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The Bellerose Dawgs chewed up the O’Leary Spartans for eight touchdowns in Tuesday’s 57-0 rout in high school junior football at Clarke Park. The Dawgs scored three converted touchdowns in the first quarter and led by 30 at halftime.

The best of the best in premier men's rugby will duke it out today for provincial supremacy. The St. Albert firsts will defend their coveted Labatt's Cup championship against the notoriously tough Calgary Hornets at 4 p.m.

St. Albert and Sturgeon teams in premier women’s high school volleyball spike the ball tonight at 6:15 p.m. in the metro Edmonton league. The Paul Kane Blues, ranked seventh provincially in 4A, host the Archbishop Jordan Scots.

The Calgary Flames signed St. Albert product Turner Elson to a three-year, two-way $560,000 contract last week. The left winger with the Red Deer Rebels attended the Flames’ rookie camp as a free agent.

There is light at the end of a long, dark tunnel for the winless St. Albert Steel. "We're getting better and better," rookie Mitch McNamara said of the 0-5-1 Steel in the Alberta Junior Hockey League.

Mark Faas was a step ahead of the competition at the ninth annual Fall Challenge. The 23-year-old mechanical engineer from Hanna completed the 21.

Curling is rocking the ice again in St. Albert with more players than ever before. “We’ve got a lot of new teams this year.

O'Leary High School – The heat is on the Paul Kane Blues to repeat as premier volleyball champions.

The St. Albert firsts can advance to a fourth consecutive Labatt’s Cup provincial final with a victory today against the Clansmen. Kickoff is 4 p.m. at Ellerslie Rugby Park.

Putting a full game together has been tougher than expected for the struggling St. Albert Steel.