Local Sports

The Baseball Canada U13 nationals start Thursday morning for the St. Albert Cardinals in London, Ont. The Alberta peewee AAA Tier I champions play Saskatchewan in the tournament opener.

The sweet taste of victory was savoured by the Edmonton Rugby Union champions from St. Albert in Saturday’s division two women’s final in Grande Prairie. The first women’s playoff cup for the St.

Silver was as good as gold for the St. Albert Cardinals at the Baseball Canada U18 nationals in Magog, Que. The Alberta midget AAA Tier I champions lost Sunday’s final 16-6 in the rain to an all-star team representing Quebec.

St. Albert’s Avriana Hebert, 14, took home first place at the 2014 BMX World Championships in Rotterdam, the Netherlands last month. She beat out 35 other competitors from 11 countries to take the trophy.

A new initiative in St. Albert encouraging young women to pick up a hockey stick and try out Canada’s most popular game kicks off next weekend. The first ever ESSO Female Hockey Fun Day takes place from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Aug.

A trio of St. Albert peewee A lacrosse players returned home with bronze medals from nationals last week in New Westminster and Coquitlam, B.C.

Penalty kicks lifted the St. Albert U19 juniors into the Edmonton Rugby Union final after Wednesday’s semifinal ended in a stalemate. Five players from St.

Today’s doubleheader at the St. Albert Rugby Football Club kicks off at 2 p.m. between SARFC and the Leduc Crude in the Edmonton Rugby Union division two men’s fixtures.

The premier pennant winners in the Edmonton District Soccer Association are St. Albert Impact by name, but the players on the pitch are from the FC Edmonton Academy team. The affiliation/association between FC Edmonton Academy and the St.

The St. Albert Cardinals rallied in the bottom of the eighth inning to defeat Team Ontario at the Baseball Canada U18 midget AAA championship Thursday at Magog, Que.