The St. Albert Miners started the Presidents’ Cup senior B national championship in Akwesasne with a 14-7 loss Monday against the host Snake Island Muskies of the Iroquois Lacrosse Association.
The Muskies outscored the Miners 6-1 in the first period and 4-3 in the second frame.
Alex Coutts, a pickup from the Calgary Knights, gave up eight goals on 29 shots in 43 minutes of work. David Marrese let in six goals on 19 shots during 17 minutes between the pipes.
Graedon Cornfield, Chris Schmidt and Brad Scot scored two goals apiece for the two-time defending Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League champions. Shane Lopatynski also tallied and captain Nate Schmidt added three assists.
The Miners played the Kahnawake Mohawks of the Quebec Lacrosse League on Tuesday, but the score was unavailable at press time.
Also on tap for the Miners in the round robin draw are the Tri-City Bandits of the West Coast Lacrosse League, the Newton Golden Eagles of the Can-Am Lacrosse League, the St. Catherine Saints of the Ontario Lacrosse Association and the St. Regis Braves of the Iroquois association.
The final goes Sunday. Visit www.presidentscup-2011.com for results.
Last year in Burnaby, B.C., the Miners finished sixth overall at nationals with two wins and four losses.
Fresh from her championship belt triumph at the Ringside World Championships, St. Albert boxer Susan Haas will head to the Ukraine this weekend to compete for Canada at the Nikolev City Cup.
At the recent Kansas City tournament, Haas won two tough battles against Angel Anderson of Edmonton and Myriam Da Silva Rondeu of Quebec for the Ringside championship in the 152-pound women’s open category.
The Cougar Boxing Club member is 43-9 going into the European Boxing Confederation event in the southern Ukraine shipbuilding city. The Paul Kane High School alumna is the only Western Canadian fighter making the trip. The rest of Team Canada is comprised of women from Quebec and Ontario.
Haas, 26, is training hard in hopes of representing Canada next year at the Summer Olympic Games, when female boxing makes its Olympic debut in London, England.
The Grant MacEwan University student is the reigning 69-kilogram Canadian champion.
Christine Rawlins conquered the 10th annual Canadian Death Race in Grande Cache as the 10th fastest female out of 90 and the 41st overall finisher out of 360 solo entrants.
The Sturgeon Valley Athletic Club manager successful completed her first Death Race in a time of 20 hours, 41 minutes and three seconds. It was the third-best finish out of 34 females in the 40 to 49 age group.
In the team event, the St. Albert Physical Therapy & Sports Injury Clinic line-up of Graham Glennie, Arri McWatt and James Dean finished fifth overall out of 256 teams. They were also the first team to go the distance with less than five runners. Glennie ran legs one and two, McWatt did three and five and Dean completed leg four. Their time of 12:59:24 was good for fourth place out of 50 teams in the men’s division.
Visit www.canadiandeathrace.com/race-results-adults for more information.
The Hawks Basketball Academy (HBA) invites girls who are passionate about improving their fundamental basketball skills to register and attend the athlete selection camps on Sept. 8 and 11 at the SkyDome.
The cost is $10. HBA coaches will run on-court sessions, followed by question-and-answer periods for parents and players.
HBA is limited to 24 girls. Selected athletes will be informed by the coaches within days of the conclusion of the selection camps.
HBA was formed last year in St. Albert to provide U13 females with training opportunities that are aligned with the Canada Basketball approach to developing young basketball players. The program is also based on the Train to Train stage, as recommended by the Canadian Sport for Life Movement. The basic premise is to focus on player development by spending most of the time on individual skill training and physical development rather than on team development. HBA complements rather than replaces the school and/or community team.
This year, the program has expanded to include U15 females as well.
The coaching staff features John Dedrick, head coach of the two-time defending 3A provincial female gold-medal winning St. Albert Skyhawks and athletic director at St. Albert Catholic High School; Andre Lussier of Sherwood Park, NCCP master course conductor and coaching advisory board member with Canada Basketball; and Dave Pusch of St. Albert, co-founder of Hardcorps Fitness.
For more information, contact Dedrick at 780-717-6462 or [email protected], or Lussier at [email protected].
