Local Sports

Construction is underway to rebuild the St. Albert Tire Warehouse Raiders into a winning midget AAA hockey team. The blueprint for success, according to new head coach Jack Redlick, revolves around four pillars: speed, compete, pressure and support.

The last home matches of the season at the St. Albert Rugby Football Club are Saturday’s semifinals against the Clan. Kickoff times are 2 p.m. for the division one women and 4 p.m. for the premier men.

Sunday’s finalists have been confirmed for the St. Albert Women’s Soccer League championships.

Two losses are two too many for the Paul Kane Blues. The winless start is cause for concern for last year’s Carr conference division one finalists and Tier II provincial north semifinalists who finished 8-3 overall.

The puck drops next week for the St. Albert Tire Warehouse Raiders in the Alberta Midget AAA Hockey League pre-season. The Raiders and KC Pats face-off Monday at 5:45 p.m. at Bill Hunter Arena.

The new head coach of the St. Albert Merchants is back where he belongs behind the bench. Jake Behiels returned to his former team after two seasons as the offensive/assistant coach of the Edmonton Mustangs in the Capital Junior B Hockey League.

The Bellerose Bulldogs roared to victory with 19 unanswered points with under six minutes to play in Thursday’s home opener against the Salisbury Sabres.

The 14th annual Fall Challenge starts 8 a.m. Sunday at the Kingswood Park venue site. The 21.1-kilometre half-marathon walk is followed by the half-marathon run, 10-km run/walk and five-km run/walk at 9 a.m. on the Red Willow trails.

The Paul Kane Blues have high hopes for a bounce-back game after their Carr conference division one season-opening loss in the metro Edmonton league. Thursday’s kick-off is 5 p.m. against the Spruce Grove Panthers at Riel Recreation Park.

Fowler Athletic Park was the classroom for Charlie Green to teach life lessons. The former educator installed the importance of perseverance, patience and practice to the athletes he instructed.