Miners unbeatable
The St. Albert Miners continue their quest for an undefeated season tonight in Beaumont.Game time is 6:30 p.m. against the Outlaws (5-5-1) in the Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League.
The Presidents’ Cup senior B national champions the last two years are 10-0 after last weekend’s victories of 19-5 against the Rockyview Knights (6-5) in Airdrie and 10-9 in overtime against the Calgary Mountaineers (6-4) at Stu Peppard Arena.
The Miners are a near-perfect 67-2-1 in league, playoffs and nationals since the start of the 2016 season.
The latest scoring stats list Richard Lachlan of the Miners as the league’s top scorer with 19 goals in five games and is second in points with 34 in five games.
Darren Kinnear’s 26 points in five games is second-best on the Miners.
This weekend the Miners host the Blackfalds Silvertips (0-10) at 3 p.m. Saturday and the Calgary Raiders (1-8) at 12:30 p.m. Sunday at Go Auto Arena.
The last time the Miners played Blackfalds, the Red Deer-based team forfeited the May 26 game in St. Albert.
Rams romping
The St. Albert Rams are winners of eight in a row when the midget A team hosts the Parkland Posse tonight at Kinex Arena.Ball drop is 9 p.m. between the top two teams in the Greater Edmonton Lacrosse Council.
The Rams are 10-3 (124 GF/78 GA) after Monday’s 15-3 shellacking of the host Sherwood Park Titans and the Posse are 9-5 (124 GF/92 GA) but 3-2 in the last five games. Head to head, the Rams won two and lost one.
Luigi Benincasa was the top scorer against the Titans (2-11-2) with three goals and two assists.
Carter Albrecht also pumped in three goals as the Rams posted period leads of 7-0 and 9-2.
Ronin Pusch, Mathieu Gautier, Austin Doll, Ryley Breland, Noah Jalal, Jackson Ganton, Taylor Schwam, Keiran Harris and Briley Maxwell notched singles.
Division two rugby
The St. Albert Rugby Football Club and Strathcona Druids hook up in a lightweight battle of two winless division two men’s teams Friday.Kickoff is 7 p.m. at Lynn Davies Rugby Park.
The SARFC seconds are 0-4 (93 PF/169 PA) and the Druids are 0-3 (53 PF/135 PA).
The last match for the seconds was Saturday’s disheartening 34-29 loss to the Bow Valley Grizzlies (3-2, 146 PF/168 PA) in the interlocking Edmonton/Calgary fixtures.
Bow Valley, last year’s Lor-Ann Cup division two provincial champion, generated two converted tries late in the contest after trailing 29-20.
The second try was a lengthy romp from Bow Valley’s side of the halfway line as the runaway Grizzly was pursued by a trio of players. The conversion capped off the comeback as the ref blew the whistle two minutes into injury time.
A few minutes earlier, the seconds were deep in Bow Valley’s end 10 minutes after Bow Valley closed the gap to 29-27 but a drop-goal attempt by Andrew (Kiwi) Marsden in front of the posts was low and wobbly.
The seconds deserved a better fate especially after Josh Freeman, a young up-and-comer as a promising eight-man, did the majority of the work on the opening score by Marsden after the kick-off in the first minute of play.
British import George Harding also showed some moxie in the backs.
