The St. Albert Junior Cardinals make their North Central Alberta Baseball League debut tonight against the Sherwood Park Athletics.
The first pitch is 7:15 p.m. at Centennial Park.
Sunday the Cardinals visit the Sturgeon Paladins at 2 p.m. at Archie Jenkins Park in Bon Accord.
The home opener for the Cardinals is Tuesday versus the Westlock Red Lions at 7:15 p.m. at Legion Memorial Park.
The last game of the season for the St. Albert Storm in midget spring league football has been cancelled.
The Storm, 0-4 in the Tier 1 and 2 division, were supposed to line up against the first-place team in the Tier 3 and 4 division in Friday’s playoff at Riel Recreation Park.
The Storm are coming off a 37-0 exhibition win over the winless Tier 3 and 4 division Edmonton Seahawks last weekend in St. Albert.
Last year the team of Grade 9, 10 and 11 players finished 2-4 as the Tier 2 playoff winners.
The Edmonton Rugby Union kicks off the season with a Super Saturday special at Ellerslie Rugby Park.
The St. Albert Rugby Football Club will field three teams in the men’s and women’s lid-lifer.
At 2:15 p.m. the third division men scrum down the Pirates and the women’s team play the Lep/Tigers.
Last weekend the thirds lost an exhibition match in Drayton Valley.
At 4 p.m. the premier men ruck and maul with the rival Clansmen in the Alberta Cup fixtures.
Last year the Clan beat St. Albert’s first 15 three times in four matches, including the 61-15 blowout in the Ken Ann Cup playoff to determine the ERU rep at provincials.
The second division men grace the pitch May 16 against the Lep/Tigers at 7 p.m. at Ellerslie.
The season opener for the St. Albert Heavenly Rollers is Saturday’s doubleheader at the Pizza 73 fieldhouse at Servus Credit Union Place.
The first whistle goes at 6 p.m. between the Greater Edmonton Junior Roller Derby League’s Spoilers and Stinkerbelles, followed by the Heavenly Rollers’ intermediate travel team, the Beelzebubs, against the Rez City Rollers at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 at the door. Youths 10 and under get in free.
Tickets are available from any derby girl or at www.stahrderby.com/tickets/.
