Doll joins Eskimos
Tanner Doll is now an Edmonton Eskimo.The high school football product of the St. Albert High Skyhawks was signed by the Eskimos on Tuesday after playing four games with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats this season.
The six-foot, 221-pound long snapper joins his third Canadian Football League team after 22 games over two seasons with the Ottawa Redblacks, including the 2016 Grey Cup championship team.
The Grey Cup marked the 10th career game for Doll after making his CFL regular-season debut Sept. 17 against the Stampeders in Calgary.
Doll, 25, was among the final 10 training camp cuts by Ottawa on June 11. He was picked up by the Tiger-Cats on June 19 and released July 23.
Doll, 25, was selected by the Redblacks in the fourth round (28th overall) of the 2015 CFL draft.
Before turning pro, Doll spent five seasons with the Calgary Dinos, from 2011 to 2015, as a linebacker. In the 2013 Vanier Cup, he recorded 12.5 tackles and one pass breakup, and during the 2014 regular season registered 48 tackles in 10 games.
Basketball nationals
Teá DeMong of the St. Albert Skyhawks was named second-team All-Canadian in the U17 division of the Canada Basketball female championships last week in Fredericton, N.B.DeMong ranked sixth among all players in scoring (13.6 points per game) and fifth in rebounding (7.8 per game).
DeMong was a second-team U15 all-star last year.
DeMong was joined by Kamryn DeKlerk and Mimi Sigue of the Skyhawks on Team Alberta, the fourth-place finisher at nationals. All three are entering their Grade 11 season at St. Albert Catholic High School after leading the Skyhawks to the metro Edmonton division one championship and bronze-medal victory at 4A provincials.
The Team Alberta roster included Ella Stanley and Kaitlyn Kluttig of the Paul Kane Blues, the 4A provincial consolation champions. Both players are going into Grade 12.
Jack McPherson, a Grade 12 Paul Kane student, also played for Team Alberta at the U17 men's nationals in Kamloops.
Armstrong results
AJ Armstrong of St. Albert completed the recent Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship on Vancouver Island with a three-under-par score.Armstrong, 21, finished in a four-way tie for 19th place out of 71 who made the cut.
The four-day, 281 score included rounds of 70-72 at Pheasant Glen Golf Resort and 72-67 at Duncan Meadows Golf Course.
The winner was Zach Bauchou of Virginia at 266 (65-68-67-66) and the top Canadian was Garret Rank of Elmira, Ont., at 271 (74-65-67-65) for third place.
Armstrong was coming off a 19-under-par result as the Alberta Men’s Amateur champion at 269 (64-67-70-68) at RedTail Landing Golf Club.
The Windermere Golf & Country Club member is entering his senior season with the Washington State University men’s golf team and the St. Albert Catholic High School alumnus also made the Pac-12 All-Academic men’s golf first team the past two years.
Junior golf scores
Belle Brezovski of the Sturgeon Valley Golf & Country Club finished the Edmonton Golf Association Junior Championship as the top U14 female by one stroke.Brezovski posted rounds of 91 and 88 for a two-day-total of 179 this week at the Edmonton Petroleum Golf & Country Club.
Alexa Wingnean of Edmonton was the runner-up at 180 (89-91).
The U18 female championship trophy was shared by Brezovski’s sister, Brooke, and Alyshia Suleman of Sherwood Park with identical total scores of 166.
Brooke shot rounds of 80-86 and Suleman was 84-82.
Abi Hartzler of Carstairs was third at 182 (93-89).
In the U14 male division, Ethan Wilson of St. Albert placed second at 168 (85-83) and the winner was Mitchell Shaigec of Edmonton at 165 (78-87).
Tri-Prov Mustangs
The St. Albert Mustangs Track and Field Club was represented by six athletes at last month’s Tri-Prov Western Canadian Championship in Sherwood Park.Cheltey Berlinguette, Dawson de Sousa, Barrett Groves, Matthew Harrison, Ethan Tweten and Jacob Wessel competed for Team Alberta.
De Sousa, 15, placed second in the U16 2,000 metres at 6:17.17.
The winner was Alexander Webster, 15, of Team Saskatchewan at 6:15.27.
