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The Innisfail Indians proved size matters little in the Baseball Alberta Peewee AA Provincial Championships at Great Chief Park on Sunday.The Indians knocked off several other teams from bigger centres, eventually beating the Barrhead Orioles — another small centre — 9-2 in the final.

For the first time in its 92-year history, the Sunlife Financial Central Alberta Amateur golf championship has a co-champion.Due to inclement weather, the final round was cut short after nine holes, turning the three-day tournament into a 45-hole event. When all the scores were added two former champions were left standing: Tom McKinlay, Jr. and Kyle Morrison.

Debbie Dyrland’s family and friends thinks she’s crazy, but she doesn’t care. She’s in love. With running.The longer the course, seemingly, the better.Last month, the 47-year-old lab technician, completed the world famous Western States 100 mile Endurance Run, finishing seventh in her category.

Heading into the Alberta U16 A girls fastball championship tournament July 18-20 at Strathmore, the Red Deer Rage were looking ahead to another trip — to Duncan B.C., for the Western Canada finals Aug. 7-10.“We were planning on going to westerns. We thought we were the second-best team in the province,” said Rage assistant coach Cara Lee, prior to a team practice Tuesday at the West Park diamond.

Offence is still MIA in the CFL after last weekend, but many of the games could be used as a non-narcotic cure for insomnia. In fact, CFL fans may the run the risk of a full-on coma if they watch too many games like the ones showcased in the early 2014 season.

The premier senior men’s slowpitch teams in the nation will be at Edgar Park for the Canadian championships Friday to Monday.Teams from Alberta, Ontario, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Newfoundland will compete in two 50-and-over classes and one 60-and-over division.

The Red Deer Riggers are perfect again.The Fort Saskatchewan Athletics were forced to forfeit their win over the Riggers last week, due to an ineligible player, and Red Deer beat the St. Albert Tigers 7-4 on Tuesday at Great Chief Park to move to 19-0 in the Sunburst Baseball League.

It has been a tough season for the Red Deer Renegades Alberta Major Soccer League women’s team, that much was expected.What wasn’t expected is the seeming lack of support from the older age groups within the Red Deer City Soccer Association when it came to supplying players.

The Red Deer Braves fell short of qualifying for then Baseball Alberta Midget AAA Tier I Provincial Championships on Sunday at Great Chief Park.They fell 8-3 to the Fort McMurray Oil Giants in the qualifying tournament hosted by the Braves, after splitting their round robin games on Saturday.

Red Deer Catalina swimmer Joshua Young made some major waves in the Canadian Age Group Championships at the Pan Am pool. Young, 13, snared nine gold medals and admitted later that he was inspired by U.S. swim legend Michael Phelps.