Local Sports

Admission is free to Friday’s junior B game at Akinsdale Arena with donations to the toy drive and food bank event hosted by St. Albert Merchants. Fans are asked to bring an unwrapped toy or non-perishable item in support of the St.

The St. Albert Curling Club delivered the winning bid to host the 2017 Alberta Scotties. The 12-rink provincials, presented by Jiffy Lube as the title sponsor, rocks the house Jan. 25 to 29 at the six-sheet Taché Street facility.

Team Canada prop Andy Tiedemann of St. Albert has signed an 18-month pro contract with Pro D2 club Bourgoin. Bourgoin is 12th in the Pro D2 tables with three wins in the first nine matches.

Winning provincials was a golden moment for the St. Albert Skyhawks. The first volleyball championship banner in St. Albert Catholic High School history was awarded to the lady Skyhawks at the 3A provincials in Bonnyville after sweeping the St.

There are two St. Albert connections to the Grey Cup game on Sunday in Winnipeg. Jordan Maksymic is the running backs coach with the Ottawa RedBlacks and Graeme Scott is an equipment assistant with the Edmonton Eskimos.

SFX Sports Centre – The Bellerose Bulldogs are on the rebound in high school men’s basketball.

The Blues and Crusaders have home games scheduled tonight in the Northern Alberta Midget AA Hockey League. The Blues (6-5-2) play the Whitecourt Wolverines (5-5-1) at 7:45 p.m.

The Judo Alberta coach of the year is humbled by the honour. “For them to choose me over a lot of the high level coaches in the province is incredible.

The St. Albert Merchants are climbing the west division standings one win at a time in the Capital Junior B Hockey League.

Three deuces decided the winning hand for Les Eglauer in the OK Tire Men’s Bonspiel. Eglauer counted a pair in the first, fourth and sixth ends before running Aaron Bartling out of rocks in Sunday’s 6-3 final at the St.