Local Sports

The St. Albert Stars lost a hard-fought 21-16 battle to the Fort McMurray Monarchs in an exciting back-and-forth tilt in the Alberta Football League last Saturday.

St. Albert native Matteo Gennaro has been selected as one of 44 players invited to Hockey Canada’s National Men’s Under-18 selection camp in Calgary in early August.

Lacrosse The St. Albert Crude takes on the Saskatchewan Swat this Saturday at the Akinsdale Arena. The ball drops at 7:30 p.m. The Crude and the Swat have traded wins this year with the Swat getting the better of their last meeting 14-9. The St.

The St. Albert Sr. Miners added to their perfect season this week with an 8-2 victory over the winless Spruce Grove Slash last Wednesday.

“We went out there and meshed. We did our best,” Savanna Wygiera of the Drillers told the St. Albert Gazette about the Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League tournament last weekend in Calgary.

Wednesday the St. Albert Senior Cardinals host the Edmonton Expos in the Alberta West Central Baseball Association. The first pitch will be thrown at 6:45 p.m. at Legion Memorial Park.

Team Brick Alberta are ready to go for the gold at the Brick Super Novice Tournament this week. “We’ve been practicing really hard,” said Matt Savoie, team captain and St. Albert native.

Loyal St. Albert rugby fans will be happy to know there’s plenty of action coming their way as both men and women have important games coming up soon. On July 2 the St.

The 25th annual Brick Invitational Super Novice Hockey Tournament features three St. Albert players on the Team Brick Alberta roster.

The St. Albert Cardinals play Okotoks Dawgs White in a pair of NorWest Midget AAA Baseball League doubleheaders today and Sunday at Legion Memorial Park. Game times at 1 and 4 p.m. both days.