Local Sports

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.

The Paul Kane Blues are moving up into the toughest division in metro Edmonton high school football after consecutive Miles division two championships.

Defence is the name of the game the St. Albert Raiders are playing in the Alberta Midget AAA Hockey League.

The annual St. Albert Centre Ladies Bonspiel is underway at the St. Albert Curling Club. The 20-rink draw ends Sunday with the finals starting at 1:30 p.m. This year’s theme is That ’70s Show.

Thursday the Paul Kane Blues host the 4A provincial champion Harry Ainlay Titans in metro Edmonton division one men’s basketball. Tipoff is 5 p.m. at Paul Kane High School.