Local Sports

The St. Albert Cardinals have the luxury of home-field advantage as the No. 1 seed at the Baseball Alberta bantam AAA Tier I championship this weekend at Legion Memorial Park.

Sunday is the registration deadline for the 27th annual St. Albert Triathlon. Visit www.zone4.ca to enter the sprint distance (750-metre swim, 20-kilometre bike and five-kilometre run), try-a-tri (250-metre swim, 10-kilometre bike and 2.

The U16A Western Canadian Softball Championships swing into action this weekend at Meadowview Diamonds. Fastball St. Albert is hosting the girls' and boys' tournament, consisting of 50 games, starting 9 a.m.

The St. Albert Miners are three wins away from their first senior B provincial championship since 2014, and the fourth in seven years, after sweeping the Edmonton Warriors in the Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League semifinals.

The St. Albert Ringette Association is introducing a new recreational division for the upcoming season. The league will be a 16-week, non-competitive season for players born between 1998 and 2002.

The Sailfish swim club spent last weekend swimming laps around the club’s water rivals.

The Midget AAA Cardinals are wrapping up their season with a final three game series against the Calgary Dinos Yellow.

The Impact waited until the dying minutes of the game to finish off the Phoenix FC. On Thursday night the St. Albert Impact Women 2A squad beat the Phoenix FC with a goal late in the second half for a final score of 2-1.

It was a slow and steady pace that allowed the senior Cardinals to deliver a blowout loss to the Pirates. The last place, and winless, Edmonton Pirates were handed a 10-3 loss by the fourth place St. Albert Cardinals.

The St. Albert EWI women’s squad has a chance to extend their hot streak against the Clanswomen this week. The second place home team has won their last three games and are hoping to pick up their fourth win against the third place Clanswomen.