Veteran sports writer for Red Deer Advocate daily newspaper.
Red Deer, AB, Canada
Joined November 2011
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Danny Rode retweeted
Nice day for a pair of the top Canadian prospects at the AFL, with Charles Davalan launching his first homer for Glendale while Nathan Flewelling continued to rake by going 2-for-3 with a walk and a 111 mph single for Scottsdale.
RDP Kings defeat Augustana 6-0 in exhibition play at Gary W Harris Centre Thursday. They face SAIT Saturday at 7. The Queens open their regular season Friday at home at 7 against SAIT. Basketball squads play Providence College Friday at 5 and 7 and Western Canada Prep Saturday.
Red Deer's Madden Daneault is a great talent. A goal and 2 assists and set up the OT winner for Kelowna in 4-3 win over Kamloops and named first star. The 15-year-old has 7 points in 5 games.
RDP Queens drop a 2-0 decision to the Grant MacEwan Griffins at the Gary W Harris Canada Games Centre.
RDP hockey Kings lose 4-3 to the U of A Golden Bears in OT in exhibition play at the Gary W Harris Canada Games Centre. Goal came after an obvious non call on a hit from behind. Hockey Queens play Grant MacEwan U at 7.
Danny Rode retweeted
The 2026 Futures Game MVP is #ValleyBound
Nathan Flewelling, the @rays No. 4 prospect and @mlbpipeline No. 65 prospect is headed to Scottsdale this Fall! Flewelling has posted a career-high 21 homers with a 112 WRC+ over 106 games played this season for High-A Bowling Green.
Stay tuned to see who else is Valley Bound for the 2026 Fall League season!
Danny Rode retweeted
Your Red Deer Riggers are Bronze medalist at the 2026 Men’s Nationals! What an absolute grind of a weekend. Proud of the way we played all week and great to come home with hardware! @baseballcanada
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🚨RECRUITMENT ALERT 👑
We are thrilled to officially welcome Karington Mollin to our program for the 2026/2027 season!
Great showing by Red Deer N Jensen's Bandits in women's National softball championship in Blackfalds. Losing a hard-fought 4-2 decision to Carnduff Steelers from Saskatchewan in final
Great start at the Nationals in Blackfalds for the Red Deer N Jensen's Bandits. Won their first two games in round robin. Tournament ends Sunday.
Danny Rode retweeted
Final Regular season season game Monday in Sylvan Lake vs the Calgary Diamondbacks. Winner of this game advanced to the Sunburst South Division playoffs and will take on the Calgary Rockies. Game time is 7:30pm. See you there!
Red Deer Riggers defeat the St. Albert Tigers 3-1 in a highly entertaining final to the 44th Annual Riggers Tournament. Kai Poffenroth threw a three hitter. Got solid defence including a spectator diving play but third baseman Tanner Morrow to save a run when it was 2-1.
Danny Rode retweeted
🚨Riggers 44th annual tournament starts today with the Riggers facing @ParkAthletics in game one. Game two starts tomorrow at 10 am. All games at Great Chief park 1. Beers gardens open for all the games.
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Red Deer Rebels captain Beckett Hamilton has been selected in Round 3, 74th overall, by the Colorado Avalanche at the 2026 NHL Draft.
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