The midget AAA St. Albert Cardinals are hoping to wrap up their Norwest League regular season on a high note this weekend.
The Cards first travel to Okotoks on Saturday for a doubleheader against Foothills Black, which sits second in the league standings.
Then on Sunday they’ll be back home at the friendly confines of Legion Memorial Park for their final regular season game, a showdown with Foothills Red at 3 p.m.
Teams from the St. Albert Rugby Football Club are gearing up for a busy week, with games spread out between Friday and next Thursday.
The men’s third division team is up first on Friday, as they head to Ellerslie Rugby Park in south Edmonton to take on the Lep-Tigers at 7 p.m. The two sides are close to each other in the bottom half of the Edmonton Rugby Union standings, but St. Albert is coming off a pair of wins over the Grande Prairie Centaurs.
The premier men’s team hits the road for Alberta Cup action, travelling south to take on the Calgary Canadian Irish Athletic Club Saturday at 3:30 p.m.
Saturday also sees the women’s second division team in action at home against Crude/West out of Leduc at 2 p.m.
After that, SARFC has a doubleheader scheduled as the men’s second and third division teams take on the Strathcona Druids on Thursday, July 28, with both games scheduled for 7 p.m. The seconds are also riding a four-match winning streak, the last two also coming over the Centaurs.
The Red Willow Badminton Club is inviting St. Albertans of all ages to come down and make a “racquet” this summer.
The club is organizing summer badminton camps for children aged seven and older during the month of August. They are also hosting open houses every Friday until Aug. 19, with courts available from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., plus a barbecue lunch at noon.
For more details, interested participants are welcome to drop in to the club, located at 80 Boudreau Rd., check out their website at www.redwillow.ca or phone the club at 780-460-2441.
A pair of St. Albert players will be representing Alberta in a prestigious volleyball tournament this weekend in Winnipeg.
The National Team Challenge Cup is being held July 19 to 24 at the University of Manitoba, and Tyra Adamic of Paul Kane High School and Madison Porisky of Bellerose Composite High School both left Monday night to compete for their province.
Although they attended rival high schools, Adamic and Porisky played together on the Northern Alberta Volleyball Club and will both be attending Grant MacEwan University in the fall to play on the Griffins women’s team.
Team Alberta coach Jocelyn Blair also hails from St. Albert, and coached Porisky at Bellerose this past year.
