Category Archives: Local Sports

Volunteers really do make the Ponoka Stampede go.The yearly event ran June 26 to July 2, with about 800 volunteers making a big name for themselves.They were all honoured at a special thank you event ...

Golfers from central Alberta found success at this week's Alberta Men's Amateur Championship, held at Innisfail Golf Club.The winner of the three-round event is Ethan Wilson of Edmonton's Glendale Gol...

The Red Deer Vipers have announced a new head coach. Matt Michalezki will take over for the Jr. B team's 2023/24 season after coaching the Central Alberta Selects U18AA team in Lacombe. "Matt comes hi...

The Olds Broncos have an eager new coach for their men's basketball squad. Collin Ralko, a four-year captain of the Medicine Hat College Rattlers, takes over, with accountability and leadership servin...

Brady McKinlay of Lacombe is teeing it up this week at the Innisfail Golf Club, looking to win back-to-back Alberta Men's Amateur titles. McKinlay plays golf for Utah Valley University and is coming o...

A local bull rider heralded as a promising star on the Indigenous rodeo circuit has died during a competition in southern Alberta. Reg Fountain, emergency management director for the Stoney Nakoda Nat...

Three is a significant number in the bronc riding career of Canadian rodeo superstar, Zeke Thurston.The three-time Canadian and World Champion notched his third Ponoka Stampede title July 2 with a 92....

History was made at the 2023 Ponoka Stampede. In a highly anticipated Hi Line Motorsports $75,000 Tommy Dorchester Championship final heat, Chanse Vigen, Evan Salmond, Layne MacGillivray and Kris Moll...

The wait is finally over. A new head coach for the Red Deer Polytechnic (RDP) Kings Basketball team is making his way to central Alberta from Ontario. The RDP Kings Basketball program and RDP Athletic...

20-year-old Jieming Yang started the final round of the Alberta Women's Amateur Championship at Water Valley Golf Club with a 6 stroke lead but taking the title wasn't a simple task. 2022 u-19 champio...