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The silver lining for the St. Albert Cardinals Red losing the last game of the year was finishing second at the Best in the West showdown. The ninth loss in 55 games for the Baseball Alberta midget AA Tier 1 champions was 7-1 to the Oak River (Man.

Thursday’s Alberta Cup rugby heavyweight bout between the St. Albert premier men and the Clan kicks off at Airway Park at 7 p.m.

The Western Canada AA Baseball Championships are underway at Legion Memorial Park. The St. Albert Minor Baseball Association is hosting the U18 midget, U15 bantam and U13 peewee tournaments The participating teams are as follows.

Nor’Westers Fields – An extraordinary effort with the season hanging in the balance propelled St. Albert’s queens of the pitch into the division one playoff mix.

The St. Albert Merchants are rebuilding instead of reloading for the upcoming season. Up to 16 players and over-agers from the Money Men are moving on to other parts of their life.

The St. Albert Impact division 3A women can punch their ticket to the Tier 3 provincials with a victory Wednesday in the Edmonton District Soccer Association playdowns. Kickoff is 6:30 p.m.

Today is last game for the St. Albert Stars before the playoffs kick off in the Alberta Football League. The Stars host the winless Calgary Wolfpack, last year's AFL champions, at 2 p.m. at Riel Recreation Park. Gate admission is $5.

St. Albert ultra-marathoner Graham Glennie survived the recent Canadian Death Race as the fastest male soloist.

Two men's teams are united as one as St. Albert's champion contenders in Alberta men's rugby.

The Western Canada AA Baseball Championships, hosted by the St. Albert Minor Baseball Association, start 9 a.m. Friday at Legion Memorial Park. Teams representing Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, plus the host St.