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Six out of 12 rinks have been finalized for the Jiffy Lube Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts at the St. Albert Curling Club. The following teams have been confirmed for the Jan. 25 to 29 competition.

The sky’s the limit for the St. Albert Flyers. The top team in the Alberta Minor Midget AAA Hockey League is on the rise towards championship status with 15 games remaining in the regular season.

The St. Albert Mission U19AA belles start off the new year with a pair of games against open A teams. The belles play the U of A Alumni on Jan 7 at 7:45 p.m. at Enoch Recreation Centre and Relit on Jan. 9 at 9:45 p.m. at Kinex Arena.

The ceremonial first rock for the 2017 Jiffy Lube Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts will span a wide age range of participants. Holding the broom is Ruby Shanley, one of the oldest standing members at the St.

The No. 1 team in the Alberta Major Bantam Hockey League is back at Akinsdale Arena next week. Tuesday the St. Albert Gregg Distributors Sabres (22-1-1) host the SSAC Southgate Lions (2-18-4) at 8:15 p.m.

Matteo Gennaro is shooting to score an important goal in his hockey career.

Registration is now open for the 2017 Leading Edge Physiotherapy RunWild on May 7. Visit www.runwild.ca to secure your spot in the five-kilometre walk/run, 10-km walk/run and half-marathon run/walk.

Patrick Dea’s home away from home is stopping pucks for the Edmonton Oil Kings. “You can sort of block out all of the distractions and just go out there and have fun,” said the St. Albert netminder.

The St. Albert Comets will spend the Christmas break competing at the 37th annual Edmonton Invitational Bantam Tournament of Champions at Callingwood Arena. Game times are 5:15 p.m. Tuesday against SSAC Alberta Sportswear, 3 p.m.

The St. Albert Flyers settled for a point against the Sherwood Park Squires after winning 21 games in a row in the Alberta Minor Midget AAA Hockey League.