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Weekly Scoreboard: September 9-15, 2019

RED DEER REBELS - WESTERN HOCKEY LEAGUE - PreseasonSept. 13 - vs. Medicine Hat >> 5-3 loss (STORY) Sept. 15 - @ Calgary >> 6-2 loss (STORY)===NORTH CENTRAL HOCKEY LEAGUE (SENIOR AA)2019-20...

Sep 08, 2019

Flames rookies tiptoe past Oilers in overtime at the Centrium

For a 1-0 overtime result, the battle of Alberta: rookies edition Saturday night at the Westerner Park Centrium was anything but dull.In the end, it was the Flames coming out on top against the Oilers...

Sep 07, 2019 Red Deer's own Andrew Nielsen lays a hit on an Edmonton Oilers foe during a pre-season game featuring both teams' rookies on Sept. 7 at the Westerner Park Centrium. (Rob Wallator)

Red Deer Fencing Club enters 25th season

The Red Deer Fencing Club would like to invite you to be a part of World Fencing Day this Saturday, September 7 from 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. at the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame and Museum.This year's th...

Sep 06, 2019

Canadian Finals Rodeo set for big second year in Red Deer

Year two of Canadian Finals Rodeo in Red Deer is set to be much bigger and better than the inaugural edition.Bradley Williams, CEO at Westerner Park says they've put together a first-class event."Last...

Sep 06, 2019 (Covy Moore/CovyMoore.com)

High school football season is here

With training camps now in the books, game action gets underway this weekend on the high school football circuit.The Lindsay Thurber Raiders open the year as the 9th ranked team in Tier 1. Last year's...

Sep 05, 2019 (rdnewsNOW file photo)

Football Day in Red Deer coming to Setters Place

Local football lovers are encouraged to take in all the fun of Football Day in Red Deer this Saturday.Hosted by the Red Deer Minor Football Society, the event at Setters Place in Great Chief Park will...

Sep 05, 2019 Notre Dame Football

Red Deer baseball athlete in pursuit of Olympic dreams

A young athlete from Red Deer is among the top 100 in the country named to the first-ever RBC Training Ground National Final to be hosted in Calgary this month.Adam Turgeon, 16, was nominated to the f...

Sep 03, 2019 Adam Turgeon, 16, of Red Deer, is one of 100 'next generation' athletes from across Canada identified to compete in the RBC Training Ground National Final to be held in Calgary on Sept. 14. (Photo: Shauna Giesbrecht)

Lacombe's Broderson wins curling scholarship

Some of Canada's up-and-coming curling athletes, including one from Lacombe, will get a little financial breathing room after being named recipients of the 2019 Curling Canada For the Love of Curling ...

Aug 29, 2019

Red Deer Crush strike gold at inaugural Alberta Masters Games

A "throw together group of over 50-year-old hockey players" came home from the first ever Alberta Masters Games in Rocky Mountain House last weekend with the gold medal.The Red Deer Crush kicked off f...

Aug 28, 2019

Thompson wins one title, chases two more

One down, two to go for Parker Thompson. The Red Deer racing pheon is celebrating having won the GT Sport class title for the Canadian Touring Car Championship.This despite missing the final two races...

Aug 26, 2019 (Photo: Supplied)