Rams lacrosse
The annual Jeremy Richardson Memorial Baggataway Tournament is underway at Servus Credit Union Place and the Akinsdale, Kinex and Morinville arenas.The St. Albert Rams Lacrosse Club is hosting 80 teams from Alberta and Saskatchewan in the tyke, novice B, novice female, peewee B, peewee C, peewee female, bantam B, bantam C, bantam female, midget B and midget female divisions.
The 132-game schedule ends with Sunday's division playoffs.
Visit www.ramslacrosse.ca for schedules and results.
Aaron Bold, a National Lacrosse League netminder, will also be manning a selfie booth this morning at Servus Place in support of Funds for Fines, a cancer treatment charity.
The tournament, now in its 22nd year, honours the memory of Jeremy Richardson, the first Ram to be drafted into the National Lacrosse League in 2003 as the third-round pick (27th overall) by the Calgary Roughnecks.
In August of 2003, the former St. Albert Saints’ hockey player was diagnosed with stage three malignant melanoma and on Nov. 5, 2005 died at age 23.
The Rams renamed their Baggataway tournament in recognition of Richardson’s dedication to lacrosse.
Richardson’s former junior lacrosse team, the Edmonton Miners, dedicated their 2006 season in his memory and retired his No. 23 jersey. The Miners, now based in St. Albert, also renamed the team’s offensive player of the year award after the prolific scorer.
The Jeremy Richardson Memorial Award will be a presented Sunday to a bantam or midget player playing in the tournament. The deadline for teams to submit their nominations to the selection committee is 9 p.m. tonight.
Fastball Angels
The 21st annual Fastball St. Albert Invitational Tournament is up to bat this weekend with 51 teams competing at the Meadowview and Henry Singer diamonds.The host St. Albert Angels are represented by 12 teams in the U10, U12, U14 and U16 age groups in the A, B and C divisions.
The 116-game draw ends Sunday afternoon.
Visit www.fastballstalberttournament.ca for more information.
SARFC matches
Today’s doubleheader at St. Albert Rugby Football Club kicks off at 1 p.m.The interlock Calgary/Edmonton division two men’s league match is between SARFC (0-3, 64 PF/135 PA) and the Bow Valley Grizzlies (2-1, 99 PF/84 PA), last year’s Lor-Ann Cup division two provincial champions.
At 2:30 p.m. SARFC (1-1, 55 PF/62 PA) and Bow Valley (2-0 117 PF/40 PA) battle in the premier men’s Alberta Cup.
