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A humble Larry Olexiuk felt the love as the football fraternity, family and friends embraced the man called Coach O during Saturday’s renaming ceremony at Riel Recreation Park.

Firsts floored It’s the end of an era at the St. Albert Rugby Football Club.

Sherwood Park – The Bellerose Bulldogs are gaining ground in the playoff race one win at a time. The No.

Volleyball match The St. Albert Skyhawks and Paul Kane Blues swing into action tonight in division one women’s volleyball. The first serve is 6:30 p.m. at the SkyDome.

The Forest Park Rangers switched gears with a revved up performance in the St. Albert Men’s Soccer League final.

Roundup of SAWSL, Rex Soccer, Atom Football and U16 soccer provincials

Junior B Merchants The last exhibition game for the St. Albert Merchants is 8 p.m. Sunday against the Sherwood Park Knights at Akinsdale Arena.

Clarke Stadium – The Paul Kane Blues equalled last year’s win total in Thursday’s return to division two Miles conference football.

Olexiuk honoured The renaming of the Riel Recreation Park artificial turf facility as Larry Olexiuk Field will be celebrated today during Minor Football Day in St. Albert. The ceremony begins at 11:45 a.m. with opening remarks by St.

The Impact Alumni have a leg up on the Forest Park Rangers in the St. Albert Men’s Soccer League final. Kyle Kuzyk and Jakob Beauchemin scored in Tuesday’s 2-1 playoff cup opener at Salisbury field. The second match in the aggregate format is 3 p.m.