Local Sports

On the brink of elimination, the glass was still half full for the St. Albert Merchants to taste playoff success in the Capital Junior B Hockey League.

The St. Albert Lightning skate into the atom AA major provincials with a 43-5 record after winning their Edmonton Minor Hockey Association final last weekend. Friday at provincials in Strathcona the Lightning played the Fort McMurray Jr.

A record-breaking swim by Paige Kremer ended with a cherished bronze medal for Team Canada at the 2013 Australian Youth Olympic Festival.

The first SAPEC girls’ basketball championship since 2004 was worth the wait for the Sir George Simpson Voyageurs. The drought ended in Friday’s 61-53 victory against the 2012 champion Vincent J.

The St. Albert Skyhawks and the Morinville Wolves are seeded first and seventh, respectively, in the 12-team draw at the 3A provincial high school women’s basketball championship in Strathmore.

The Bellerose Bulldogs cheer team is pumped up for a podium finish at the Alberta Schools’ Athletic Association championships this weekend in Drayton Valley.

The visiting team has won every game so far in the Capital Junior B Hockey League series between the St. Albert Merchants and Wetaskiwin Icemen.

The Vincent J. Maloney Marauders are back where they belong as SAPEC champions in junior high boys’ basketball. And for the second time in three years, VJM upset the undefeated Lorne Akins Gators in the Tier 1 city final.

Rexall Place - It came down to the last shot in an extra end in the final round-robin game at the Tim Hortons Brier to determine the fate of the Kevin Martin rink.

There will be a new recipient of the Joe Cherrington Memorial Trophy as the north division playoff winners after the Lloydminster Bobcats eliminated the St. Albert Raiders in the best-of-five midget AAA semifinals.