Local Sports
Renegades are looking for success on the pitch this season
Red Deer Renegades head coach Ado Sarcevic has a good feeling about the Alberta Women’s Major League season.
Not that he expects to dominate the league, but with a veteran lineup and the addition of several new faces, he believes the team will take a step in the right direction. READ
Pearson excels at area track and field championship
Scott Pearson decided if he was ever going to compete in track and field now was the time. “I decided with this being my Grade 12 year (at Hunting Hills) to give it a shot as I wouldn’t get a chance later,” he explained. It was a great decision as he won all three events he entered at the Central Alberta area track and field championship at Lindsay Thurber Wednesday. READ
Three Red Deer players named to female U18 camp
Two members of the Red Deer Sutter Fund Chiefs major midget female hockey team and one from the Sutter Fund bantam AAA squad have been named to the Team Alberta U18 Summer Camp. READ
U16 Renegades win gold in Kamloops tournament
The Red Deer Renegades U16 Girls Tier 2 team struck gold in the Kamloops Youth Soccer Association Slurpee Cup tournament during the weekend. READ
Miller wins pair of medals for Silver Sharks at nationals
Michael Miller of the Red Deer Silver Sharks Masters Swim Club captured a pair of medals and had seven top-10 placings at the Canadian championships during the weekend. READ
Cougars get win over Rimbey in girl’s rugby
The Notre Dame Cougars ran their Central Alberta High School Girls’ Rugby League record to 4-1 with a 38-6 win over Rimbey Tuesday. READ
Marchuck dominates at National Karate Championship
Nick Marchuk of Cheney Karate Studios in Red Deer captured five medals at the National Karate Championships in Ottawa during the weekend. READ
Bucs host St. Albert in exhibition game Saturday
The Central Alberta Buccaneers kickoff their Alberta Football League season with an exhibition game against the St. Albert Stars, Saturday at 7 p.m. at MEGlobal Athletic Park in Lacombe. READ
Dinos football camp coming to Lacome in early June
The University of Calgary Dinos will hold their third annual football camps at MEGlobal Athletic Park in Lacombe, June 7-9. READ
Raiders shut out Lightning in high school girl’s soccer
The Lindsay Thurber Raiders downed the Hunting Hills Lightning 4-0 in Central Alberta High School Girls’ Soccer League play. READ
Riggers keep rolling with drubbing of Cubs
It’s only three games into the season, but it’s already obvious the Red Deer Riggers will be serious contenders for the provincial senior AAA baseball championship. They have talent and depth in all areas, something that was once again front and centre as they downed the Edmonton Confederation Park Cubs 12-2 in seven innings in Sunburst Baseball League action at Great Chief Park Tuesday. READ
Jordan named Grand Champions at Western Canadian Karate Championships
Hector Jordan of the Cheney Karate Studios was named the black belt forms and sparring Grand Champion at the 35th annual Western Canadian Karate Championships at Hunting Hills during the weekend. Jordan won the men’s black belt hard style forms and sparring titles. Five members of the club were double winners. READ
Lunty wins second straight Woody's Marathon
Brendan Lunty has a long way to go to catch Phil Meagher if he wants to take over the record for the most wins in the Red Deer Woody’s Marathon. Lunty captured his second straight title, winning the 15th annual affair in two hours, 49 minutes 24.20 seconds Sunday morning. The win leaves the Camrose resident five wins behind Meagher. READ
Bantam Braves have a 'solid group'
With only two returnees on the roster it would have been easy for Red Deer Servus Credit Union Braves head coach Dwayne Lalor to be worried about the bantam AAA baseball season. But that was anything but the case. READ
Red Deerians finish well at PGA event
Roy Hide of the Red Deer Golf and Country Club and Scott Anderson of the River Bend Golf Course both finished in the money at the PGA of Alberta’s first Player Tour event of the season at River Spirit Golf Club in Calgary. READ
Rocky naming field after Northcott
Long time Rocky Mountain House resident and baseball coach Harold Northcott will be honoured by naming baseball diamond No. 5 to Harold Northcott Field on May 25 at 11 a.m. READ
Bantam AAA Braves down Okotoks Dawgs
The Red Deer Servus Credit Union Braves downed the host Okotoks Dawgs Red 10-6 in bantam AAA baseball league action Wednesday. READ
Lightning girls soccer team downs Eckville
The Hunting Hills Lightning got three goals from Marissa Mand in downing Eckville 11-0 in Central Alberta High School Girls’ Soccer League play Wednesday. READ
Bantam Rage split league games
The Red Deer Pro Flo Bantam Rage recorded a win and a loss in Calgary Women’s Fastball League action Wednesday. READ
Red Deer's Griffiths commits to Jackson State
Katie Griffiths is following her in brother’s footsteps to play golf in the NCAA. Griffiths has signed a letter of commitment to Jackson State University in Jackson, Miss., on Thursday. “It’s something I’ve been working towards since I was young and my dad (Bob) got me to change over from hockey to golf,” said the 17-year-old Notre Dame student. READ
