The winner of today's metro Edmonton division two pool A men's rugby match between the Bellerose Bulldogs and Paul Kane Blues will be awarded the Gareth Jones Cup.
Kickoff is 4:45 p.m. at the St. Albert Rugby Football Club.
Bellerose was the inaugural winner at the 2012 St. Albert high schools' tournament and Paul Kane was victorious in league play by scores of 12-11 in 2013 and 31-0 in 2015.
Bellerose regained possession of the prestigious cup in last year's 20-7 triumph.
The Gareth Jones Cup honours one of the Nervous Nine founding members of SARFC and its first president. Jones also coached Paul Kane's first rugby team in 1980 and was inducted into the Alberta Rugby Hall of Fame in 2005.
Paul Kane is 1-1 after the 15-12 win over the Bev Facey Falcons and 50-21 loss to the Sturgeon Spirits and Bellerose will scrum down in its first league match of the season.
The St. Albert Cardinals fly into action tonight against the South Jasper Place Jays at Legion Memorial Park.
Game times are 6:30 p.m. for the midget AAA and bantam AAA teams.
The next Norwest league game for the midget AAA Cardinals is Thursday against the Parkland Twins at 6:30 p.m. at Henry Singer Park.
This weekend the Cardinals play a three-game series with Calgary Dinos Yellow at Foothills Stadium.
The bantam AAA Cardinals, last year's fourth-place finishers at the U15 Baseball Canada championship, also host a three-game homestand this weekend. They play Saturday at 9 a.m. against Okotoks Dawgs Red and 6 p.m. against the Fort McMurray Oil Giants and 1 p.m. Sunday against the Red Deer Braves.
The St. Albert Rugby Football Club kicks off its home fixtures tonight with the men's U21 match against the Lep/Tigers at 7 p.m.
Saturday's doubleheader starts at 2 p.m. between the third division men and the Grande Prairie Centaurs in the Edmonton Rugby Union, followed by the Alberta premier women's match between SARFC and Lep/Tigers at 4 p.m.
Meanwhile, the Alberta Cup premier men's match between SARFC, the three-times defending Labatt's Cup provincial champion, and the Strathcona Druids has been rescheduled from Saturday at Ellerslie Rugby Park to Aug. 19 at Lynn Davies Rugby Park.
The fantastic firsts make their premier season debut next Saturday against the rival Clansmen at 4 p.m. at SARFC.
