the 17-year-old Airdrie Thunder netminder is also preparing to lead his team into the Heritage Junior Hockey League (HJHL) playoffs.

Logan Smith hasn’t minded his minimal role with the Airdrie Thunder this season.

Two Airdronian volleyball players will be among the more than 2,500 competitors at this week’s Alberta Winter Games (AWG) in Spruce Grove.

The Chestermere Lakers proved why it is deserving of its No. 1 3A boys’ provincial basketball ranking when it came to Airdrie earlier this week.

The Airdrie Xtreme knows it will open a playoff series next week. The Bantam AAA team is now awaiting its opponent, the dates and whether or not it will have home-ice advantage. With its 9-2 road win over the Medicine Hat Hockey Hounds, Feb.

The Airdrie Thunder will open the Heritage Junior Hockey League (HJHL) playoffs with a best-of-three elimination round series at home against its division-rival Mountainview Colts on Feb. 12. With Airdrie’s 5-5 tie with the Stettler Lightning, Feb.

Marshall Burr knows how important sophomore seasons are in the Alberta Major Bantam Hockey League (AMBHL), with the looming WHL Bantam Draft in May and expectations of a successful playoff run.

Tim Rotheisler can remember back to when wooden sticks, aka ìlumber,î were the norm throughout hockey arenas large and small.