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The Calgary Rams and Bow Valley Grizzlies’ combined women’s rugby team, Rizz, capped a flawless season by winning the Alberta Women's Premier League provincial championship on Aug. 16, defeating the Edmonton Lepachan Tigers, 58-17.

“It’s super exciting to be a part of that,” said Megan MacLean, vice-president of women’s rugby with the Bow Valley Rugby Club. “The girls are thrilled. It’s a moment that’s been a long time coming.”

MacLean said the team took control early in the championship match.

A special run for the 18U AAA South Central Cubs in Winnipeg this past weekend was capped off by the team winning gold, claiming the Western Canada Baseball Championship.

One for all, all for winning

A number of local athletes will begin their quest for gold as the Canada Summer Games enters its second week in St. John’s, Nfld. 

On Tuesday, Assiniboia’s Kyle Giraudier and Brady Giraudier will be taking part in the men’s special Olympics 100 metre run. 

Moose Jaw’s Kathryn Rogers will be competing in the women’s 1,500 metre run starting on Tuesday. 

The Carlyle Cardinals fought hard to finish out their season at the 2025 Senior AA Western Canadian Baseball Championships in Westlock, Alberta. The team had previously secured titles for the Saskota Baseball League and the provincial tournament.

Coach and player Brent McLean talks about their performance over the weekend.

"We had a really good weekend in Westlock, Alberta, for Westerns. It was some really good baseball, and we played pretty well. We were able to make it to the semifinal, but unfortunately, we fell short in the semifinal."

Coached by Kyle's Brittany Marshall, Saskatchewan's women's beach volleyball team finished on the podium at the Canada Summer Games in St. John's, Newfoundland.

Alexa Smith and Erika Markentin earned their way to the bronze medal game on Saturday where they beat Alberta 2-1. Not only did they add to the Team Saskatchewan medal count, but they also established a core memory in the process as the ones behind the provinces only ever medal in beach volleyball.

Golf sensation, 10-year-old Noah Lafreniere from St. Pierre-Jolys has had a fantastic year on the course, and the young star is looking to up his game as he continues to play in big tournaments.

How Noah got into the game of golf goes back to his dad's love of the game. "My dad got me into it," the young man says with a smile. "He played for quite a few years. He introduced it to me at the age of two."

The Town of Didsbury says power has been restored at its Butte pumphouse after an outage caused low water pressure Monday.

The town said restrictions on water use have now been lifted, but some residents may still notice lower than normal pressure.

Earlier in the day, the town had asked people to delay laundry and dishwasher use while crews worked to restore power.

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A Humboldt ball team is stepping onto the world stage as the Juice Pigs prepare to compete at the World Series National Slow Pitch in Kamloops, B.C. later this month.

The team has been around for quite some time, and this isn't the first time they have competed on the world stage. 

“The team has been around for 25 years. It's just a bunch of local people, family. And so, it's a great group,” said Nicole Haeusler of the Juice Pigs.

Flatlanders Speedway held their August races this past weekend with two days of circle-track action west of Kindersley.

The Prairie Dirt Racing Association was in Kindersley for their latest tour stop, upping the car count in each of the hobbystocks, streetstocks, kid mod, and modifieds division. Those classes joined the Flatlanders usuals of run your junk, truckstock, mini-sprints, and the ever-competitive legends division.

High River's Jason Glass won the Battle of the Rockies on Sunday in Rocky Mountain House.

Glass even set a new track record on the final day of chuckwagon races for the season with a time of 1:12.25.

However, it was Calgary's Chanse Vigen who took the World Chuckwagon Championship for the third consecutive year, which ties a WPCA record.