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The road to the Alberta Bowl runs through the Austin O'Brien Crusaders for the undefeated Paul Kane Blues. The winner of the Tier II north final Saturday will challenge the No. 1-ranked Foothills Falcons (11-0) of Okotoks or the No.

The OK Tire Men’s Bonspiel sweeps into action Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at the St. Albert Curling Club. Sunday’s finals start at 1 p.m.

The first trip to the bantam Tier 1 provincials was short lived for the St. Albert Fury. The early exit was Saturday’s 49-14 semifinal loss to the Calgary Grey Cowboys at Shouldice Park in Calgary.

Clarke Park – The Bellerose Bulldogs repeated as undefeated metro Edmonton junior football champions in Thursday’s thriller in the snow.

The South Korean national team will headline the St. Albert OK Tire Men’s Bonspiel. Team Kim is one of 28 rinks confirmed for the four-day event, starting Thursday night at the St. Albert Curling Club. The finals are Sunday afternoon.

The Paul Kane Blues are in Grande Prairie today to play the St. Joseph’s Celtics in the Tier II provincial north semifinals. Kickoff is 2:30 p.m. at Legion Field.

Calgary Dinos slotback Chris Dobko was voted to the Canada West all-star team for the third year in a row. The high school football product of the St.

The undefeated St. Albert Flyers host the CRAA Gold of Calgary today in the Alberta Minor Midget AAA Hockey League. Faceoff is 3:45 p.m. at Akinsdale Arena. The Flyers are 6-0-3 in the north and the Gold are 8-1 in the south.

Clarke Park – The top dawg for the metro Edmonton junior football champions was honoured as the Grant Yuzyk Trophy recipient as most valuable player in pool B after Thursday’s division one final. “It’s awesome.

Clarke Park – The Paul Kane Blues savoured the sweet taste of success in the Miles conference final as the toast of metro Edmonton high school football.