Division 1A Impact
The Tier 1 playdowns kick off tonight for the St. Albert Impact 4 (Murphy) division 1A women’s team.The Impact (9-2-2, 56 GF/20 GA) plays division 1B Wind United (8-4-2, 28 GF/17 GA) at 6:30 p.m. at ESA Complex.
Both teams finished second in their respective Edmonton District Soccer Association divisions.
The winner lines up against division 1A FC Excelsior 1 (11-2-1, 41 GF/17 GA) or division 1B FC Excelsior 2 (12-1-1, 44 GF/8 GA) on Aug. 20 for the right to compete at the Alberta Soccer Association Tier 1 championship during the September long weekend in Calgary as the second EDSA team. Start time is 6:30 p.m. at ESA Complex.
Both FC Excelsior teams were tops in their divisions.
The Impact’s match against Wind United will also produce the opponent for St. Albert Impact 3 (Murphy) in Tuesday’s promotion playoff and the winner plays in the premier division in the 2019 outdoor season. Kickoff is 6:30 p.m. at ESA Complex.
Impact 3 (4-12-2, 23 GF/59 GA) placed eighth in the 10-team premier table this season.
Division 2A Impact
The Tier 2 provincial playdowns start Thursday for the St. Albert Impact division 2A men’s team in the Edmonton District Soccer Association.Kickoff is 6:30 p.m. against division 2B FC Waryaa at ESA Complex.
The Impact (8-4-2, 35 GF/20 GA) and FC Waryaa (9-2-2, 40 GF/14 GA) were the runners-up for the division pennants.
The winner plays division 2A Santos FC (9-4-1, 36 GF/22 GA) or division 2B Punjab United (10-2-2, 48 GF/23 GA), the top teams in their divisions, at 6:30 p.m. on Aug. 20 at ESA Complex for a spot at Alberta Soccer Association Tier 2 championship during the September long weekend in Calgary.
U13 westerns
Thursday the St. Albert Cardinals play ball at the U13 westerns in Brandon.The Baseball Alberta peewee AAA Tier I silver medallists swing for the fences against Regina (Sask. 1) at 2:30 p.m. and Friday’s games are 10:30 a.m. against North Winnipeg (Man. 2) and 4 p.m. against the Brandon hosts to wrap up the pool B draw of the eight-team tournament.
The playoffs start Saturday morning and Sunday’s medal finals are 9 a.m. for bronze and 12 noon for gold.
The Red Deer Braves are also competing at nationals.
Visit www.baseball.ca/13Uwest for the schedule and results.
At provincials in Spruce Grove, the Cardinals rallied in the bottom of the seventh to edge Red Deer 9-8 in the semifinals.
The final was 12-1 for the Parkland Twins against the Cardinals, 4-1 in the tournament after going 15-3 in the provincial round and 19-5 overall in the Baseball Alberta league.
Merchants tryouts
The St. Albert Merchants are accepting registrations for the junior B team’s conditioning camp and tryouts at Akinsdale Arena.Visit www.stalbertmerchants.com to sign up for the Aug. 26-27 condition sessions and the main camp starts Sept. 3.
For more information, contact president Scott Rodda at [email protected] or manager Craig Dory at [email protected].
Exhibitions are scheduled for Sept 7 against the host Sherwood Park Knights at 8:15 p.m., Sept. 9 against the Edmonton Royals at 8 p.m. at Confederation Arena and Sept. 16 against the Knights at 8 p.m. at Akinsdale Arena.
The Capital Junior B Hockey League lid-lifter is Sept. 21 against the visiting Beverly Warriors at 8 p.m.
The Merchants are coming off a 21-16-1 (150 GF/150 GA) regular season for fourth place in the west division and the team’s playoff record was 2-4 (19 GF/27 GA) as quarter-finalists.
The new head coach of the Merchants is Zach Rodda, an assistant coach for the Money Men for five seasons.
