Local Sports

School spirit was the driving force behind the medal-winning performance by Catharina Kluyts in track and field.

The journey of a lifetime for wheelchair basketball player Arinn Young is competing for Canada at the Rio 2016 Paralympics. “It’s honestly the hardest road I’ve ever taken in my athletic career so far.

The St. Albert Tigers host a game Friday during the Sunburst Baseball League’s tournament weekend. The first pitch against the Sherwood Park A’s (4-1) is 8:30 p.m. at Legion Memorial Park.

A berth in the U21 men’s rugby final is at stake tonight for the St. Albert Dolphins. Kickoff is 7 p.m. against the Strathcona Druids at Lynn Davies Rugby Park in Sherwood Park.

The crowd cheers as Team Paul Kane takes to the mat. The athletes are on foreign ground here at Edmonton's Victoria School of the Arts, and their opponents outnumber them almost two-to-one.

The 19th annual Fastball St. Albert Invitational Tournament is underway for 42 teams at the Meadowview and Lorne Akins diamonds. Fastball St.

It’s sink or swim for the St. Albert Dolphins in the U21 playoffs. The knockout round starts Wednesday after the Dolphins and Strathcona Druids closed out league play with a 24-24 stalemate this week at the St. Albert Rugby Football Club.

The St. Albert Impact premier women have two matches on tap in three days, starting Sunday in the Edmonton District Soccer Association. The Impact (4-2) plays Green & Gold (4-1-1) at 2:15 p.m.

The 13th honorary lifetime member of the St. Albert Curling Club is in select company. “I certainly am,” admitted Ray Rouault of the achievement bestowed upon himself at the club’s season windup celebration last Saturday.

Jamie Bain of the St. Albert Skyhawks was the best of the best as the metro Edmonton female athlete of the year. The Grade 12 volleyball and basketball player was also the recipient of a $750 scholarship.