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The Sturgeon Spirits are double trouble at Thursday’s metro Edmonton rugby championships. The men’s and women’s teams are both 6-0 when they scrum down in the division two finals at Ellerslie Rugby Park.

The next Norwest Midget AAA Baseball League game for the St. Albert Cardinals is tonight at John Fry Park. First pitch is 6:30 p.m. against SEEBA (6-2), last year’s Baseball Alberta Tier I champion.

The man fondly referred to as Coach O was honoured by Football Alberta as this year’s Life Membership/Hall of Fame Award recipient.

Gazette sports editor Jeff Hansen was inducted into the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame on Friday during a banquet and ceremony in Red Deer. Hansen was named the Bell Memorial Award winner for 2017 for 25 years of sports coverage in St. Albert.

Today’s quarter-final playoff between the Bellerose Bulldogs and St. Albert Skyhawks in metro Edmonton division two men’s soccer kicks off at 4:15 p.m. at Forest Park Field. The winner plays the W.P. Wagner Warriors (4-1) or St.

High school soccer The division three men’s Sturgeon Spirits (0-3, 1 PF/18 PA) are looking to get one in the win column before the season concludes as they kick off against the number one seed J.

The division two women’s Paul Kane Blues (3-1-1, 128 PF/119 PA) are preparing for what should be a very tight game against the W.P. Wagner Warriors (2-2-1, 121 PF/118 PA).

St. Louis Blues defenceman Colton Parayko returned to North America with a silver medal from the 2017 IIHF World Championships and recognition of an all-star performance.

The division two women’s Sturgeon Spirits ended their regular season a perfect 5-0 with a commanding 68-12 victory over the second place Paul Kane Blues.

High school soccer The division three men's Sturgeon Spirits (0-3, 1 PF/18 PA) are looking to get one in the win column before the season concludes as they kick off against the number one seed J. Percy Page (3-0, 9 PF/5 PA) on Monday at 4:15 at J.