The St. Albert Minor Baseball Association hosts the Larry Rindero Memorial Tournament this weekend at Legion Memorial Park and Meadowview Diamonds.
The division AA format features 12 mosquito teams, 10 peewee and 10 bantam teams and eight midget teams.
The St. Albert Cardinals are represented by three teams in mosquito, two in peewee, two in bantam and one in midget.
The 86-game draw started Friday night and ends with Monday's finals at 3 p.m. at the Legion diamonds.
Visit www.stalbertbaseball.com for schedules and results.
The annual May long weekend tournament was renamed from the Early Bird to honour Larry Rindero for his contributions as a coach and volunteer and passion for the game.
Tonight's naming ceremony starts at 7:30 p.m. on the main Legion diamond.
The metro Edmonton high school men's rugby playoffs kick off next week for the Sturgeon Spirits, Bellerose Bulldogs and Paul Kane Blues.
In the division two quarter-finals, Sturgeon (first in pool A at 4-0, 192 PF/72 PA) plays the Jasper Place Rebels, (fourth in pool B at 1-3, 51 PF/128 PA) and Bellerose (second in pool A at 3-1, 114 PF/70 PA) battles the W.P. Wagner Warriors (third place in pool B at 2-2, 58 PF/127 PA) Wednesday at 4:45 p.m. at the St. Albert Rugby Football Club.
Paul Kane (third in pool A at 2-2, 96 PF/104 PA) is up against the Edmonton Christian Lions (second in pool B at 3-1, 110 PF/44 PA) Thursday at 4:30 p.m. at Airways Park.
The semifinals are May 29 and the final is June 1 at Ellerslie Rugby Park.
Last year the Lions defeated Bellerose 46-19 in the semifinals and Sturgeon 7-5 in the final.
The women's division two semifinal pairings will be decided after league play wraps up Tuesday and first place is on the line between Sturgeon (4-0, 197 PF/51 PA) and Paul Kane (3-0-1, 116 PF/51 PA). Kickoff is 4:45 p.m. at the St. Albert Rugby Football Club.
One or both semifinals will be played May 29 at SARFC and the final is June 1 at Ellerslie.
The last tilt between Sturgeon and Paul Kane was the final at the recent Red Deer tournament and the Spirits won.
Last year Sturgeon lost 34-22 to Wagner in the division two semifinals and Paul Kane fell 65-7 to the Bev Facey Falcons in the division one final.
