Local Sports

The premier women’s team at St. Albert Rugby Football Club kicked off its second season with a moral victory. Despite only 17 players available for game day, SARFC battled the heavily fortified Calgary Irish tooth and nail in the 29-22 loss.

Stars football The St. Albert Stars are slotted to play their first game of the season against the Fort McMurray Monarchs on May 26.

Canada’s elite volleyball commandos will challenge the world’s best this week at an international military sports throw-down at CFB Edmonton.

St. Albert Challenger Baseball is back for a second year, helping children with cognitive or physical disabilities enjoy a game of ball in the great outdoors.

This weekend hundreds of young athletes will compete in the St. Albert Challenge, the annual track and field meet hosted by the St. Albert Mustangs.

The Road Rage Street Hockey Tournament is back for a sixth year the last weekend of May. The Servus Place south parking lot will be transformed into an outdoor arena, where several teams will compete for the Road Rage cup.

NCABL Cardinals The Cardinals take on the Stony Plain Mets at 7 p.m in Stony Plain tonight in North Central Alberta Baseball League action. The Cardinals are off to a strong start with wins over Bon Accord and Sturgeon Paladins.

Good weather on May long weekend is a rare event in this province, but the sun sure shone this past weekend as 36 AA baseball teams competed at Legion Memorial Park and Meadows Diamonds in Morinville for the Larry Rindero Memorial Tournament.

NCABL Cardinals The St. Albert Cardinals are off to a flying start in the North Central Alberta Baseball League. The second win of the season was 3-2 against the Sturgeon Paladins on Tuesday at Legion Memorial Park.

Rindero tourney The Larry Rindero Memorial Tournament is underway at Legion Memorial Park in St. Albert and Meadows Diamonds in Morinville.