Local Sports

U18 nationals The St. Albert Red Cardinals are representing Alberta at the U18 Baseball Canada championship, starting Thursday in Fort McMurray. In pool B, the Cardinals play Etobicoke (Ont.

Division 1A Impact The Tier 1 playdowns kick off tonight for the St. Albert Impact 4 (Murphy) division 1A women’s team. The Impact (9-2-2, 56 GF/20 GA) plays division 1B Wind United (8-4-2, 28 GF/17 GA) at 6:30 p.m. at ESA Complex.

The hometown kid was the runaway winner of the 29 th annual St. Albert Triathlon. The first of 119 finishers was James Thomson with a time of one hour, two minutes and 48 seconds in Sunday’s sprint-distance race at Fountain Park Recreation Centre.

Brooke Brezovski has sights squarely set on making her mark as a junior golfer. “My goal is just shoot 70s.

Senior B lacrosse The fifth senior B provincial final in a row and eighth in nine years for the St. Albert Miners starts this weekend at Strathcona Olympiette Centre.

Showcase winners The St. Albert Impact 2002 female youth soccer team conquered the heat and humidity as the winner of the top U16 division at the Ottawa Champions Showcase last weekend.

Peewee westerns The St. Albert Cardinals are busing it to Brandon for the U13 westerns starting Thursday.

The St. Albert Cardinals are turning the page on provincials as the host team for the U21 westerns. The last chapter in a winning season for the junior AAA team started Friday against the St.

The next mountain for the national champion St. Albert Miners to summit is the Calgary-based Mountaineers in the senior B provincial final.

Junior westerns The St. Albert Cardinals are going for gold at the U21 westerns this weekend at Legion Memorial Park. The five-team tournament starts at 10 a.m. Friday, and the Baseball Alberta junior AAA silver medallists play at 1 p.m.