Local Sports

The Holy Trinity Academy Knights lost in a tournament final last weekend to an opponent they will likely see again.

A Holy Trinity Academy student is studying hard so he can take his lumps playing baseball against some major league prospects.

Andrew Bergmann’s five-point effort led the Airdrie Thunder to a 6-4 win over the Mountainview Colts during the Junior B hockey team’s wildly entertaining home and season opener at the Ron Ebbesen Arena on Oct. 1.

A dominant 8-0 win over the Rimbey Rock and a come-from-behind 6-3 win over the Okotoks Bisons last weekend have propelled the Airdrie Thunder to a perfect 4W-0L start to the Heritage Junior B hockey season.

With the biggest local football game of the year about to kick off this afternoon (4:30 p.m.

The Bert Church Chargers used a dual running attack last week to move up a spot to No. 9 in the Alberta Tier 2 High School Football rankings.

I usually don’t start really following the NHL season until after the NCAA and NFL football seasons, but there are too many potential storylines this year to keep me away for that long.

The Bow Valley Bobcats swept a home-and-home series with the George McDougall Mustangs last week, posting wins of 19-0 in Cochrane on Sept. 28 and 27-7 on Oct. 2 in Airdrie.

Zach Adolphie had never played football before mid-August. Luckily for head coach Tony Lucas and the Springbank Phoenix, he joined the team as its place kicker. The move paid off at Genesis Place field on Oct.

So, the NFL season is four weeks old and the only remaining undefeated team is, you guessed it – the Kansas City Chiefs. Wait a second. Really?! You didn’t guess that? Neither did I. Nobody did.