Category Archives: Local Sports
Bensmiller wins Ponoka Stampede for second time
Kurt Bensmiller really likes the Ponoka Stampede. The Dewberry native raced to victory Monday night, claiming the $50,000 Tommy Dorchester Dash for Cash for the second time in three years, beating Gar...
Jul 04, 2017
Bucs drop second straight in blowout loss to Monarchs
The 2016 Alberta Football League championship game between the Central Alberta Buccaneers was a 60-minute thriller. Saturday's rematch was anything but as the Monarchs blasted the Bucs 47-7 at MEGloba...
Jun 26, 2017
Mosquito AA Braves update
Send us your updates to sports@rdnewsNOW.com. We’ll be glad to share! Mosquito Red Deer Dick’s Auto Braves Dick’s Auto Braves continued to play fantastic ball, picking up four more w...
Jun 26, 2017
Thompson returns to USF2000, comes up just short
Red Deer’s favourite race car driver returned to the USF2000 track this past weekend after five straight wins over two weeks in the F1600 Super Series. Parker Thompson posted two fifth place fin...
Jun 26, 2017
Special Olympics torch relay comes to Red Deer
The Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics Alberta made a stop in Red Deer on Sunday. The Final Leg Torch Run event at the Collicutt Centre was aimed at bringing awareness and raising funds fo...
Jun 25, 2017
Sylvan Lake's Steenbergen drafted by NHL's Coyotes
The Sylvan Lake sniper is ready to take his show on the road to the desert. Tyler Steenbergen was selected on Saturday in the 4th round of the NHL Draft in Chicago, 128th overall. The former Red Deer ...
Jun 24, 2017
Kale Howarth finally hears name called at draft by Bluejackets
Surely it isn’t easy not hearing your name called for your first two years of NHL Draft eligibility. But for Red Deer native Kale Howarth, the third time is indeed the charm. Howarth, a former R...
Jun 24, 2017
ASDC Female Athlete of the Month: Tyla Lee
The Alberta Sport Development Centre - Central (ASDC-C) is pleased to announce their Athlete of the Month for June 2017 is Tyla Lee. A 17-year-old Red Deer resident and Grade 12 student and recent gra...
Jun 23, 2017
Howarth hoping for draft call in third year of eligibility
Kale Howarth hopes it’ll be "third time's the charm". The Red Deer native is in his third and final year of eligibility for the NHL Draft, which takes places in Chicago starting with round one F...
Jun 22, 2017
Red Deer Games Foundation hands out latest round of athlete grants
The Red Deer Games Foundation has announced the recipients of its annual Athlete Development Grant for spring 2017. Grants are awards to athletes living in Red Deer who display a high level of ability...
Jun 20, 2017