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With eight new faces on his roster RDC golf coach Scott Bergdahl knows he has a lot of work ahead of him.

Last season was the first time in their 11-year history the RDC Queens missed the Alberta Colleges Women’s Hockey League playoffs.

Hunting Hills High School Lightning senior boys players Ryan Beatson, left, and Chase Walper block a shot by Notre Dame Cougar Anthony Finnigan during the opening game of the season on Wednesday at Hunting Hills. No result was available at press time. In other action Notre Dame swept Ponoka in girls’ action Tuesday, with the Cougars seniors winning 25-10, 30-28, 25-15 and the JVs prevailing 23-25, 25-14, 26-24, 25-16.

Getting lots of shots on net hasn’t been a big problem for the Olds Grizzlys so far this season.

After coming up just short of reaching the Telus Cup tournament — the midget AAA hockey national championship — last season the Red Deer Optimist Rebels are extra motivated to get the job done this year.

Unlike a lot of teams in the Central Alberta High School Football League the Lindsay Thurber Raiders have an abundance of experienced talent at the skilled positions.

RDC Queens basketball head coach Dawn Smyth is taking an optimistic yet cautious approach to the Alberta Colleges Women’s Basketball League season.

Tim Pratt of the Red Deer BMX Club was the fastest in two categories in the Alberta Bicycle championship races Sunday at St. Albert.

If you have not got it by now then there is always next year. I personally do not look at it this way but some of you might. In golf there is always tomorrow. But as we near the end of the golf season the courses will soon close their doors, there will soon be no tomorrow.

The first step in bringing men’s hockey back to Red Deer College is all but done.RDC will make their application by the Nov. 15 deadline to rejoin the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference for the 2013-14 season.