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Szabados stronger through adversity

Szabados stronger through adversity

Shannon Szabados is no stranger to adversity.She has battled it as the girl goalie on boys hockey teams going back to her minor hockey days, but what she and the rest of her Canadian Olympic teammates went through in the past year en rout to gold was unlike anything she had experienced before.
Drillers drive over Buccaneers

Drillers drive over Buccaneers

The Central Alberta Buccaneers (1-1) looked nothing like the team that steam rolled the Calgary Wolfpack in Week 1 on Saturday.They were brought back to Earth with a thud in a disappointing 31-18 loss to the Grande Prairie Drillers (2-0) at MEGlobal Athletic Park in Lacombe in their Alberta Football League Week 2 showdown.

Usmanee outlasts veteran Ruiz in Edmonton card

Red Deer Boxer Arash Usmanee experienced the frustration — and discovered why so many former world champions and top contenders have failed to stop California’s Juan Ruiz — in the main event of the KO Promotions boxing card Friday at Shaw Conference Centre.
Marshall makes good in backyard

Marshall makes good in backyard

There’s no doubt there’s plenty of home grown rodeo talent in central Alberta, but a Bowden cowboy proved he can ride and rope with the world’s best at this year’s Daines Ranch Pro Rodeo.Ky Marshall earned both the bareback and the All Around Champion buckles.
Cougars sweep soccer finals

Cougars sweep soccer finals

Winning is great, but rebuilding the overall competitive state of soccer in Red Deer and Central Alberta is more important to Humberto Aspillaga.With his Notre Dame Cougars up 4-0 over the Lacombe Rams in the Central Alberta High School Soccer League championship final Saturday at Edgar Park, Aspillaga pulled many of his starters and went with younger players.
Local players hope Team Alberta experience lands them future looks

Local players hope Team Alberta experience lands them future looks

While this year the goal is winning the Football Canada Cup, three local players on Team Alberta have their eye squarely on their future post high school.The best high school football players in the province in Grades 10 and 11 were in Red Deer and Lacombe on the weekend for Football Alberta’s main training camp for their U-18 team.

Renegades still searching for first win after pair of weekend losses

The Red Deer Renegades are still looking for their first Alberta Major Women’s Soccer League victory, but at least that initial positive result is in sight.After opening the season with four straight losses — some by resounding scores — the Red Deer squad dropped two more games during the weekend. The setbacks, however, were by the slightest of margins, a sign that the club may be starting to come around.
Jack Daines riding off into the sunset

Jack Daines riding off into the sunset

You could call it ‘Jack’s last stand’. After more than half a century of putting on a top notch professional rodeo in the family’s ‘back yard’, organizer Jack Daines says it’s the end of the line for him. It also, most likely, spells the end of the event in its current format at the Innisfail ranch.In his typically blunt, no holds barred way, Daines is sharing the news. Don’t be surprised to hear a radio commercial with a rather unusual take on the whole deal.

Thurber hands out top athletic awards to Rehn, Smale and Lalor

Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School honoured their top two graduating Raiders with athlete of the year honours but also managed a strong nod to their future at the athletic department’s awards banquet on Wednesday night.Boys’ volleyball star Tanner Rehn was named male athlete of the year while Kelsie Smale and Kelsey Lalor were named co-female athletes of the year.

Red Deer boxers hoping history repeats itself in Edmonton card

Red Deer boxers Arash Usmanee and Cam O’Connell hope that history repeats itself at the KO Boxing Promotions fight card in Edmonton Friday.The last time the two fought on the same card was as amateurs, at the 2006 Ringside World Championships in Kansas City, where both athletes scored impressive victories to win the coveted championship belts.