St. Albert's premier and third division men's rugby teams are rucking and mauling today. At 12:30 p.m., the thirds scrum down against the Grande Prairie Centaurs at Ellerslie Rugby Park. At 4 p.m., the first 15 host the Calgary Irish at the St. Albert Rugby Football Club. The thirds (4-2, six BP), winners of two in a row, are ranked first in the Edmonton Rugby Union table and the Centaurs (3-3, four BP) are six points back in sixth place.
St. Albert's premier and third division men's rugby teams are rucking and mauling today.
At 12:30 p.m., the thirds scrum down against the Grande Prairie Centaurs at Ellerslie Rugby Park. At 4 p.m., the first 15 host the Calgary Irish at the St. Albert Rugby Football Club.
The thirds (4-2, six BP), winners of two in a row, are ranked first in the Edmonton Rugby Union table and the Centaurs (3-3, four BP) are six points back in sixth place.
The firsts (4-1, four BP) are undefeated in three matches as the top Alberta Cup team. The only loss for the Labatt's Cup provincial champions was 43-17 to the Irish (3-1, four BP) last month in Calgary.
The St. Albert Stars kick off their home opener today in the Alberta Football League.
Game time is 2 p.m. against the Fort McMurray Monarchs at Riel Recreation Park.
The Stars, Monarchs and Calgary Gators are 2-0 in the nine-team standings.
Last weekend, the Stars whipped the Edmonton Stallions (0-1) 45-3 at Johnny Bright Park and the Monarchs crushed the AFL champion Wolfpack (0-2) 84-0 in Calgary.
Last year, the Stars finished 3-5 overall in their second AFL season after losing 21-1 to the Monarchs in the quarter-finals.
The junior A St. Albert Miners face-off against the provincial champion Calgary Mountaineers today at 5:30 p.m. at Go Auto Arena.
The Miners are 1-4 against the Mountaineers (11-2-1) in the Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League after Sunday's 11-6 loss in Calgary.
The Miners (5-9) played the Titans (2-10) in Sherwood Park on Friday but the score was unavailable at press time.
In the RMLL scoring race, Nik Farrus is second in goals (24 in 13 games) and points (56).
The Northern Senior (55-plus) Qualifier starts at 8 a.m. Monday at the Sturgeon Valley Golf & Country Club
The handicap factor limit is 20 for the 72-man field.
St. Albert golfers registered include Dale Chervinski, Terry Clackson, Chris Clement, Nicholas Parrotta, Brian Payne, Lloyd Scherer, Wayne Vande Vyvere and Robert Walkingshaw.
Chervinski, Parrotta, Walkingshaw and Lloyd Meyer of Edmonton golf out of Sturgeon Valley and Vande Vyvere and John McNeil of Edmonton are representing the Sandpiper Golf & Country Club.
The top finishers advance to the provincial senior men's championship, July 28 to 30 at the Red Deer Golf & Country Club.
