The playoffs are underway today at the 17th annual Lions Western Canadian Challenge high school volleyball tournament in St. Albert and Morinville.
Twenty-four men’s and 24 women’s teams are competing for medals. Visit www.mchs.gsacrd.ab.ca/wcc/ for the playoff brackets.
Bellerose Composite High School hosts the women’s semifinals at 5:30 p.m., the bronze final at 7 p.m. and the gold-medal match at 8 p.m.
Morinville Community High School will stage the men’s semifinals at 5:30 p.m., the bronze final at 7 p.m. and the gold-medal match at 8 p.m.
The consolation finals start at 7 p.m. at Vincent J. Maloney School for the women and St. Albert Catholic High School for the men.
The Capital District Minor Football Association playoffs kick off this weekend for the St. Albert teams in the bantam, peewee and atom divisions.
The winning teams in the quarter-finals advance into the higher semifinal tiers and the losing teams compete in the lower semifinal tiers. Visit www.cdmfa.com for playoff updates.
Tier I/II bantam
Fury (5-1) vs. Edmonton Black Raiders (5-2), 4:30 p.m. today at Clarke Park.
Tier III/IV bantam
49ers (1-5) vs. Fort McMurray Ravens (1-6), 2 p.m. today at Clarke Park.
Tier I/II peewee
Riders (5-2) vs. Edmonton Mustangs (4-1-1), 4 p.m. today at Johnny Bright Park.
Tier III/IV peewee
Colts (1-5) vs. Millwoods Grizzlies (0-6), 5:30 p.m. Sunday at the Riel Park turf field.
Tier III/IV atom
Buccaneers (1-6-1) vs. Sherwood Park Eskimos (1-5-1), 5:30 p.m. today at Strathcona Athletic Park.
Vikings (4-4) vs. Fort Saskatchewan Storm (1-6), 3 p.m. Sunday at Strathcona Athletic Park.
The St. Albert Raiders skate twice this weekend at Akinsdale Arena in the Alberta Midget AAA Hockey League.
The Raiders play the south-division leading Calgary Flames (5-0-1) tonight at 8 p.m. and the Calgary Buffaloes (3-3) Sunday at 1:15 p.m.
Last weekend in Calgary the Raiders posted wins of 9-6 against the Northstars (3-2-1) and 3-2 against the Buffaloes.
The Raiders (5-0-1) are battling for top spot in the north with the Leduc Oil Kings (6-1), the host team for the 2012 TELUS Cup national championship. Raiders forward Luke Mahura ranks second in league scoring with 11 points. He is also the team leader in goals with five.
The Paul Kane Blues, St. Albert Skyhawks and Bellerose Bulldogs have home court advantage Monday in metro Edmonton premier women’s volleyball.
Paul Kane (6-1) hosts the St. Francis Xavier Rams (5-3), the Skyhawks (6-2) entertain the Salisbury Sabres (2-7) and the Sturgeon Spirits (3-5) visit Bellerose (1-7). Game times are 4:45 p.m.
The playoffs start Nov. 2. Paul Kane is the defending premier champion.
