Super Saturday
The St. Albert Rugby Football Club hosts this weekend’s Super Saturday tripleheader with the playoffs a drop goal away for the premier division men and division two women.Kickoff times are 12 noon against the Parkland Sharks for the women’s team, 2 p.m. for the division two men against the Grande Prairie Centaurs and 4 p.m. for the premier men against the Strathcona Druids.
The Alberta Cup premier men’s score will have a bearing on who SARFC (5-4, 265 PF/254 PA) will face in the Ken Ann Cup north semifinal next Saturday and its expected the playoff against the Lep/Tigers (4-5, 233 PF/257 PA) or Druids (4-5, 233 PF/282 PA) will be staged in St. Albert.
The premier men’s home record is 2-2 after last week’s 46-29 win against the Lep/Tigers.
The Edmonton Rugby Union division two men’s season will wrap for SARFC (2-9, 260 PF/422 PA) against the Grande Prairie (5-6, 396 PF/363 PA) playoff hopefuls.
The division two women’s results against Parkland (1-7, 154 PF/494 PA) and next Wednesday against the host Lep/Tigers (7-0, 396 PF/93 PA) at 6:30 p.m. will determine the opponent and venue for SARFC (6-1, 325 PF/115 PA) in the ERU semifinals next Saturday.
The Clan (6-2, 409 PF/107 PA) and LA Crude (6-3, 307 PF/175), the defending champion, have also qualified for the playoffs.
Deacon Classic
The fifth annual Douglas Deacon Memorial Classic ball hockey tournament starts at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at Transitions, located at 365 Carleton Dr. in Campbell Business Park.Funds raised will assist St. Albert Special Olympics and the Humboldt Broncos Hockey Club.
The tournament honours the memory of Deacon, who died in 2011 at the age of 34.
Merchants games
The St. Albert Merchants skate into the season with two exhibition games this weekend for the Capital Junior B Hockey League team.Faceoff times are 8:15 p.m. Friday against the host Sherwood Park Knights and 8 p.m. Sunday against the Edmonton Royals at Confederation Arena.
The last exhibition is Sept. 16 against the Knights at 8 p.m. at Akinsdale Arena.
The 35th anniversary celebrations for the Merchants start with the Sept. 21 home opener against the Beverly Warriors at 8 p.m.
The pre-game tailgate party begins at 6:30 p.m. with the Original Joe’s charity food truck providing hamburgers and hotdogs to the first 150 fans in exchange for donations to the Diabetes Research Foundation of Canada.
