Category Archives: Local Sports

Another week means new power rankings for high school football and several local teams made the cut. The Football Alberta Tier 1 rankings have Red Deer's Lindsay Thurber Raiders at #8 after a 44-8 win...

It was a doubleheader of high school football action at Setters Place on Friday night. In the early game, which was accompanied by just light snow, the Lindsay Thurber Raiders romped to a 44-8 victory...

The Red Deer Rustlers are set to make a triumphant return to ice as a Senior AA team. The Rustlers' final year as a Junior A team was almost 30 years ago in 1989. The new senior squad is excited to bu...

A program coming to Red Deer aims to let kids experience the game of hockey in a small, yet fun dose. The First Shift Program is a six-week long program where kids ages 6-10 are introduced to hockey. ...

A number of central Alberta teams are listed in the latest power rankings from Football Alberta. For week three, Lindsay Thurber ranks #8 in Tier 1 and next play Lacombe. Thurber most recently beat Ja...

The Olds Grizzly kicked off their AJHL season Friday night in front of over 800 fans at the Olds Sportsplex. Unfortunately, it was a losing effort as the Grizzlys were downed 5-1 by the Calgary Mustan...

Evan Polei endeared himself as a fan favourite for Red Deer Rebels by giving everything he had both on and off the ice. Wednesday night at the Enmax Centrium, Polei netted a goal and an assist for the...

The Sylvan Lake Pirates are holding their inaugural intersquad game tonight (Monday, Sept. 10) starting at 9 p.m. at the NexSource Center in Sylvan Lake. Admission to tonight's game is free. The team ...

A win in their opening game of the season has lifted the Lindsay Thurber Raiders into the Football Alberta Top 10 rankings for high school football. The Raiders downed the Centennial Coyotes from Calg...

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins is returning to Red Deer. The former Rebels star and current Edmonton Oilers forward will be part of a hot stove panel speaking at a luncheon happening in support of the Central Al...