Local Sports

Last year’s silver medallists are on a mission to win gold at the U18 midget AA westerns. The second crack at Best in the West honours starts Friday for St. Albert Cardinals Red at Legion Memorial Park. “We’re pretty pumped.

The stage is set for the first-place division one women’s team to avenge its most lopsided loss of the season in Saturday’s retribution match against the Clan. Kickoff is 2:30 p.m. at Airways Park between the St.

The Western Canada AA Baseball Championships, hosted by the St. Albert Minor Baseball Association, starts 9 a.m. Friday at Legion Memorial Park. The tournament consists of teams from Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, plus St.

The top two finishers at the 27th annual St. Albert Triathlon have strong local connections to the race.

The St. Albert Impact division 1B women are a step closer to a promotion into premier next year after winning Wednesday’s first-place showdown against Sherwood Park Phoenix.

The joint will be jumping today at the St. Albert Rugby Football Club, with four matches scheduled and all three SARFC teams on the pitch. The festivities kick-off at 12 p.m. with the SARFC third division men (2-6) against the Clan (4-3-1). At 2 p.m.

The U18 women are kicking butt and taking names on their path of destruction to the provincial final. The second 100-plus point performance by the junior juggernauts at the St.

Many local athletes left their mark on the Alberta Summer Games in July by bringing home a haul of medals. Two of those athletes are sisters Danielle and Mallory Brown, who train at the St. Albert Canoe and Kayak Club.

St. Albert rugby player Mckenzie Pusch will wear Canada’s colours with pride during the upcoming England tour by the U20 national women’s team. “It’s very exciting,” said the first division standout for the St.

The St. Albert Minor Baseball Association is rolling out the red carpet for baseball comedian Domingo Ayala at the Western Canada Baseball AA Championships.