The St. Albert Women’s Soccer League playoffs are underway to determine the division one and two champions.
Tonight’s division two matches are Gini’s (8-5-1) versus the Pink Ladies (2-11-2) and Snipe (4-11) versus Mavericks 95 (2-10-3) at 6:30 p.m. at Forest Park field.
The winners advance to Sunday’s semifinals against Cosmos FC (14-0), last year’s division one semifinalists, and the Devils (11-4) at 6:30 p.m. at Forest Park.
The division one playoffs kicked off Tuesday but the score between the Lady Titans (2-7-3) and St. Albert Blaze (1-10-1) was unavailable at press time.
The winner challenges Mavericks 09 (12-0) in Sunday’s semifinals and the other pairing features the Morinville Ladies (6-4-2) against the Kickers (5-5-2). Game times are 5 p.m. at Forest Park.
The finals are Sept. 18 at 5 p.m. at Forest Park.
Last year Mavericks 09 (16-0) repeated as division one champions in the 6-2 decision against Morinville (12-3-1) and the Blaze (9-6-1) won its second final in a row with a 1-0 result against Mavericks 95 (6-9-2).
Online registration for the 14th annual St. Albert Fall Challenge ends Friday at www.events.runningroom.com.
The latest confirmation totals were 109 runners and walkers for Sunday’s 21.1-kilometre half-marathon, 10 km and five km on the Red Willow trails.
The start times at the Kingswood Park venue are 8 a.m. for the half-marathon walk and 9 a.m. for the half-marathon run, 10-km run/walk and five-km run/walk.
Pre-registration is not required for the .5-km kids’ loop at 11:30 a.m.
The Fall Challenge is hosted by the Sturgeon Valley Athletic Club.
Visit www.sva-club.com for more information or to volunteer.
Jake Behiels makes his head coaching debut with the St. Albert Merchants in Friday’s exhibition against the Strathcona Sabres.
Puck drop is 8 p.m. at Akinsdale Arena.
The Merchants also host the Fort Saskatchewan Hawks at 8 p.m. Sunday at the Akinsdale rink and the teams face-off again Tuesday at 7:45 p.m. at JRC Arena.
The Capital Junior B Hockey League lid-lifter for the Money Men is Sept. 18 against the visiting Spruce Grove Regals at 8 p.m. A pre-game tailgate party is scheduled for fans and sponsors at 6 p.m. and a band will turn up the volume at 6:30 p.m.
Behiels, a former Merchant, assumes the coaching reins from Scott Rodda, who stepped down after three seasons to join the team’s board of directors.
