Category Archives: Local Sports
Team Central wins 2018 Alberta Cup
Team Central is the 2018 Alberta Cup champions. The club won 2-0 over the weekend in Spruce Grove, taking down a team of Edmonton players. Team Central lost to that same opponent 8-3 in round-robin pl...
Apr 30, 2018
Rampage honour national medal, valued volunteer prior to home opener
The Red Deer Rampage junior lacrosse team held an emotional cermony Sunday night prior to their home opener at the Kinex Arena. In addition to celebrating their silver medal win at last year’s n...
Apr 30, 2018
Bucs anticipating promising football season ahead
After finishing 6-2 and third place in the Alberta Football League (AFL) last year, the Central Alberta Buccaneers have high hopes for their 2018 campaign. That according to Vince Roth, Co-Chair and O...
Apr 29, 2018
Riggers looking to medal at Nationals again this year
UPDATE [MAY 2] The Riggers game on May 15 has been rescheduled. They will now play their home opener at Great Chief Park on May 22 versus the Calgary Dinos. === Another Sunburst Baseball League season...
Apr 29, 2018
Former national team player takes over Red Deer City Soccer Association
A former national soccer team member is now at the helm of the Red Deer City Soccer Association. Greg Kern, 54, suited up for the Canadian national squad 12 times between 1986 and 1988. ‘Kernsey...
Apr 27, 2018
Athlete of the Month for March 2018 - Jeremiah Lauzon
Jeremiah Lauzon, a rising star with the Red Deer Titans Track and Field Club, is our rdnewsNOW “Dairy Queen Athlete of the Month” for March. Lauzon has made a name for himself in the sprin...
Apr 27, 2018
Nipawin wins SHJL title in game 7 over Estevan
The Nipawin Hawks did something they haven't done since 1990, win the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League championship. The Hawks defeated the Estevan Bruins 2-1 in undoubtedly the loudest area of Saska...
Apr 25, 2018
Penhold teacher overcomes injury, travel delay to run in Boston Marathon
Willa Wanke hit her first of many roadblocks before she even started heading down to the prestigious Boston Marathon. The Grade 1 teacher from Jessie Duncan School in Penhold was still recovering from...
Apr 24, 2018
Battle of the Badges to bring community together in support of Humboldt
The Red Deer community will come together as one on Friday to honour and celebrate the lives of the victims in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash, as well as to raise funds for the families left reeling. ...
Apr 19, 2018
Extended winter slicing into golf season
The bags are packed with a sufficient number of tees and balls, and the clubs are shined up for a new season. But golfers are being held off the course due to the extended winter Mother Nature has bes...
Apr 19, 2018