The St. Albert Cardinals play ball tonight against the Spruce Grove White Sox in the Norwest midget AAA league. The first pitch goes at 6:30 p.m. at Henry Singer Park.
The Cardinals are 1-7 in the standings. Their first win was 11-3 against Sherwood Park Green last Wednesday at Legion Memorial Park.
St. Albert is looking to rebound after devastating losses of 85-7 against the Clanswomen (2-0) last Saturday at Airways Park and 95-5 against Druids 1 (2-0) in the season opener. St. Albert dressed only 12 players against the Druids but fielded a full 15 side and subs against the Clan.
The Druids shredded St. Albert for 17 tries and converted five scores. The Clan racked up 13 tries and 10 conversions.
Kelly Brazier of the New Zealand Black Ferns did the bulk of the scoring and all the kicking for the Clan. On offence Brazier played standoff and switched to fullback on defence. She is with the Clan for a brief spell before returning home.
The Clan led 40-0 at halftime. It was 73-0 late in the game, when St. Albert captain Zara Dowie cracked the try line with a short and powerful burst with the ball. Katie Davis converted the try.
Megan Lauer, Jen Newman and Michelle Marler, who had a huge assist on Marcia Davis’ try against the Druids, shone in a losing effort against the Clan.
The spring league determines the teams that will play in the Alberta premier league and the ERU second division in late June.
Last year in the ERU second division consolation bracket, St. Albert swept the three-team round-robin draw by beating the Lep/Tigers 53-0 for shield playoff honours.
The 27th annual Victoria Day Classic girls’ soccer tournament hosted by the St. Albert Soccer Association goes this weekend for 40 tier I and II teams in the U12 (eight versus eight), U14, U16 and U18 age divisions.
The St. Albert Impact rep program is represented in U12 tier I and tier II and U14 tier II.
The tournament draw includes out-of-province teams from the Aurora Soccer Club of Saskatoon in U12 tier I and U14 tier I and Hollandia Impact of Saskatoon in U18 tier I.
Field locations are Grosvenor, Poplar, Langholm, Forest Park, Eldorado and the Riel Park pitches and turf field.
Tournament action starts Friday night. The medal playoffs are set for Sunday and Monday.
Visit www.stalbertsoccer.com for schedules.
