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Here come the Kings!
From RDC Athletics
RDC Kings Hockey and Queens Volleyball teams pushing ACAC leaders
RDC Athletics Recap
This past week the RDC Kings Hockey and Basketball teams defeated the Briercrest College Clippers. The Basketball Queens dropped their contests to the nationally ranked Clippers. The Queens Volleyball team downed the Kodiaks and the Kings split their series in Lethbridge.
Here is a summary of what happened this past week:
Kings Hockey | Friday, Nov. 22 | Gary W. Harris Canada Games Centre
The Hockey Kings earned a 7-1 victory over the Briercrest College Clippers. Fifth-year centre Dylan Thudium scored twice. Tyrell Mappin, Jacob Wozney, Kyle Salaway, Lynnden Pastachak and Regan Doig added singles. Kings goaltender Arik Weersink made 17 saves for the win.
Kings Hockey | Saturday, Nov. 23 | Gary W. Harris Canada Games Centre
In an afternoon game, the second place RDC Kings (10-1-1-0) dominated the Clippers (3-7-1-1) by a score of 8-2. Carter Wolski and Austin Hunter found the back of the net twice. Tyrell Mappin, Ross Heidt, Lynnden Pastachak and Jacob Wozney also tallied. Nathan Alalouf turned aside 21 shots, recording the win in the RDC net.
Queens Basketball | Friday, Nov. 22 | Gary W. Harris Canada Games Centre
The Red Deer College Queens pushed the nationally ranked Briercrest College Clippers to the end, but came up just four points shy (72-76). Harneet Sidhu led the Queens with 21 points. Lauren Cardinal, a Bachelor of Kinesiology student, contributed 17 points and nine rebounds.
Queens Basketball | Saturday, Nov. 23 | Gary W. Harris Canada Games Centre
The Clippers (5-2) captured a 93-75 decision over the fourth place Queens (4-4). Surrey’s Harneet Sidhu knocked down 17 points. Valentina Rincon, Amy Szymanek and Lauren Cardinal had 12 points each.
Kings Basketball | Friday, Nov. 22 | Gary W. Harris Canada Games Centre
The Red Deer College Kings downed the Briercrest College Clippers 87-85. Toronto’s Tyronn King and Red Deer’s Cody White accumulated 21 points each. Jouvon Edison picked up 12 rebounds.
Kings Basketball | Saturday, Nov. 23 | Gary W. Harris Canada Games Centre
The third place RDC Kings (5-3) wrapped up an 89-83 victory over the Clippers (2-5). Red Deer’s Spencer Klassen led both squads with 27 points.
Queens Volleyball | Friday, Nov. 22 | Lethbridge College
The Queens earned a four set win over the Kodiaks (21-25, 25-18, 25-15 and 25-13). Erin Neufeldt, a Bachelor of Science Nursing student, had 13 kills, 10 digs, two aces and one assist.
Queens Volleyball | Saturday, Nov. 23 | Lethbridge College
The second place Red Deer College Queens (8-2) defeated the Lethbridge College Kodiaks (2-8) in four sets (21-25, 25-18, 26-24 and 25-12). McKenna Olson totaled eight kills, eight stuff blocks, two digs and one ace.
Kings Volleyball | Friday, Nov. 22 | Lethbridge College
The RDC Kings dropped the match in three sets to the Kodiaks (21-25, 25-27 and 18-25). Setter Thomas Wass finished with 32 assists, 10 digs, two kills and one stuff block.
Kings Volleyball | Saturday, Nov. 23 | Lethbridge College
The third place Kings (7-3) picked up a four set victory over the second seed Kodiaks (8-2) in an afternoon rematch (25-17, 19-25, 25-19 and 25-15). First-year Carter Hills was one of the Kings’ offensive weapons, totaling 14 kills, eight digs, three aces and two stuff blocks.
For more information on RDC Athletics, the student-athletes and teams, please visit: rdcathletics.ca
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End of an era for Red Deer Minor baseball Braves
From Red Deer Minor Baseball Board of Directors
Following many discussions within the Red Deer community, the baseball community, our association members, as well as our board of directors we have made the decision to move forward with rebranding our teams, currently known as the Braves. For our association the Braves name symbolized warrior strength, bravery and resilience, all qualities we were proud to align with; and although the initial moniker of our teams was never intended to carry a derogatory or disrespectful connotation, for some, it has. The topic of our rebrand has been polarizing and arguments both for and against have been passionately presented. We have made the decision to move forward in the direction we feel is best for our association.
In alignment with the membership majority vote, the Red Deer Minor Baseball Board of Directors is excited to announce that we will now be known as the Red Deer Rangers.
The Red Deer Rangers will retain our current navy and crimson colors and will not adopt the colors or logo of the MLB, NHL, or any other Rangers franchise. We are looking forward to forging our own identity and embracing our own look.
As you can appreciate this is a complex initiative that will take time. We will remain the Braves for the 2024 season and aim to have our rebrand complete for the 2025 season.
All participants that submitted the Rangers name during our rebranding poll, will be entered into a draw to receive the first Red Deer Rangers jersey.
We hope you will join us in celebrating this positive endeavor as we create a new inclusive legacy for our association that all can be proud of.
RDMBA Board of Directors
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Red Deer Minor Hockey is proud to announce our new General Manager Lane Moore
From Red Deer Minor Hockey
The Red Deer Minor Hockey Board of Directors is pleased & honored to announce, after an extensive search, that Lane Moore has accepted the position of General Manager of Red Deer Minor Hockey. Lane will start his new role early in the new year & is very excited about leading our organization into the future as we aim to provide a positive learning and maturing experience for all of our young athletes & coaches in a minor hockey setting.
Lane comes into the role of General Manager with an extensive resume, in both hockey and administration. Lane has led the Bentley school as principal for the last 17 years & was an educator prior to that. On the hockey side, Lane’s passion for coaching & engaging with young athletes, dates back to 2002. His most recent involvement as a coach with Red Deer Minor Hockey saw Lane lead the U17AAA North Star Chiefs for 2 seasons (21-22, 22-23). Prior to his work with Red Deer Minor Hockey Lane served as President of Rimbey Minor Hockey for several seasons.
One of Lane’s biggest strengths is his ability to create highly effective teams by building a common mission & vision & then executing on those through visionary leadership. These attributes shone through during this General Manager search and we are thrilled for Lane to lead this organization now & into the future as we aim to be one of the premier Minor Hockey Associations in the province.
Lane, his wife Kathleen & their three children Easton, Cooper & Lexi call Red Deer home. His son Cooper is the captain of Red Deer U18AAA Optimist Chiefs & his older son Easton is pursuing his hockey career and post-secondary studies in Massachusetts. Please join us in congratulating Lane Moore as the new General Manager of the Red Deer Minor Hockey Commission, welcome Lane!
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