Minor Football Day in St. Albert features three games today at the Riel Park turf field.
All six St. Albert teams in the Capital District Minor Football Association will be in action.
The tripleheader starts at 11 a.m. between the Buccaneers (1-1) and Vikings (0-1) in the atom division.
At 12:30 p.m. the Fury (1-0) and the 49ers (0-1) hook up in the bantam division.
The Riders (1-0) and Colts (0-1) huddle up in the peewee division at 3 p.m.
Throughout the day the St. Albert Minor Football Association will be accepting donations at the field for the St. Albert Food Bank.
The eighth annual Ryan Burak Invitational Tournament wraps up today at Paul Kane High School.
The high school junior volleyball draw features six girls’ and six boys’ teams. Local teams include the Paul Kane Blues boys and girls, the Bellerose Bulldogs boys and the lady St. Albert Skyhawks.
Round-robin action starts at 8 a.m. with the finals at 4 p.m.
Matches of note include the Paul Kane boys against Bellerose at 9 a.m. and the Paul Kane girls against the Skyhawks at 10:15 a.m.
The tournament was established in memory of Ryan Burak, a Paul Kane grad who played three years on the senior Blues volleyball team. He was killed by a drunk driver on Jan. 27, 2004 at the age of 20.
League play ends today for St. Albert’s first and third division men’s rugby teams.
The thirds (4-8) host the Cold Lake Penguins (1-11) at 2 p.m. at the St. Albert Rugby Football Club.
The firsts (8-3) battle the Lep/Tigers (4-7) at 4 p.m. at Ellerslie Rugby Park. In July, the firsts whipped their Edmonton rivals 51-5 in St. Albert.
A win by the firsts, plus a loss by the Calgary Saints (8-2-1) against the Calgary Canucks (5-6), would lift St. Albert past the Saints into second spot in the Alberta Cup table.
The firsts, winners of eight in a row, are the Labatt’s Cup premier provincial champions.
The first and second division men begin their playoffs on Sept. 13. The firsts host a quarter-final match at 4 p.m. The seconds (8-4) play their Edmonton Rugby Union semifinal against the provincial champion Leduc Crude (7-4) at 2 p.m. at home or in Leduc.
The second division final between Mavericks 95 and SA Force in the St. Albert Women’s Soccer League kicks off at 4:30 p.m. Sunday at Riel Park.
The Mavericks (12-1-1) and SA Force (10-2-2) finished first and second, respectively, in league play.
Both teams won their semifinal matches with identical 4-3 scores.
