Presidents’ Cup
The two-time defending champion St. Albert Miners ran the floor twice Tuesday at the Presidents’ Cup in Nanaimo after starting off the senior B national lacrosse tournament with two victories.Scores against the Oakville Titans (2-0) and the host Nanaimo Timbermen (2-1) were unavailable at press time.
The eight-team round robin continues for the Miners with games today against the Caughnawaga Indians (2-0) of the Three Nations league, Thursday against the Onondaga Redhawks (1-2) of the Can-Am league and Friday against the Ladner Pioneers (1-1) of the West Coast league.
Saturday’s playoffs determine Sunday’s medal finals.
Visit www.presidentscup.pointstreaksites.com for the schedule and results.
The Miners opened the tournament in Sunday’s lopsided 17-4 win against the Saskatoon Brewers (0-3).
Period scores were 9-3 and 13-3 for the Rocky Mountain league provincial champions.
Darren Kinnear was the top point producer with seven, Mike Triolo and captain Jordan Cornfield scored a game-high three goals apiece and Richard Lachlan added six assists.
Shots were 40-33 for the Miners as Aaron Bold (31 saves, three GA in 45 minutes) and Matty Hiebert (two saves, one GA) shared netminding duties.
Monday’s 7-5 decision over the Capital Region Axemen (0-2) of Quebec was highlighted by four unanswered goals in the middle frame, as Lachlan and Keegan Bal potted a pair each, to make it 5-2 after 40 minutes.
Bal finished the win with three goals and one assist.
Triolo and Nik Farris also notched singles.
Bold made 37 saves as the Miners tested the Axmen with 41 shots.
The win raised the Miners’ overall record to 81-3-2 after losing the 2015 provincial final.
The Miners are striving to join the 1976-78 Vernon Tigers and 1986-88 Fergus (Ont.) Thistles as the only senior B teams to celebrate three Presidents’ Cups in a row.
Saunders wins
Tyler Saunders shot identical rounds of 69 to win the Edmonton Golf Association men’s amateur at Sturgeon Valley Golf & Country Club.The 138 score for the Sturgeon County golfer was two strokes better than the runner-up, Ryan DenBraber of Fort Saskatchewan and the defending champion.
DenBraber was Sunday’s opening round co-leader with Brandon Markiw of Edmonton at 68. Markiw placed fifth overall at 144.
DenBraber, a Sturgeon Valley member, shot 72 Monday for a total of 140.
Earlier this month, DenBraber tied for second at Sturgeon Valley’s club championship tournament. The winner was Shane O’Neill, who carded two rounds of 73 at the men's amateur and his 146 score tied Marcus Kostick of St. Albert for seventh place. Kostick also shot back-to-back 73 scores in the tournament, featuring 79 golfers.
In third place was Connor O’Reilly of the Alberta Golden Bears at 142 (72-70).
The Edmonton men’s amateur championship for Saunders, who golfs out of the Glendale, is the latest in a long line of victories that includes the 2014 Alberta Men’s Amateur.
The St. Albert Catholic High School alumnus was also the 2015 Freshman of the Year in the Sun Belt Conference with the Texas State Bobcats and has competed with the Nevada Wolf Pack golf team.
NCABL awards
Tanner McLean-Poll of the St. Albert Cardinals was a double award winner in the North Central Alberta Baseball League.McLean-Poll, a pitcher for the senior AA and junior AAA Cardinals, was recognized as the regular season MVP and the most promising junior player in the NCABL senior AA circuit.
The 2018 All-Star Club pitcher finished the season with a league-best 48 strikeouts and 1.81 ERA in 46.33 innings while going 5-1 with three complete games for the fifth-place Cardinals (11-10).
Robbie Sullivan, an outfielder for the Cardinals, was also awarded the NCABL education grant, sponsored by Servus Credit Union, for post-secondary studies.
Meanwhile, the Edmonton Blackhawks swept the first-place Sherwood Park Athletics by scores of 7-1 and 5-3 in the best-of-three NCABL championship final.
Ball hockey
Having fun is the name of the game at the fifth annual Douglas Deacon Memorial Classic on Sept. 6.The ball hockey tournament also provides community awareness for people with developmental disabilities.
The tournament was established by Daniel Deacon in memory of his brother, Douglas, who died in 2011 at the age of 34.
Funds raised will go towards St. Albert Special Olympics in memory of Doug Deacon and the Humboldt Broncos Hockey Club.
The tournament runs 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Transitions at 365 Carleton Drive in Campbell Business Park.
Contact Shauna Schellenberg at 780-243-9023 for more information.
