Category Archives: Local Sports
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
Local football players selected for high school all-star game
Seven high school football players from central Alberta are among 42 selected to play in the 29th Annual Senior Bowl High School Football All-Star Game at Foote Field in Edmonton next month. The playe...
Apr 16, 2018
Grizzlys announce new GM/Head Coach duo for 2018-19
The Olds Grizzlys have recruited an AJHL legend and promoted from within to lead their hockey operations next season. The Grizzlys announced Joe Murphy as their new Head Coach and Gary Vanhereweghe as...
Apr 16, 2018
Central Alberta Sting U16 AA ringette team back from nationals
A local ringette team is back from competing at the Canadian Ringette Championships in Winnipeg last week. The U16 AA Central Alberta Sting finished with a 4-4 record and lost 5-3 in the Consolation f...
Apr 16, 2018
Generals lose Allan Cup final to Stoney Creek
It was a heart-breaking end to a successful season for the Lacombe Generals in Rosetown, Saskatchewan Saturday night. The Generals lost 7-4 to the Stoney Creek Generals in the Allan Cup final, bringin...
Apr 15, 2018
Lacombe Generals in Allan Cup final Saturday night
For the fourth year-in-a-row and ninth time over the past 11 years, the Lacombe Generals are off to the Allan Cup final. This after a 4-1 victory over the Elsipogtog Hawks in semi-final action in Rose...
Apr 14, 2018
Mounties and Emergency Services to drop the puck for Humboldt
It’s being dubbed the ‘Battle of the Badges,’ and it’s in the name of honouring the Humboldt Broncos. Next Friday, Red Deer RCMP and Red Deer Emergency Services will take to th...
Apr 13, 2018
Exelta Gymnastics hosting provincials and Canada Games test event
Over 700 of the top young gymnasts in Alberta have converged on Red Deer for this year's Artistic and Acrobatic Provincial Championships. The three-day competition is also a test event for the 2019 Ca...
Apr 13, 2018
Generals earn spot in Allan Cup semis
The Lacombe Generals have earned a valuable night off at the 2018 Allan Cup in Rosetown, SK. Lacombe earned a 5-3 over the Stoney Creek Generals in the final round-robin game of the tournament Wednesd...
Apr 12, 2018
Late spring means late opening for Red Deer sports parks
This news shouldn’t come as much of a surprise given the extra blasts of winter we’ve received lately. The City of Red Deer says it expects all sports fields, diamonds and courts will open...
Apr 10, 2018