Vote on rdnewsNOW’s top local sports story of 2025!

Here’s your chance to vote on the top local SPORTS story of the year in Red Deer and central Alberta.

The number one sports story of the year will be revealed on a special Year in Review episode of The Everything Red Deer Podcast on Dec. 31.

The number one NEWS story of the year will be revealed on a special Year in Review episode of The Everything Red Deer Podcast on Dec. 26.

Our top sports story of 2025 poll will close at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 23.

To take a look back at the poll’s twelve options, click the links below:

• February 22 – Red Deer Curling Centre marks 125 years / June 11 – A retrospective: The Red Deer Tennis Club turns 125!
• February 27 – Red Deer’s Rebecca Smith retires a two-time Olympian in swimming. Smith, 24, won a silver in the 4×100 metre relay at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.
• March 12 – Red Deer is announced as host of an upcoming Canadian Elite Basketball League game between the Calgary Surge and Edmonton Stingers. The game went down at the Centrium on June 19.
• June 19 – Red Deer’s Molly Simpson, who placed 5th at the 2024 Paris Olympics, secures first World Cup victory in international BMX. / December 1 – Red Deer’s Molly Simpson makes history as first Canadian woman to win USA BMX Pro Series in 20 years — giving her rights to the title of the top pro female BMXer in the United States.
• May 9 – Dave Struch steps down as head coach of Red Deer Rebels due to personal reasons. He joined the club as interim head coach in March 2024. / June 5 – Red Deer Rebels name vaunted Marc Habscheid as club’s 10th head coach.
• June 12 – Rimbey’s Dean Edge becomes third Canadian to win World Livestock Auctioneering Championship.
• June 25 – Red Deer Minor Basketball announces closure.
• July 16 – Red Deer athletes win 51 medals at the Special Olympics Alberta Summer Games.
• July 18 – Sylvan Lake’s Tyler Boudreau, a pitcher with the Sylvan Lake Gulls, inks contract with New York Yankees.
• August 12 – Sylvan Lake Gulls advance to WCBL Final. The Gulls win game one of the final 3-2 over Regina and on the road, but lose two straight at home, and lose the series.
• August 15 – In a shock move, Rebels captain Ollie Josephson defects to the NCAA.
• November 18 – Red Deer to co-host 2027 World Juniors with Edmonton.