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The Central Alberta Buccaneers went into the Alberta Football League season with one goal in mind — host a playoff game.They accomplished that when they finished fourth in the league and took on the Calgary Gators in a quarter-final match up.

After nine fights in less than a year, Red Deer boxer Arash Usmanee was ready for a break but first he needed to take care of business Friday night in Montreal, and he did so in spectacular fashion stopping Laszlo Balogh of Hungary in three rounds.

There will be a new senior AAA baseball champion this year.

The Buccaneers downed the Gators 35-30 as Poelzer scored three touchdowns and receiver Matt Merkley two on passes from quarterback Byron Stearns. Tylor Johnson had a two-point convert and kicked four converts. The Bucs will likely face Grande Prairie in the semifinals.

Coming back to a competitive sport after several months on the injured list is no easy task. But Ponoka cowboy Jake Vold is making it look easy.

The Central Alberta Buccaneers can hardly wait for Saturday afternoon.

A walk in the park, as golf is sometime referred too, this is as good as it gets.

Jordan Krulicki hasn’t played as much golf this summer as he would have liked.

The Red Deer teams have their fate in their own hands as they head into the final day of the provincial peewee AAA and mosquito AA baseball championships at Great Chief Park today.

Shaira Somani of Red Deer and Ingrid McKibbon of Lacombe went into the provincial 3.0/4.0/5.0 tennis championships as the No. 1 ranked women’s doubles team in the 5.0 division.