Local Sports

The St. Albert Sabres skate again this weekend in the Alberta Major Bantam Hockey League. Friday the Sabres (7-8-2) visit the Camrose Vikings (5-6-3) at 7:15 p.m. and Saturday they entertain the Fort Saskatchewan Rangers (3-12-2) at 3:45 p.m.

The most prolific high school basketball program in St. Albert history enters a new era as 4A provincial contenders. The St.

A silver medal was good as gold for the St. Albert Skyhawks at the 3A provincial women's volleyball championship.

The St. Albert Merchants mean business as the team to beat in the Capital Junior B Hockey League. The runaway leaders at 18-2-1 are averaging a CJHL-high 5.8 goals per game and a microscopic 2.4 against in the 14-team circuit.

The St. Albert Raiders dug themselves out of a deep hole to defeat the four-time reigning provincial champion Red Deer Chiefs 4-3 in Saturday’s midget AAA game at Akinsdale Arena.

St. Albert biathlete Jennifer Paterson is making tracks to her second Winter Universiade Games in three years. Paterson, 23, will compete for Canada in the individual and sprint events at the Dec. 11 to 21 Universiade in Trentino, Italy.

This weekend the St. Albert Raiders skate twice at Akinsdale Arena in the Alberta Midget AAA Hockey League. Game times are 1:15 p.m.

Saville Centre – The St. Albert Skyhawks had nowhere to go but up after losing their opening match at the 3A provincial volleyball championships.

It’s shaping up to be a full house for the Canadian Open Stick Curling Championship. The draw limit is 48 two-person teams for the March 30 to April 2 nationals at the St. Albert Curling Club. “It’s going very good.

The 16-team lineup has been finalized for the 2014 John Reid Memorial Tournament. Joining the host St. Albert Gregg Distributors Sabres at the 36th annual St.