St. Albert and area athletes will strive to reach their peak at the Alberta Winter Games, starting Thursday in Banff and Canmore.
Athletes between the ages of 11 and 17 will compete in 19 different sports.
The following athletes will represent Zone 5 (Black Gold/Yellowhead) at the Games.
Calahoo
Jayme Doyle (female hockey).
Georgia Lee (Alpine skiing: U14 female giant slalom, slalom, team event).
Ireland Perrott (female hockey).
Dagen Quintal (boxing: 15-16 junior C 67 kilograms).
Sturgeon County
Kaelyn Bryks (U15 female volleyball).
Alexandra Gagnon (judo: female plus-48 kg).
Nicholas Gagnon (judo: male under-40 kg).
Miranda Gaudet (female hockey).
Emma Kieftenbeld (U15 female volleyball).
Jared Krogen (U15 male volleyball).
Kyle Lawrence (peewee hockey).
Hannah Marthinsen (ringette).
Madison McCoy (female hockey).
Ethan Pichlyk (badminton: male doubles, team event).
Emily Pilat (artistic gymnastics: level 4 all-around, bars, beam, floor, vault).
St. Albert
Kyle Buchanan (peewee hockey).
Jennessa Carter (wrestling: female 70 kg).
Alaura Caskey (figure skating: pre-novice ladies’ singles).
Michelle Chan (badminton: female doubles, team event).
Hannah Clark (female hockey).
Mia Cowper (cross-country skiing: 11-12 mini-midget female classic, sprint, mixed relay).
Madison Darda (ringette).
Jonathan Farr (cross-country skiing: 15-16 juvenile male classic, sprint, relay).
Kaitlyn Findlay (ringette).
Kyle Fulton (peewee hockey).
Kyle Gilowski (peewee hockey).
Haley Groenenboom (ringette).
Loren Gunputrav (ringette).
Dana Koroluk (ringette).
Brittany Kraychy (ringette).
Sophie Lalor (female hockey).
Sean Livingstone (cross-country skiing: 15-16 juvenile male classic, sprint, relay).
Madeline Lovsin (wrestling: female 51 kg.).
Lauren MacBeath (ringette).
Justin MacDonald (peewee hockey).
Ben Manchester (wrestling: male 76 kg).
Mckenna Marthiensen (wrestling: female 60 kg).
Tatyanah McCallum (ringette).
Kimberly McLaughlin (badminton: mixed doubles, team event).
Emily Mehok (ringette).
Brady Nicholas (peewee hockey).
Taylor Ostafichuk (ringette).
Sarah Passek (female hockey).
Matej Pederson (speed skating: 11-12 male individual, relay).
Braden Pelech (curling: U15 mixed doubles).
Danielle Petter (ringette).
Cassidy Platz (ringette).
Alexie Pusch (U15 female volleyball).
Morgan Ryce (ringette).
Maddy Sanders (ringette).
Parker Seymour (wrestling: female 56 kg).
Katelynn Shigeta (ringette).
Corrine Slocombe (ringette).
James William Suh (fencing: men’s foil, mixed team event).
Sasha Tanasiuk (cross-country skiing: 13-14 midget male classic, sprint, relay).
James Thomson (cross-country skiing: 15-16 juvenile male classic, sprint, relay).
Erica Tosto (ringette).
Justin Wack (judo: male 50-plus kg).
Visit www.albertagames.com for results.
The Len Sterling rink of St. Albert qualified for the masters 60-plus provincials as the B-event winners at the Northern Alberta Curling Association playdowns Saturday.
Sterling, third Neil Fleming, second Brian Kupsch and lead Doug de Bruijn stole the winning point in the eighth and last end to defeat Fred McKenzie of the Thistle 7-6 at the St. Albert Curling Club.
In six McKenzie counted four to lead by one and in seven Sterling scored the equalizer.
In the A event Sterling needed extra ends to slip past Elson Keown 6-5, after the Thistle skip stole singles in seven and eight to extend the match, and Don Sutton of the Thistle 8-7.
In the semifinals Sterling downed Lyle Lorenz 5-3 in seven ends on the strength of steals of one in three straight ends to lead 4-0 after four.
In the final Sterling suffered a 6-4 loss to Orv MacDonald of Cold Lake. MacDonald scored three with the hammer in the first end and led 5-0 after three.
The loss dropped Sterling into the B semifinals and with the hammer in eight counted the 8-7 winner against Les Rogers of the Thistle to advance to the event final.
Fourteen rinks competed at northerns.
The winner of the Feb. 19 to 23 provincials at Jasper Place goes to nationals, March 31 to April 6 at Coaldale.
The Lorne Akins Gators captured their first Tri-Prov junior high women’s championship since 2011 in Saturday’s final against Edmonton Christian North at the Harry Ainlay tournament.
Brooke Lange, the team’s player of the game, scored 12 points and grabbed six rebounds in the 51-34 victory. At halftime it was 23-12 Gators.
In the semifinals the Gators beat D.S. Mackenzie 53-48. Alesha Stanley sank 12 points and collected five rebounds as the Gators’ player of the game.
Cara Lange led the Gators in the tournament opener with 13 points and five rebounds in the 80-10 route of Avalon.
Lange was honoured the tournament MVP and Lily Armstrong averaged eight points and 10 rebounds in three wins as a tournament all-star.
Meanwhile, the Lorne Akins boys finished fourth overall at 1-2 after losing the third-place game 72-64 to Vernon Barford.
Three coaches with connections to the St. Albert sports’ community left Saturday for Paraguay to run clinics and mentor varsity coaches in basketball, soccer and volleyball through the American School of Asuncion athletics department.
The participants are Ron Hopkins, coach of the Bellerose Bulldogs women’s basketball team, Cam Leverman, a former Paul Kane High School teacher and coach who was the 2013 Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association’s coach of the year award in men’s soccer for the MacEwan University Griffins, and Damon Clayton, a Vincent J. Maloney teacher who guided the St. Albert Skyhawks to a 3A provincial silver medal in women’s volleyball in 2013. They return home this Saturday.
The American School of Asuncion is a private, non-profit bilingual multi-cultural educational institution offering United States curriculum from pre-kindergarten to Grade 12 for an international student body. The school year consists of 180 days of classes separated into two semesters.
The 2013/14 enrolment is 648 students, including 213 in high school.
