Category Archives: Local Sports
Kalena Soehn to speak at Special Olympics breakfast
Local trampoline athlete Kalena Soehn will be the guest speaker at 13th annual Special Olympics Celebrity Breakfast on June 19. Soehn comes from a family of trampoline athletes and has had success in ...
Jun 05, 2019
Thurber track and field star named ASDC Athlete of the Month
Jeremiah Lauzon is the Alberta Sport Development Centre - Central (ASDC-C) Athlete of the Month for May 2019. Lauzon is an 18-year-old Red Deer resident, Grade 12 student at Lindsay Thurber High Schoo...
Jun 05, 2019 Jeremiah Lauzon
Canada Games Council announces 2019 Roland Michener Award winners
The Canada Games Council (CGC) has announced that Team Manitoba athlete Tyson Langelaar and Team Ontario athlete Claudia Heeney have been named the two recipients of the 2019 Canada Winter Games Rolan...
Jun 03, 2019 Team Ontario athlete Claudia Heeney (Left) and Team Manitoba athlete Tyson Langelaar (Right) have been named the two recipients of the 2019 Canada Winter Games Roland Michener Award.
Sim nets invite to Hockey Canada goaltending camp
A local netminder has been invited to show his skills in front of Hockey Canada brass this week in Calgary.Tees native Drew Sim will go between the pipes at Hockey Canada's Program of Excellence goalt...
Jun 03, 2019 Drew Sim in net for Alberta at the 2019 Canada Winter Games (Photo: Canada Winter Games)
Speed skating trio to compete at Special Olympics Canada Winter Games
Three local speed skaters are part of the Team Alberta contingent who will compete at the 2020 Special Olympics Canada Winter Games.Dylan Deuchar of Red Deer, Thomasina Payne of Clive and Tyler Larson...
Jun 02, 2019
Graf, McKinlay qualify for Canadian Junior Boys Golf Championship
PONOKA - Calgary natives Annabelle Ackroyd led wire-to-wire, while Tommy McKenzie was clutch in the final round to win their respective divisions at the Future Links, driven by Acura Western Champions...
Jun 02, 2019
Weekly Scoreboard: May 31-June 6, 2019
Alberta Football LeagueCentral Alberta Buccaneers (1-0) June 1 - vs. Fort McMurray Monarchs (0-0) >> Bucs win 38-28--Baseball Alberta Senior AAA Sunburst LeagueRed Deer Riggers (1-3)June 4 - vs....
Jun 01, 2019 (rdnewsNOW file photo)
Bucs hold off Monarchs in AFL home opener
Charged up for what was the Central Alberta Buccaneers' 2019 AFL home opener, both the Bucs and their opponents from Fort McMurray came out firing in the first few minutes Saturday night at Setters Pl...
Jun 01, 2019 Wide receiver Dario Vares runs with the ball in the second half of Saturday night's tilt between the Central Alberta Buccaneers and Fort McMurray Monarchs at Setters Place in Red Deer. (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)
Plenty of local ties among hall of fame's inductees
For 62 years the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame has celebrated those who have given a big part of their lives to reach great heights and improve the sport community in our province. On Friday, 13 disting...
Jun 01, 2019 The Alberta Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2019 (rdnewsNOW/Troy Gillard)
Lacombe Generals pulling out of Allan Cup Hockey West
It's the end of an era for one of Canada's most successful Senior AAA hockey clubs.The Lacombe Generals, fresh from winning their fourth Allan Cup title last month on home ice, are pulling out of Alla...
May 27, 2019 (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)