Local Sports

A St. Albert couple’s devotion to the sport they love will be celebrated at the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2015 induction ceremony May 29.

The St. Albert Merchants were on the brink of elimination in the Capital Junior B Hockey League playoffs after Wednesday’s 6-2 loss to the Stony Plain Flyers.

The tradition continues for the Lorne Akins Crush wrestling team.

Carter Savoie’s penalty shot in overtime lifted the St. Albert Sabres to a dramatic 2-1 victory over the Brandon Wheat King in Sunday’s final at the 56th annual Quebec Peewee International Hockey Tournament.

The St. Albert Mission have home-ice advantage as the host team for the Ringette Alberta belle U19AA championship. The five-team, 13-game tournament draw starts Friday morning.

The St. Albert Mission are peaking for the Ringette Alberta junior U16AA provincials at the right time. The tournament hosts for the six-team, 14-game competition this weekend are playing their best ringette of the season when it matters the most.

The biggest victory of the season for the St. Albert Merchants turned the quarter-final series against the Stony Plain Flyers into a best-of-three playoff.

League play wraps up today in SAPEC junior high basketball. The ESSMY Leopards host the Morinville Wolves and the Elmer S. Gish Warriors visit the Sir George Simpson Voyageurs. Tip-off times are 4 p.m. for the girls and 5:30 p.m. for the boys.

St. Albert curler Doug McLennan delivered a double at provincials. McLennan celebrated his second seniors (50-plus) championship in three years as the Glen Hansen rink knocked off Mark Johnson 7-6 in Sunday’s final at Medicine Hat.

Spruce Grove – Tuesday’s clash of the 4A titans in provincial high school women’s basketball lived up to the hype. The marquee match-up between the No. 1-ranked Spruce Grove Panthers and the No. 2-ranked St.