Local Sports

St. Albert native Ryan Stanton is one step closer to the big show after signing a three-year entry-level contract with the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday.

The game plan for the St. Albert Storm is to repeat as playoff champions but in a higher division than last year’s tier III triumph in the midget spring league.

The 3A provincial women’s basketball tournament tips off Friday for the St. Albert Skyhawks at Medicine Hat. At 10 a.m.

The Women’s Artistic Gymnastics Northern Zone Championships are under way at the St. Albert Gymnastics Club. The Alberta Gymnastics Federation sanctioned meet features 158 gymnasts from 16 clubs.

The fourth annual World Masters Indoor Athletic Championships last week in Kamloops, B.C. brought the very best out of six local athletes. The big winner was Andre Francois in the men’s 45-49 division.

St. Albert football coach Randy Guy will huddle up with former teammates with the University of Calgary Dinos at the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame induction ceremonies May 28.

The St. Albert Slash packed their gear for the last time this season Thursday night after being swept by the Edmonton Thunder in the best-of-five north division final in the Alberta Major Midget Female Hockey League.

The number-one ranked 3A women's basketball team in Alberta is on a mission. "We've proved a lot of people wrong so far this year and we're going to do that again at provincials," co-captain Hilary Annich said after the St.

A long-time driving force in the St. Albert Minor Football Association (SAMFA) is this year’s recipient of Football Alberta’s Life Membership Award.

O’Leary High School – Haunted by the loss to the Archbishop MacDonald Marauders in league play, the Sturgeon Spirits exorcised their demons in Friday’s rematch for the championship.