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AFHL all-stars Today’s showcase event in the Alberta Female Hockey League is the Prospects Game for the midget elite and bantam elite all-stars at NAIT Arena. Game times are 2:30 p.m. for bantams and 5 p.m. for the midgets.

Sweeping curling action continues this weekend with the men’s masters (60-plus) northern playdowns in St. Albert. Draw times are 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. today and Sunday with 15 rinks competing in the triple-knockout format for provincial qualification.

Basketball games Metro Edmonton high school basketball resumes league play after the exam break and today’s schedule for the St. Albert and Sturgeon senior men’s and women’s teams is as follows: Division one women St.

Merch Madness Friday marks the last home game before the Merch Madness playoffs in the Capital Junior B Hockey League playoffs. Puck drop is 8 p.m. between the St. Albert Merchants and Spruce Grove Regals (4-29-2) at Akinsdale Arena.

Mike Hutchings rose from the depths of C at northerns to the highest level of provincial men’s curling.

Niki Oudenaarden is happy and healthy as a medal contender at the XXI Commonwealth Games.

The Doug McLennan rink hurried hard to get the job done at the St. Albert mixed bonspiel.

Billets wanted Organizers of the third annual Marc Kennedy Junior Classic, presented by Sarasota Homes & Realty, are hurrying hard to find billet families for two U18 rinks from Norway and Sweden during the March 23 to 25 bonspiel at the St.

Basketball rankings The Paul Kane Blues and St. Albert Skyhawks cracked the top-10 rankings in 4A provincial high school women’s basketball. The Blues are No. 2 and the Skyhawks are No.

AFHL Slash The St. Albert Ron Hodgson Slash host Calgary Fire this afternoon in the Alberta Female Hockey League. Faceoff is 2:15 p.m. at Go Auto Arena. The Slash (14-7) is third and Calgary (4-13-3) is fifth in the midget AAA standings.