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The medal haul by St. Albert and area athletes at the Alberta Summer Games last weekend in Airdrie was highlighted by the gold-medal winning performance of the Zone 5 (Black Gold/Yellowhead) baseball team. Six players from the bantam AAA St.

World champion Arinn Young of Legal has accepted an offer to join the National Wheelchair Basketball Academy in Toronto.

Sherwood Park – The fantastic firsts of St. Albert Rugby Football Club lost their swagger in Saturday's defensive struggle against the Strathcona Druids in the Alberta Cup fixtures.

The St. Albert Cardinals have home-field advantage for the midget, bantam and peewee AAA Tier I provincials this weekend at Legion Memorial Park. The midget and peewee tournaments start at 9 a.m.

Team Alberta swimmers cleaned up at the Special Olympics Canada Summer Games in Vancouver last week. St. Albert representatives Connor Bissett and Michelle Tschetter picked up a total of 15 swimming medals between the two of them.

The St. Albert Rugby Football Club will re-open its first and second fields Friday and the first premier men's match is Aug. 9 against the Calgary Saints at 4 p.m. A junior match is tentatively scheduled for Aug. 5 or 6.

The undefeated St. Albert Miners are three wins way from lighting the lamp at the Presidents' Cup national championship after burying the Edmonton Outlaws in the Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League senior B playoffs.

The Baseball Alberta peewee and mosquito AA Tier III provincials are underway, weather permitting, at Legion Memorial Park. The St. Albert Blue Cardinals are hosting the weekend competitions.

Sheldon Westcott doesn’t believe in the home-crowd advantage. On Aug. 23, the Ultimate Fighting Championships (UFC) fighter will travel halfway across the world to take on undefeated Hong Kong fighter Alberto Mina (10-0-0) in Macau.

Greatness awaits the St. Albert Cardinals at the Baseball Alberta midget AAA Tier I championship. The Cardinals are poised to celebrate their first provincial title since 2008 next weekend as the tournament hosts at Legion Memorial Park.