Category Archives: Local Sports

A 14 year-old cross-country skier from Red Deer has been named the Alberta Sport Development Centre - Central Female Athlete of the Month for February. Kate Hawkins is a grade 8 French Immersion stude...

With freestyle skiing events shining on the world's biggest stage at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, Canyon Ski Area east of Red Deer is hosting a pair of high level freestyle skiing competitions ...

Congratulations to Ryan McBeath, our December rdnewsNOW Dairy Queen Athlete of the Month. The Midget AAA Optimist Chiefs star was nominated for his powerful performance in December, a month in which h...

More than 1,000 athletes will travel to Wood Buffalo later this week for the Alberta Winter Games, including many from the central Alberta area. The Games run February 16 to 19 and feature a number of...

The Midget AAA Red Deer Optimist Chiefs are one win away from clinching first place in the Alberta Midget Hockey League's Chrysler Division, and first place overall. This after an 8-3 victory over Edm...

The Red Deer Vipers head into the HJHL post-season on the high of a 12-game winning streak after claiming their last pair of regular season games this weekend. Red Deer was in Three Hills (1-35-0) Fri...

Red Deer native Colton Sceviour has signed a contract extension with the Florida Panthers. The three-year deal will see Sceviour make a reported $1.2 million annually. The 28-year-old has appeared in ...

The Lacombe Generals have won the Allan Cup Hockey West league championship after defeating the Red Wings 5-3 in Rosetown, Saskatchewan Saturday. It was a tussle between the two top teams in the leagu...

New programs and new age groups are highlighting the return of the Central Alberta Basketball Club which is now returning for its third straight year in 2018. Officials say the club will be running bo...

The HJHL regular season winds down this weekend and the Vipers (28-5-1) have just two games remaining. The Vipers look to eclipse the 30 win mark for the first time since 2005-06, the year the club wo...