Category Archives: Local Sports

Multiple central Alberta golfers place in Men's Senior Championship
Jean-Francois Doyon of the Red Deer Golf & Country Club finished the 2024 Alberta Men's Senior Championship in seventh place.The event was held at Highwood Golf in High River from July 30 to Augus...
Aug 02, 2024

Red Deer player to attend Canada's National Women's Under-18 Team selection camp
The rosters have been set for Canada's National Women's Under-18 Team selection camp and Taya Christie, a goaltender for the Red Deer Sutter Fund Chiefs, is on the list. Christie finished the 2023-202...
Aug 01, 2024

UPDATE: Molly Simpson finishes 5th in BMX in Paris
UPDATE 3 Molly Simpson has placed 5th in the women's BMX final in Paris, among an overall field of 24 competitors. UPDATE 2 Molly Simpson has qualified for the women's BMX final, which goes at 1:50 MT...
Aug 01, 2024

Rebels' Robertson with Team Canada in athletic therapist role at Hlinka Gretzky Cup
Though he won't be part of the on-ice action, the Red Deer Rebels' Terence Robertson will look to help Team Canada to gold at this summer's Hlinka Gretzky Cup in Edmonton.Robertson is to serve as the ...
Aug 01, 2024

N. Jensen's Bandits secure gold at provincials
Red Deer's N. Jensen's Bandits fast pitch softball team took home the gold in the Women's Provincial Championship on July 28. On the final day, the team competed against the Calgary Extreme and won 8-...
Jul 29, 2024

Central Alberta golfers competing at Alberta Men's Senior Championship
Over a dozen golfers from central Alberta are competing at the 2024 Alberta Men's Senior Championship in High River this week. The event runs July 30-Aug. 1, 2024, at Highwood Golf. Central Alberta go...
Jul 29, 2024

Red Deer's Eileen Park believes in strong game ahead of Canadian Women's Amateur Championship
Red Deer's Eileen Park, 15, had a tough finish but still placed sixth this week at the Canadian Junior Girls Championship at Vancouver's Marine Drive Golf Club. It's just the latest positive result fo...
Jul 27, 2024

Barbu breaks 28-year-old Canadian record in 100-metre freestyle para multi-class
TORONTO - Marian Barbu's morning swim in the men's 100-metre freestyle para multi-class on Friday broke a Canadian record that had stood since 1996. The start of Day 3 of the Speedo Canadian Swimming ...
Jul 26, 2024

2024 Battle of the Foothills
After a successful run at the Calgary Stampede Cowboys Rangeland Derby, the WPCA Pro Tour resumed in the Town of High River for the Battle of the Foothills. It was a beautiful summer night, chuckwagon...
Jul 26, 2024

Central Alberta golfers wrap up at Alberta Women's Senior Championship
Central Albertans had good showings at this week's Alberta Women's Senior Championship at Pine Hills Golf Club in Rocky Mountain House. Lacombe's Lynn Kuehn had the top local finish, placing 5th and s...
Jul 26, 2024