Local Sports

The Edmonton Oil Kings selected Pat Dea of the St. Albert Sabres with their first pick in the Western Hockey League bantam draft Thursday. Dea, 15, was the first netminder picked in the draft and the 22nd player chosen overall.

The St. Albert Rugby Football Club kicks off its Edmonton Rugby Union fixtures today at Ellerslie Rugby Park. At 4 p.m. the women’s team scrums down against the Rockers and at 5:45 p.m.

The St. Albert Skyhawks are shooting for a winning season in men’s rugby after missing the mark last year.

The winner of the first marathon in St. Albert history is back and looking for a repeat finish. Marc Meunier will defend his title Sunday morning at the second annual RunWild Leading Edge Marathon.

St. Albert lost its second Alberta Junior Hockey League team in less than 10 years, when on Wednesday the board of governors unanimously approved a request by the Steel to relocate to Whitecourt for the 2012/13 season. In 2004 the St.

The godfather of St. Albert rugby was almost speechless when it was announced the first high school rugby tournament in the city would be named in his honour. “I was very humbled.

The St. Albert Cardinals surprised themselves by winning the first game of the season in the Norwest Midget AAA Baseball League.

The Bellerose Bulldogs ruled the pitch at the inaugural Gareth Jones St. Albert High School Rugby Tournament. The Bulldogs swept the St. Albert Skyhawks and Paul Kane Blues for the men's and women's championship trophies Saturday.

The Alberta Junior Hockey League will vote Wednesday of this week on the St. Albert Steel’s request to relocate to Whitecourt for the 2012/13 season.

Five ladies from St. Albert bowled the game of their lives recently to earn the right to represent Alberta at the national classified five-pin championships.