Local Sports

One of Red Deer's minor baseball teams is advancing. And one is going home. The midget AAA Carstar Braves won silver at the Baseball Alberta Midget Performance Provincial Championship this past weekend up in St.

It was a tale of two blowouts on the rugby pitch this weekend. The Red Deer Titans First Division men's squad, as well as the Senior Ladies team, was in action Saturday, with the men in Edmonton to battle the always strong Strathcona Druids.

The Red Deer Buccaneers are busy gearing up for their first Alberta Football League playoff appearance in five years. They just have to finish off the regular season first.

There's a good chance the Red Deer Riggers could have another piece of hardware to adorn the mantle after tonight.

A trio of Central Albertans has survived the latest round of cuts made by Hockey Alberta.

It's not the way the Red Deer Buccaneers wanted to end the regular season. Coming off two consecutive bye weeks because of a schedule change, the Buccaneers looked rusty in a 20-7 loss on Saturday to the Stallions in Edmonton.

The weather co-operated perfectly for the opening day of Red Deer Rebels training camp.

Now that training camp is done, the Red Deer Rebels are preparing for the 2010 - 2011 WHL exhibition season. Camp wrapped last Wednesday with the annual Black and White game, won by Team White 9 - 8 in the shootout.

The Lacombe Athletic Park Association has landed another high profile investor. Lacombe-Ponoka MLA Ray Prins was at the Memorial Centre in Lacombe recently to announce $125,000 in provincial funding for the MEGlobal Athletic Park.

The Sylvan Lake Admirals are serious about competing with the big boys in the Chinook Hockey League.