Category Archives: Local Sports

Red Deer Optimist Chiefs earn invitation to Circle K Classic
The Red Deer Optimist Chiefs are headed to the 2025-26 Circle K Classic U18 AAA hockey tournament in Calgary this December.Tournament organizers recently announced all 32 teams that received an invita...
Nov 22, 2025

Rebels tame Tigers in 4-3 shootout victory
In the first matchup of the season against the Medicine Hat Tigers, the Red Deer Rebels took down their Central Division rivals in a 4-3 shootout victory.On Friday night in front of 3,717 fans at the ...
Nov 21, 2025

Podcast: Those who knew Don Moore, whose name will live on at Red Deer's downtown Recreation Centre
Red Deer has renamed its downtown recreation centre, the Don Moore Recreation Centre. On this week's episode of The Everything Red Deer Podcast, host Josh Hall catches up with some of the people who k...
Nov 21, 2025

Red Deer to host 2029 Men's Senior AAA Baseball National Championship
Baseball Canada announced on Wednesday that Red Deer will host the 2029 Men's Senior AAA National Championship. This week, Baseball Canada announced several host sites for the upcoming national champi...
Nov 20, 2025

This Week in RDP Athletics: November 21-23
This week, the Red Deer Polytechnic Curling team will compete in its first ACAC Tournament of the season. The RDP Queens Hockey team will play a two-game set against the Lakeland College Rustlers. Bot...
Nov 20, 2025

Daily physical activity among Canadian adults gets low grades, per latest ParticipACTION report
ParticipACTION has released its 2025 Adult Report Card entitled 'Moving Beyond Stagnation: Elevating Physical Activity in Canada.'In the report's words, stagnation refers to a persistent lack of progr...
Nov 19, 2025

Grizzlys Ryder Riedel earns second straight AJHL Rookie of the Week honours
Ryder Riedel has had quite the couple weeks with the AJHL's Olds Grizzlys.The 18-year-old rookie has had such an outstanding run, he just earned his second straight AJHL Rookie of the Week nod.The Did...
Nov 19, 2025

From youthful talent to championship aspirations: Red Deer Polytechnic Curling’s next chapter
The Red Deer Polytechnic (RDP) Curling program enters the 2025-26 Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference (ACAC) season with new faces, growing chemistry and a commitment to building on its legacy of exc...
Nov 19, 2025

Central Alberta football teams to compete in provincial semifinals
High school football provincial playoff action continues this week throughout the province, including in central Alberta.The road to the Alberta Bowl continues with the Hunting Hills Lightning taking ...
Nov 18, 2025

Red Deer Recreation Centre renamed after sports builder Don Moore
A celebrated Red Deerian and longtime head of the City's recreation department, Don Moore, was given a high honour on Tuesday.The downtown Recreation Centre, which opened in 1962, will now officially ...
Nov 18, 2025