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It's official: Marc Kennedy will curl for Kevin Koe's rink next season. Kennedy made the announcement at the 10th annual Canadian Open Stick Curling Championship in St. Albert.

The St. Albert Storm midget spring league team huddles up in Saturday’s Tier 2 division opener in the Capital District Minor Football Association. Kickoff is 3 p.m. against the West Edmonton Raiders at Fuhr Sports Park in Spruce Grove.

The perennial President’s Cup winners at the St. Albert Curling Club slide into the Dominion playdowns this weekend as the defending provincial women’s champions.

No Hootie, no problem for the Old Fish in winning a record 10th President’s Cup in the team’s 22-year history at the St. Albert Curling Club.

The St. Albert husband-and-wife duo of Tom Steele and Barb Palmer are sticking together as medal contenders at the 10th annual Canadian Open Stick Curling Championship.

The St. Albert Merchants might have to wait until next season to win their first Founders Cup since 2005. Wednesday’s 4-2 loss to the Fort Saskatchewan Hawks in St.

Game two in the best-of-five Northern Alberta Midget AA Hockey League final between the St. Albert Crusaders and Peace River Royals starts at 2:30 p.m. today at Akinsdale Arena. Game three is 12 p.m. Sunday at Akinsdale.

The seventh President’s Cup in eight years for Doug McLennan’s mixed rink was extra special.

The Morinville Kings have the luxury of home-ice advantage as the host team for the Hockey Alberta senior AA/A provincials at Ray McDonald Sports Centre. The Kings play their first game Friday at 8 p.m. against the Okotoks Drillers.

The best-of-five Founders Cup is now a best-of-three series between the St. Albert Merchants and Fort Saskatchewan Hawks in the Capital Junior B Hockey League. Game three in the playoff final goes tonight at 8 p.m. at Akinsdale Arena.