Local Sports

Mike Hutchings rose from the depths of C at northerns to the highest level of provincial men’s curling.

Niki Oudenaarden is happy and healthy as a medal contender at the XXI Commonwealth Games.

The Doug McLennan rink hurried hard to get the job done at the St. Albert mixed bonspiel.

Billets wanted Organizers of the third annual Marc Kennedy Junior Classic, presented by Sarasota Homes & Realty, are hurrying hard to find billet families for two U18 rinks from Norway and Sweden during the March 23 to 25 bonspiel at the St.

Basketball rankings The Paul Kane Blues and St. Albert Skyhawks cracked the top-10 rankings in 4A provincial high school women’s basketball. The Blues are No. 2 and the Skyhawks are No.

AFHL Slash The St. Albert Ron Hodgson Slash host Calgary Fire this afternoon in the Alberta Female Hockey League. Faceoff is 2:15 p.m. at Go Auto Arena. The Slash (14-7) is third and Calgary (4-13-3) is fifth in the midget AAA standings.

The smile was larger than an eight-ender for Scott Pfeifer while soaking up the good vibes as Sturgeon Heights School saluted St. Albert’s Olympic curlers with a bon voyage bash before the PyeongChang Winter Games.

Loud and proud was the message Marc Kennedy delivered as a Canadian Olympian at Tuesday’s gold-medal calibre celebration at Sturgeon Heights School. Kennedy and Scott Pfeifer – they rank among Hec Gervais of St.

Sharks at home The St. Albert Sharks return to action Friday after a break in the Alberta Female Hockey League. Faceoff is 8:15 p.m. against the Peace Country Storm (8-7) at Go Auto Arena. The Sharks are No.

Second for Mission Overtime determined the fate of the St. Albert Mission in Sunday’s U14AA final at the 32 nd annual Golden Ring in Calgary.