Category Archives: Local Sports

RED DEER- The collection of historical records for sports and cultural activities in Red Deer has been significantly updated and is available to the public thanks to a funding grant. The Archives Soci...

A very successful regular season wrapped up with playoff heartbreak for the Red Deer Midget AAA Optimist Chiefs on Wednesday. The Chiefs fell 2-1 in quadruple overtime to the Royals in Calgary, losing...

It wasn't pretty most of the night, but in the end the Red Deer Vipers were 6-4 winners over the Airdrie Thunder in game one of the best-of-seven HJHL North Final. Twenty-year-old veteran Declan Johns...

Tyler Steenbergen has signed a a three-year entry-level contract with the Arizona Coyotes. The Sylvan Lake native was selected by the Coyotes in the fifth round of last year’s NHL Draft. In 51 g...

The Red Deer Optimist Chiefs kept their Alberta Midget Hockey League season alive Monday night with a hard fought 2-1 win over the Calgary Royals in front of a big crowd at the Servus Arena. The Chief...

For the third consecutive HJHL post-season, the Red Deer Vipers and Airdrie Thunder will play in a best-of-seven playoff series. The two clubs met in the Northern Semi Final in the 2016 playoffs. The ...

The Lacombe Generals will face-off against the Stony Plain Eagles in this month's Senior AAA men’s hockey provincial final. The Generals learned which Eagles opponent they would have for the lea...

The Red Deer Vipers are off to the Heritage Junior Hockey League's North Division Final after a 6-1 win over the Mountainview Colts in Didsbury Friday night. The Vipers won the Best of Five series thr...

RED DEER- There will be a new look to Jennifer Jones’s Winnipeg team for the 2018-19 curling season with Red Deer native Jocelyn Peterman taking over at second. Longtime Jones second Jill Office...

The Red Deer Vipers routed the Mountainview Colts 7-1 in a wild game Wednesday night that saw 185 penalty minutes dished out in the third period alone. Red Deer solved Colts star goalie Thomas Della-S...