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Kelsey Lalor commits to Boise State

Kelsey Lalor is taking her talents south of the border. The star Red Deer athlete has committed to enrolling at Boise State where she will play softball for the Broncos starting this fall. A member of...

Aug 07, 2019 Kelsey Lalor (Baseball Canada)

Red Deer U15 AAA Braves qualify for westerns

The Red Deer U15 AAA Ernco Braves baseball team won silver at provincials in Okotoks over the weekend. The Red Deer squad went 3-0 in round robin and won the semi-final before falling in the gold meda...

Aug 06, 2019 (Photo submitted)

Red Deer Riggers playoff opener rained out

A lack of co-operation from Mother Nature means the Red Deer Riggers will have to wait a bit longer to start playoffs. The Riggers were to take on the Sherwood Park Athletics in game one of their best...

Aug 06, 2019

Weekly Scoreboard: August 5-11, 2019

Alberta Football LeagueCentral Alberta Buccaneers (5-3)Regular season over >> Playoffs begin August 17--Baseball Alberta Sunburst League - Senior AAARed Deer Riggers (10-6) - 1ST ROUND OF PLAYOF...

Aug 05, 2019 (rdnewsNOW file photo)

Flames and Oilers rookies return to the Centrium in September

The Red Deer Rebels have announced that the Young Guns Battle of Alberta is returning to the Westerner Park Centrium later this summer.Rookies from the Edmonton Oilers and Calgary Flames will face off...

Aug 04, 2019

Sylvan Lake Wranglers announce first coaching staff following relocation from Blackfalds

One of the Heritage Junior B Hockey League's newest teams has announced its coaching staff.It was May 31 when the HJHL announced its approval of the Blackfalds Wranglers' relocation to Sylvan Lake. Th...

Aug 03, 2019

Innisfail water skier earns three medals at Pan American Games

A water skiing athlete from Innisfail is celebrating the achievement of earning three medals at the Pan American Games in Lima, Peru this week.Dorien Llewellyn, 23, earned a gold medal in the Men's Ov...

Aug 02, 2019 Innisfail native Dorien Llewellyn, 23, earned three medals in water skiing at the Pan Am Games in Lima Peru this week.

Thunder Country athletes bring home six medals from Canadian Trampoline Championships

A local athlete from Red Deer has captured a pair of gold medals at the 2019 Canadian Trampoline Championships held in Oshawa, Ontario.Thunder Country Trampoline and Gymnastics athlete Keegan Soehn, 2...

Jul 30, 2019 Keegan Soehn of Thunder Country Trampoline and Gymnastics in Red Deer brought home two gold medals over the weekend following competition at the Canadian Trampoline Championships held in Oshawa, ON July 25-28. (Supplied)

Leibel earns gold medals at Canadian Junior Swim Championships

A Red Deer swimmer is celebrating two national titles at the Canadian Junior Championships held in Calgary this past weekend.Kyla Leibel, 17, from the Catalina Swim Club is the Girls 15-17, 50 Free Ca...

Jul 30, 2019 Kyla Leibel of the Catalina Swim Club in Red Deer took home gold medals in the 50 Free and 100 Free events at the Canadian Junior Swim Championships in Calgary July 24-29.

Royals clean up at competitions in Ireland

The Red Deer Royals, celebrating their 50th anniversary, showed the competition what they're made of on a trip to Ireland this past week.At the Celtic Band Festical in Limerick, the Royals took top ho...

Jul 29, 2019 (Red Deer Royals)