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The St. Albert Cardinals are struggling with consistency during an up and down midget AAA season.

The St. Albert Stars host the Airdrie Irish today in the Alberta Football League. Kickoff is 2 p.m. at Riel Recreation Park and admission is $5.

The St. Albert Impact hosts a division 1B doubleheader tonight in the Edmonton District Soccer Association. Game times at Riel Park are 6:30 p.m. between the Impact women (5-3-1) and Green/Gold Classics (2-4-2) and 8:15 p.m. between the first-place Impact men (5-2-1) and last-place E & C United (0-5-2). Two points separate the top four men's teams.

Eight goals in Saturday’s first period sealed the deal for the senior B St. Albert Miners against the South Edmonton Warriors in the Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League.

It's shaping up to be a summer to celebrate for Arinn Young. The Team Canada wheelchair basketball player from Legal will celebrate her 19th birthday in Beijing at the second annual U25 world championship before hooping it up at the Parapan American Games in Toronto.

The St. Albert Tigers will show their stripes against the senior AAA provincial champions in the Sunburst Baseball League. The Tigers (7-6) host the Red Deer Riggers (6-4) Friday and July 3 at Legion Memorial Park. Game times are 7:30 p.m.

The Labatt’s Cup provincial champions will have to wait until the Oct. 2 premier men’s rugby final to beat the Calgary Irish this year.

Greg Parks, a former St. Albert Saints’ forward who served as head coach, general manager and part-owner of the St. Albert Steel before the Alberta Junior Hockey League team relocated to Whitecourt, died Tuesday in his hometown of Edmonton.

Special Olympics St. Albert is like a second family for Sydney Verkerk. “It’s pretty cool,” said the organization’s athlete of the month. “The environment is safe and I feel really comfortable.

St. Albert's premier and third division men's rugby teams are rucking and mauling today. At 12:30 p.m., the thirds scrum down against the Grande Prairie Centaurs at Ellerslie Rugby Park. At 4 p.m., the first 15 host the Calgary Irish at the St. Albert Rugby Football Club. The thirds (4-2, six BP), winners of two in a row, are ranked first in the Edmonton Rugby Union table and the Centaurs (3-3, four BP) are six points back in sixth place.