Local Sports

A berth in the U21 men’s rugby final is at stake tonight for the St. Albert Dolphins. Kickoff is 7 p.m. against the Strathcona Druids at Lynn Davies Rugby Park in Sherwood Park.

The crowd cheers as Team Paul Kane takes to the mat. The athletes are on foreign ground here at Edmonton's Victoria School of the Arts, and their opponents outnumber them almost two-to-one.

The 19th annual Fastball St. Albert Invitational Tournament is underway for 42 teams at the Meadowview and Lorne Akins diamonds. Fastball St.

It’s sink or swim for the St. Albert Dolphins in the U21 playoffs. The knockout round starts Wednesday after the Dolphins and Strathcona Druids closed out league play with a 24-24 stalemate this week at the St. Albert Rugby Football Club.

The St. Albert Impact premier women have two matches on tap in three days, starting Sunday in the Edmonton District Soccer Association. The Impact (4-2) plays Green & Gold (4-1-1) at 2:15 p.m.

The 13th honorary lifetime member of the St. Albert Curling Club is in select company. “I certainly am,” admitted Ray Rouault of the achievement bestowed upon himself at the club’s season windup celebration last Saturday.

Jamie Bain of the St. Albert Skyhawks was the best of the best as the metro Edmonton female athlete of the year. The Grade 12 volleyball and basketball player was also the recipient of a $750 scholarship.

The year was 1989. Wayne Gretzky became the leading scorer in NHL history, the Calgary Flames won the Stanley Cup, the Saskatchewan Roughriders were crowned Grey Cup champions and the St.

Colton Parayko is a star among stars on Team North America for the 2016 World Cup of Hockey. The St. Albert minor hockey product was one of seven players named to the U23 lineup after a breakthrough performance in his rookie NHL season with the St.

There are only a few openings available for the first annual Merch Madness Cup golf tournament, hosted by the St. Albert Junior B Merchants, on June 10 at the Sturgeon Valley Golf & Country Club.