Local Sports

Memorial Cup organizers added another financial supporter to the team on Tuesday with Red Deer County committing $150,000.

It looks like summer is finally here. Yes it’s true, the summer that we have been anxiously awaiting for the past couple of years.

Mitch Vanson was a hard-luck loser for Zone 4 (Parkland) in the Baseball Alberta Zone Championships Saturday at Great Chief Park, but he drew the majority of the accolades.

When Dave McCarthy took over the Red Deer City this season he wasn’t expecting any miracles.

Zone 4 (Parkland) got off to a slow start to the Baseball Alberta Zone Championships at Great Chief Park Friday.

A lack of hitting was one of the things that hurt the Red Deer Riggers during the final day of the provincial senior AAA baseball championships.

Aidan Merryweather does a trick over the water at the Three Mile Bend ski jump, Wednesday. The Central Alberta Freestyle Ski Club uses the water ramps to practise their jumps and tricks with the water below offering a soft place to land.

INNISFAIL — J.T. Kelly has only been playing golf for three years, but he’s obviously a quick learner.

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.