A one-hour special presentation showcasing the 2012 Special Olympics Canada Winter Games will air on TSN over the next eight days.
The seventh national winter festival for athletes with an intellectual disability was held Feb. 28 to March 3 in St. Albert, Jasper and Strathcona County. Competing for medals in seven sports were 651 athletes from all 10 provinces and two territories.
Dates and times on TSN are today at 2 p.m., Monday at noon and Thursday at 10 p.m.
TSN2 will also air the presentation Thursday at 5 p.m. and next Saturday at 8 p.m.
Air times are subject to change without notice.
The St. Albert Soccer Association’s Victoria Day Classic tournament is underway for 30 boys teams and 38 girls teams.
Medals will be handed out in the boys U10, U12 Tier I and II, U14 Tier I and II and U16 Tier III divisions and the girls U12 Tier I and II, U14 Tier I and II, U16 Tier II and U18 Tier II divisions.
St. Albert is represented by nine boys teams and six girls teams.
Matches are scheduled for Forest Park, Hodgson Field, SASA fields at Riel Park and the turf field at Riel Recreation Park.
Visit www.stalbertsoccer.com for results.
Weather permitting, the St. Albert Minor Baseball Association’s annual Early Bird tournament is the main event this weekend at the Legion and Meadowview diamonds.
The finals are scheduled for Monday in midget AA, bantam AAA and AA, peewee AAA and AA and mosquito AA.
The St. Albert Cardinals are represented in every division.
The tournament features 40 teams and 78 games.
Visit www.stalbertbaseball.com for schedules.
The St. Albert Tigers make their season debut Tuesday in the Sunburst Baseball League under new head coach Marc Dallorto.
Game time is 7:30 p.m. against the Red Deer Riggers at Great Chief Park.
Friday the Tigers play the Parkland White Sox at 7:30 p.m. at Henry Singer Park.
The Tigers’ home opener is June 1 against the Fort Saskatchewan A’s at 8 p.m. at Legion Memorial Park.
Dallorto replaces Kurtus Millar in the Tigers dugout. Millar announced his retirement after the Tigers surrendered 17 unearned runs in four losses at the Baseball Alberta senior AAA championship.
Last year the Tigers finished 7-20 overall. They were 5-9 in the Sunburst regular season, 0-2 in the playoffs, 2-5 in tournaments and 0-4 at provincials.
Millar was the player/coach when the Tigers last won provincials in 2007.
Dallorto is a former player and coach with the junior and senior Tigers.
