The St. Albert Mission U14AA tweens skated to second-place finish in their last tournament before the Ringette Alberta AA provincials in Lacombe.
The Mission finished 3-1 at the Sherwood Park Friendship Series last weekend while raising their overall record to 14-13-5 with two games remaining in the Black Gold League.
The Mission plays Zone 5 U14AA at 7:15 p.m. Friday at Mark Messier Arena and the U14AA Edmonton Elite at 12:30 p.m. Sunday at River Cree Twin Arena.
The Mission are fifth out of 10 teams in the U16A division and lead all U14AA teams in the league.
At the Sherwood Park U14AA tournament, the Mission lost the opening game 9-7 to the Calgary Blues, one of the top teams in Alberta, and defeated Sherwood Park 3-2, Zone 2 8-4 and Edmonton 5-1 in the five-team round robin.
Head coach Len Samletzki described the Mission’s performance as excellent, highlighted by strong teams coring, good goaltending and defence.
Provincials are Feb. 26 to 28 and the Central Alberta Sting are hosting.
The Alberta Winter Games for developing athletes 11 to 17 years old starts Saturday in Medicine Hat
The multi-sport event includes alpine skiing, archery, artistic gymnastics, badminton, biathlon, boxing, cross-country skiing, curling, fencing, figure skating, freestyle skiing, female hockey, male hockey, judo, ringette, snowboarding, speed skating, squash, synchronized swimming, volleyball, wrestling
GlobalNews.ca is live streaming Saturday’s opening ceremonies, starting at 7:30 p.m.
The Games end on Tuesday.
The following athletes and coaches from St. Albert and area were listed on the Alberta Games website at www.albertagames.com. The majority will represent Zone 5 (Black Gold/Yellowhead), one of eight zones in the province.
Jenna Adams, figure skating: Star 5 women's U13 and 13 and over combined.
Rylan Baerg, wrestling: male 76 kilograms.
Julia Bakos, curling: mixed doubles.
Vittoria Barbieri, ringette.
Jason Bartlett, hockey (Zone 6).
Jillian Basterash, ringette.
Makenna Benedict, artistic gymnastics: JO 6 level.
Alexa Bereziuk, wrestling: female 56 kg (Zone 1).
Payden Bialowas, female hockey.
Alice Boddez, ringette.
Reid Bokenfohr, cross-country skiing: 11-12 mini-midget male classic, sprint, mixed relay.
Reagan Broadhurst, ringette.
Taite Broadhurst, ringette.
Declan Cayanga, wrestling: male 47 kg.
Chloe Clements, ringette.
Mia Cowper, cross-country skiing: 13-14 midget female classic, relay, sprint.
Zachary Dabels, freestyle skiing: U14 male moguls, slopestyle (Zone 6).
William Diederichs, wrestling: male 60 kg. (Zone 7).
Jaxon Dube, hockey.
Brett Dubar (Morinville), judo: male 50 to 55 kg.
Emma Durocher, ringette.
Caitlyn Edwards, female volleyball
Bria Fewchuk, female hockey.
Kylie Foisy, female hockey.
Nicholas Gagnon (Sturgeon County) judo: male 45 to 50 kg
Ivanna Gartner, badminton: female singles, doubles, mixed doubles.
Tyson Greenway, hockey.
Larissa Gushaty, alpine skiing: U14 female dual slalom, giant slalom, slalom (Zone 6).
Grace Haney, ringette.
Lauren Henderson, ringette.
Carter Hills (Legal), volleyball.
Hobbes Holzer, speed skating: 13-14 (T2T 2) male individual, relay.
Anatonia Hood, ringette.
Mykenzie Howard, ringette.
Brooklyn Johnson, ringette.
Kent Johnson, female volleyball.
Taylor Johnson, ringette.
Alyson Katerenchuk, female volleyball.
Josh Kelly, badminton: male singles, doubles, mixed doubles.
Sabrina Kelly, wrestling.
Vail Ketsa (Sturgeon County), ringette.
Jordyn Knoppers, ringette.
Heather Konkin, ringette.
Jack Korte, badminton: male singles, doubles, mixed doubles
Todd Kosloski, ringette.
Maren Krec, ringette.
Isabelle Lajoie, female hockey.
Marc Lajoie, hockey.
Vincent Lamanna (Sturgeon County), hockey.
Cole Lamoureux (Calahoo), alpine skiing: U14 male dual slalom, giant slalom, slalom.
Libby Langenhahn, female hockey.
Madeleine Lovsin, ringette.
Chris Manchester, wrestling: male 65 kg.
Jonathan Martins, badminton: male doubles, singles, mixed doubles.
Lana Matthews, female volleyball.
Spencer McDaniel, judo: male under-40 kg. (Zone 6).
Andrew McLeod, curling: mixed doubles.
Lyall McMillan, wrestling: male 43 kg. (Zone 7).
Lauren Miller (Sturgeon County), ringette.
Nathan Molberg, curling: mixed doubles.
Kylie Morrison, female volleyball.
Seth Nobert, judo: male 40 to 45 kg.
Nicolas Oake, curling: mixed doubles.
Taylor Ostafichuk, ringette.
Zack Ostapchuk, hockey.
Kennedy Palmer, ringette.
Danielle Petter, ringette.
Chantel Quismorio, female volleyball.
Samuel Risling (Sturgeon County), judo: male over 55 to 60 kg. (Zone 6).
Megan Romaniuk, ringette.
Abbey Schuttler, ringette.
Makenna Schuttler, female hockey.
Robyn Short, female hockey.
Ryiah Siffledeen, ringette.
Paige Skogstad, synchronized swimming: duet, figures (Zone 6).
Anna Smith, wrestling: female 51 kg. (Zone 4).
Lily Smith, wrestling: female 56 kg. (Zone 8).
Ellery Sopko, ringette.
Christopher Speers, freestyle skiing: male U16 moguls, slopestyle (Zone 6).
Myriam Spencer, cross-country skiing: 13-14 midget female classic, relay, sprint.
Samuel Spencer, cross-country skiing: 13-14 midget male classic, relay, sprint.
Paige Squires, ringette.
Emma Sundar, female hockey.
Ethan Sundar, hockey.
Sasha Tanasiuk, judo: male 66 to 73 kg.
Kenzie Thera, female volleyball.
Brennin Turner, curling: mixed doubles.
Madisson Vande Vyvere, artistic gymnastics: JO 6 level.
Katelynn Wagner, female hockey.
Eldon Whitnack, badminton: male doubles, singles, mixed doubles
Dylan Wilson, boxing: 13-14 Jr B 57 to 60 kg.
Kathleen Worthington, female volleyball.
The 2016 Alberta Summer Games are July 14 to 17 in Leduc.
