Local Sports

Canada’s dairy farmers are supporting girls and women serious about sports across the country with the Fuelling Women Champions initiative and its new grant program.

The waiting game is over for Arinn Young. The excellent adventure on the road to Rio for the Team Canada wheelchair basketball player from Legal got rolling with Monday’s departure to the 15th Summer Paralympic Games.

This week marks the last home dates before the Sept. 17 semifinals for the division one women and premier division men at the St. Albert Rugby Football Club.

The last game before the playoffs for the host St. Albert Miners at the Presidents’ Cup senior B lacrosse championship is against the Brooklin (Ont.) Merchants tonight at Leduc Recreation Centre. Ball drop is 7:30 p.m.

Week two in the Capital District Minor Football Association pre-season kicks off Sunday for St. Albert’s peewee and bantam teams. The doubleheader at Riel Recreation Park starts at 10 a.m.

The Presidents’ Cup senior B lacrosse nationals, hosted by the St. Albert Miners, starts Sunday night at Leduc Recreation Centre.

The St. Albert Cardinals got off to a flying start on the opening day of the U15 Baseball Canada championship at Summerside, P.E.I. The Baseball Alberta bantam AAA Tier I champions edged Newfoundland 3-2 and out-scored Nova Scotia 9-6 Thursday.

ESA Complex – St. Albert's medal contenders at Tier I provincials met their match in Wednesday's premier men's promotion challenge in the Edmonton District Soccer Association.

A provincial championship is up for grabs in today’s U18 female final between the St. Albert Rugby Football Club and Calgary Hornets Black. Kickoff is 1:45 p.m. at Calgary Rugby Park.

The St. Albert Impact U14 boys dreamed the impossible dream as Alberta Soccer Association champions. “Our slogan all year was ‘one team, one dream’ and our dream was to go to nationals.