The St. Albert Rugby Football Club is hosting the first leg of the men's U20 World Rugby Trophy qualifier between Canada and the United States on June 13.
The World Rugby Trophy is World Rugby's second-tier U20 championship.
The second leg between Canada and the Unites States is June 20 at Ellerslie Rugby Park as the curtain raiser for Canada's senior men against Romania in the RISEasOne Alberta Summer Series.
Leading up to the Romania match is the June 10 clash with Georgia at Calgary Rugby Park.
Visit www.rugbycanada.ca for tickets to the June 20 test match.
Kendall Lydon celebrated her final home game with the MacEwan University Griffins in style.
The high school basketball product of the St. Albert Skyhawks recorded her 400th career assist as the program's all-time leader, en route to a 34-point performance in Saturday's 72-66 win over the UBC-Okanagan Heat on Senior Night at City Centre Campus.
Lydon shot 7-for-10 behind the arc, including two momentum-shifting three-pointers late in the contest, and also sank three free throws in the waning seconds.
Overall, the fifth-year point guard finished 10-for-17 from the field as the Griffins remain in the Canada West playoff hunt at 6-12.
Lydon is tied for ninth in the conference with 16 points per game, shares fourth point in assists with 3.7 and is fifth in steals with 2.7.
Lydon also registered six points and seven assists in Friday's 61-50 home-court victory over the Heat.
Kayla Ivicak and Paige Knull, a pair of former Skyhawks, paced the Griffins to their first win after eight consecutive losses.
Ivicak, a third-year guard, racked up 19 points and 11 rebounds and Knull, a fourth-year guard, drained 17 points.
The Griffins can clinch a playoff spot with at least a win in two games against the Dinos (10-8) this weekend in Calgary.
The St. Albert Mission U16 junior and U19 belle teams prepped for the upcoming Alberta Ringette Association AA championships at the 42nd annual Gloucester Cumberland Invitational last week in Ontario.
The U16AA Mission finished 4-0 (14 GF/7 GA) in pool play and in the semifinals as the No. 2 seed lost 4-3 to Laurentides of Quebec, the No. 3 seed at 3-1 (28 GF/12 GA) in pool action
The semifinal was tied 2-2 after the opening period and Laurentides broke a 3-3 tie with 7:55 to play.
In the last period, the Mission were penalized four times compared to no infractions for Laurentides.
Vail Ketsa produced two goals and one assist and Kirsten McEachern also scored.
Ketsa led the juniors in tournament scoring with five goals and 10 points, followed by Grace Haney and McEachern with eight points apiece.
The juniors are 24-18-3 overall after the tournament.
The U19AA Mission's tournament record was 2-2 (15 GF/16 GA) in pool play.
Mykenzie Howard was the top scorer for the belles with five goals and six points and Alice Boddez recorded five points.
Provincials are Feb. 24 to 26 in Calgary and nationals are March 26 to April 1 in Leduc.
