Local Sports

Raiders surging The St. Albert Tire Warehouse Raiders raised their record to .500 in the Alberta Midget AAA Hockey League with a pair of victories on home ice last weekend.

Johnny Bright Park – The football season kicks off Nov. 11 for the St. Albert High Skyhawks in the Tier III provincial playdowns. “This is for all the marbles now. It’s win or go home. The season is over if we lose now.

Clarke Stadium – The Bellerose Bulldogs punched their ticket to the division one Carr conference final but it was costly.

Johnny Bright Park – The Paul Kane Blues are back where they belong in the division two Miles conference final. The Blues will compete for their third Miles’ banner in five years after prevailing 16-3 against the St.

Merchants game The St. Albert Merchants are winners of two in a row when they host the Wetaskiwin Icemen, the Founders Cup champions, at 8 p.m. Friday at Akinsdale Arena.

The Bellerose Bulldogs and Paul Kane Blues will compete for championship honours on the home turf of the Edmonton Eskimos.

It was easy as one, two, three for the Bellerose Bulldogs to sweep the St. Albert Skyhawks in division two senior men’s volleyball.

Raiders at home The St. Albert Tire Warehouse Raiders continue their seven-game homestand this weekend in the Alberta Midget AAA Hockey League. The Raiders play the Fort Saskatchewan Rangers (3-6) today at 1:45 p.m.

Abigail Wilson of the Paul Kane Blues ran wild as the fifth-fastest finisher in the senior U19 female division at the Alberta Schools’ Athletic Association cross-country championships.

The Bellerose Bulldogs escaped a playoff demotion by knocking off one of the teams to beat in metro Edmonton high school junior football.