Local Sports

The Blue Guys The undefeated St. Albert Merchants face-off against the Edmonton Mustangs tonight in the Capital Junior B Hockey League. Puck drop is 8 p.m. at Bill Hunter Arena. The Merchants, a.k.a.

Raiders win two The St. Albert Tire Warehouse Raiders swept the weekend season opener in the Alberta Midget AAA Hockey League. Scores were 4-2 against the Kings in Sherwood Park and 5-2 against the Grande Peace Storm at Akinsdale Arena.

The St. Albert Ringette Association rings in the season with the 19th annual Turkey Ring. The four-day 128-game tournament starts 7:30 a.m. Friday and the last game is 4 p.m. Monday.

The Bellerose Bulldogs can sink their teeth into a playoff spot with a win Friday against the Austin O’Brien Crusaders. Kickoff is 7:30 p.m. at Larry Olexiuk Field and admission is $5.

The Paul Kane Blues embraced the pressure of winning the Battle of St. Albert without the feat of losing. “Everyone was saying we were the team to lose but we showed them wrong.

SAPEC volleyball Today’s playoff round at the St. Albert Physical Education Council junior high volleyball tournament starts at 9 a.m. Friday’s pool play determined the round of 16 playoff pairings for the boys’ and girls’ teams.

A tie was better than a loss for the Bellerose Bulldogs in high school junior football. The Bulldogs are 1-0-1 after clawing back to even the score at 28 against the Harry Ainlay Titans on Tuesday night at Larry Olexiuk Field.

Every serve is an adventure for the Paul Kane Blues in division one volleyball.

Minor football St. Albert’s peewees and bantams huddle up as the visiting teams this weekend in the Capital District Minor Football Association. The kick-off times in today’s doubleheader at W.P. Wagner High School are 10 a.m.

Gilmour selected Kyle Gilmour of the St. Albert Rugby Football Club was selected to the Canada A lineup for the second annual Americas Pacific Challenge in Montevideo, Uruguay.