The St. Albert High Skyhawks are in Lloydminster today to play the Holy Rosary Raiders in the Tier III (school population 450 to 749) provincial north final.
Kickoff is 3 p.m. at Holy Rosary High School.
The winner lines up against the No. 1-ranked Cochrane Cobras (11-0), last year’s provincial champions, or the No. 3-ranked Rundle College Cobras (7-1-1) of Calgary in the Alberta Bowl next Saturday at 11 a.m. at Foote Field.
The Skyhawks lost the 2012 Alberta Bowl to Cochrane.
Last weekend in the north semifinals, the No. 7-ranked Skyhawks (6-4) scored the winning touchdown with only seconds remaining to defeat the No. 9-ranked Peace River Pioneers (6-4) 41-35 in Peace River and the No. 2-ranked Raiders (11-0) blanked the No. 5-ranked Sylvan Lake Lakers (7-2) 34-0 in the Border City.
Last year, the Raiders won the Tier IV (449 or less students) Alberta Bowl and this year they were bumped up into Tier III after an increase in student enrolment.
The Raiders are the two-time defending Wheatland Football League champions and the Skyhawks are the Miles division two finalists in the metro Edmonton league.
The City of St. Albert celebrates National Sports Day in Canada today from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Servus Credit Union Place.
The demonstration schedule is as follows.
St. Albert Canoe and Kayak Club: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., main floor mezzanine.
SLAM basketball: 11:30 to 11:50 a.m., gym, court one.
Red Willow Badminton Club: noon to 12:20 p.m., gym, court one.
St. Albert Pickleball Club: 12:30 to 12:50 p.m., gym, court one.
St. Albert Rugby Football Club: 12:30 to 12:50 p.m., Sarasota fieldhouse.
St. Albert Minor Baseball Association: 12:30 to 12:50 p.m., Sarasota fieldhouse.
St. Albert Ringette Association: 1:15 to 1:45 p.m., Go Auto Arena.
The rest of the participating sports groups are 40 Assets, city programs, Rams Lacrosse, St. Albert Bike Association, St. Albert Minor Football Association, St. Albert Nordic Ski Club, St. Albert Skating Centre, KidSport and K of C Mini Basketball.
Sports Central will also have drop-off bins at the event for donations of new or gently used sports equipment.
The St. Albert Slash host the Edmonton Thunder tonight in the Alberta Major Midget Female Hockey League.
Faceoff is 7:45 p.m. at Go Auto Arena.
The Slash are 4-7-4 and the Thunder, winners of the last seven league titles, are 3-7-2.
