Local Sports

The return trip to the Esso Cup runs through Richmond this weekend for the St. Albert Ron Hodgson Slash.

Donnie MAC Cup The opening ceremonies for the sixth annual Donnie MAC Cup starts 3 p.m today at Akinsdale Arena. The four-team tournament honours the memories of loved ones within the inner group of players and the majority of the skaters are St.

Hockey finals The playoff finals for the midget AA Source for Sports Crusaders and bantam AA Bears continue Sunday in St. Albert. Faceoff times are 6:30 p.m. between the Crusaders and Beaumont Braves in the Northern Alberta Hockey League and 7:30 p.

The winning team at the 14 th annual Canadian Open Stick Curling Championship committed an act of thievery in Thursday’s final. Tom and Rae Campbell of the St.

Slash vs. Comets The St. Albert Ron Hodgson Slash are two wins away from a return trip to the Esso Cup midget AAA female national championship when the Pacific Regional playoff starts Friday.

Road race The online registration deadline for the Landrex St. Albert Road Race is April 20 at midnight. Visit www.zone4.ca to enter the 33 rd annual 10-miler or the fourth annual 10- and five-kilometre races as well as the one-km fun run for kids.

Senior nationals Dan Holowaychuk of St. Albert is packing his bags for worlds with the Team Canada rink skipped by Wade White after returning home from his third Canada Senior (50-plus) Curling Championships in six years.

The Canadian governing body of two-person stick curling believes the sport has rock star appeal on the world stage.

Stick nationals The first of 27 draws at the 14 th annual Canadian Open Stick Curling Championship is 5 p.m. Monday at the St. Albert Curling Club. The final for the Sure-Shot Stick Trophy is 2:30 p.m. Thursday.

Medals for Harris Luke Harris of the Hayabusa Training Centre Ltd. in Campbell Business Park continued his dominance in the International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation circuit as a multiple medallist last weekend in Rome, Italy.