Red Deer's Madi Phillips has been named as one of 25 athletes to crack Freestyle Alberta's provincial team for the 2025-26 season.The provincial squad is split into two teams, one for moguls and the other for park and pipe.Phillips is a part of the park and pipe team that features 17 slopestyle and halfpipe skiers from...

The Western Hockey League announced this week it and the Vancouver Giants will host the first ever Prospects Game this Feb. 18, in Langley, B.C.The inaugural event is all-star-esque, with the best players facing off against each other from the Western and Eastern conferences."We are excited to introduce the 2026 W...

A new pickleball facility in Red Deer County's Gasoline Alley area is the first of the brand's ventures outside of Ontario.Pickleplex Social Club is now open, but is hosting a two-day grand opening this Friday and Saturday (Dec. 12-13). The company launched less than two years ago, opening 15 locations in Ontario. Ryan...

The BCHL has announced the full rosters for its upcoming Canada vs. World game, taking place over the league's All-Star Weekend, Jan. 16-17 in Spruce Grove. Last week, the league shared that Blackfalds Bulldogs Luke Dahlen and Joey Melo will serve as captain and assistant captain for the squad of Canadian-born players....

Week in ReviewThe Rebels played three games this past week...December 3 - It was a night of firsts as the Rebels skated to a 5-1 road win over the Lethbridge Hurricanes. Kohen Lodge scored his first goal of the season and as a Rebel. Matej Mikes scored his first WHL goal and added an assist. Owen Shadrick had his first...

The Prince Albert Raiders played spoiler in a 7-3 win over the Red Deer Rebels in the annual Toque and Teddy Bear Toss game at the Centrium. In front of 4,423 fans, the Rebels led 2-1 after the first period, but the Raiders, who are ranked third in the entire CHL, piled on the goals, including three on the power play. ...

The Red Deer Rebels were hoping to win their third straight game on Friday night, but the Edmonton Oil Kings had other plans. As a result, the Oil Kings defeated the Rebels 4-1 at Rogers Place in Edmonton. Andrew O'Neill and Landon Hanson scored two goals each for the Oil Kings, and Rebels captain Talon Brigley scored ...

Town of Ponoka PSA -- The Outdoor Rink (ODR) next to the Ponoka Arena Complex (4410 54 Street) is now open for the season. Citizens will be able to lace up their skates and enjoy the outdoor ice surface over the coming winter months. Throughout the season, Town crews will continue to maintain the ODR by flooding the ic...

Canadian athletes, or the ones with four legs, fared pretty well on night one of the 2025 National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas.Best of them all, according to Pro Rodeo Canada, was the Wayne Vold Rodeo bronc Renegade, a saddle bronc horse raised on the Eckville, Alberta Wyzykoski ranch.Renegade carried Stetson Wright to a...

Red Deer's Eileen Park will once again represent Canada on the international stage.The 16-year-old was named as one of 20 girls and boys on the Team Canada NextGen team by Golf Canada.She and her teammates were selected based on their results from the previous season and their performance at Golf Canada's annual select...

The Red Deer Rebels won their second straight game with a 5-1 win over the Lethbridge Hurricanes on the road on Wednesday. Rookie forward Owen Shadrick scored twice, and Rebels netminder Matthew Kondro made 19 saves to secure the victory. The Hurricanes got on the board first with a goal from Red Deer native Easton Dan...

A tremendously successful and influential national program which has roots in Red Deer is going into the Wheelchair Basketball Canada (WBC) Hall of Fame.According to Wheelchair Basketball Canada, the 1980s Alberta Northern Lights, which became recognized worldwide and helped establish the Challenge Cup, will be inducte...

The Alberta Sports Hall of Fame has announced its class of 2026."Each year, the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame has the honour of recognizing remarkable individuals who have shaped sport in our province. The Class of 2026 is no exception," said Alberta Sports Hall of Fame Board Chair Murray Cunningham. "This...

Matthew Croxall, a forward with the Blackfalds Bulldogs, has been named the BCHL's second star of the month for November.Croxall, a native of Chicago, put up 15 points in 10 games, including eight goals.He picked up at least a point in nine of 10 games during the month, and had multiple points on four occasions.The Col...

The Red Deer Rebels' annual Toque and Teddy Bear Toss game is set for this Saturday.They'll take on the Prince Albert Raiders at 6 p.m. at the Centrium, where, after the Rebels score their first goal, fans will throw toques, mitts, gloves, scarves, and teddy bears onto the ice in support of the Red Deer Christmas Burea...

The Red Deer Rebels have announced that forward Owen DeWitt has signed a WHL Scholarship and Development Agreement with the team. The Sicamous, BC, native played two games with the Rebels this past weekend and recorded one assist. DeWitt, 18, had seven points (two goals, five assists) in 11 games this season with the C...

This past week, the Red Deer Polytechnic basketball teams dropped their games to the Olds College Broncos.The RDP Queens hockey team defeated the NAIT Ooks twice, and the Kings hockey team split the weekend series with the SAIT Trojans.Here is a summary of the recent results:BasketballQueens at Broncos | Friday, Novemb...

Red Deer Polytechnic (RDP) Athletics is very proud to announce Tora Ward (Queens hockey) and Tanner Sklaruk (Kings hockey) as the Boston Pizza RDP Athletes of the Week:Tora Ward - Queens hockeyProgram - Bachelor of Education (3rd)Hometown - Saskatoon, SaskatchewanTora Ward delivered a stellar performance in the Red Dee...

Red Deer's Molly Simpson is officially the top pro in the United States.Already having earned 5th place at the Olympics in 2024, the 22-year-old won 12 of 16 races on the 2025 USA BMX Pro Series, and capped it off with a pair of spectacular performances this past weekend at the final event in Tulsa, Oklahoma.Simpson's ...

Nicholas Bennett broke his own Canadian record on Sunday at the 2025 Ken Demchuk International Invitational at the Markham Pan Am Centre in Ontario. The 22-year-old from Parksville, B.C., who previously called Red Deer home, set a new best time during the S14 men's 50-metre freestyle preliminary heats on the final day ...

The Lindsay Thurber Raiders are double 5A provincial volleyball champs. Both the senior boys and senior girls squads won their respective School Sport Alberta tournaments over the weekend, and on home court to boot. On the boys side, Thurber beat Ross Sheppard (Edmonton) 25-16, 25-18; then Sir Winston Churchill (Calgar...

Entering his graduation year, Merrick Smith already had reason to celebrate, but he can now add being an international bronze medalist to the list.Seventeen-year-old Merrick, a Grade 12 student at Eckville Jr./Sr. High School (EJSHS) has recently returned from Santiago, Chile, where he represented Canada at the 2025 Yo...

Week in ReviewThe Rebels split a pair of games this past weekend...November 28 - The Rebels kept pace with the conference-leading Edmonton Oil Kings through the first half of the game before falling 5-2 at the Marchant Crane Centrium. Ty Coupland (power play) and Keith McInnis each scored once. Samuel Drancak's eight-g...

The Red Deer Rebels got off to a dream start, scoring three straight, and they never gave up the lead in a 4-3 win over the Calgary Hitmen on Sunday afternoon.In front of 5,576 fans at the Scotiabank Saddledome, the Hitmen pushed late in the game, but the Rebels' lead was too much to overcome.Matthew Gard, Aleksey Chic...

The Red Deer Rebels knew they were going to have their hands full going up against the top team in the Eastern Conference, and they received the Edmonton Oil Kings' best effort in a 5-2 loss on Friday night. In front of 3,521 fans at the Centrium, the Rebels had multiple chances in the third period in an effort to claw...

The BCHL revealed today the jerseys and leadership teams for its upcoming All-Star Weekend.The marquee matchup, this year in a new format featuring Canada vs. World, goes Jan. 17 at the Thompson Family Arena in Spruce Grove, Alberta.All-Star Weekend will feature other activities, including:VIJHL Top Prospects Game and ...

It's been a fantastically fun first year of The Everything Red Deer Podcast with many amazing guests. This is the first of two 'Best Of' episodes -- this week sports and next week news. Today on the podcast, you can hear a new edition of our weekly segment IN CASE YOU MISSED IT (ICYMI), plus the best of the show's spor...

The Red Deer Rebels announced a trio of roster moves on Thursday.They've added two affiliated players to the roster, including forward Cash Arcand-Vandale and Owen DeWitt.They've also released 20-year-old forward Arjun Bawa after he cleared Canadian Hockey League overage waivers.Bawa rejoined the Rebels this season aft...