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The Paul Kane Blues kicked off their first season of high school football with a bang. Brandon Best rushed for 107 yards and scored two touchdowns and Erin Belfour led the defence with five tackles as the Blues blanked the M.E.

A winning season is on tap for the St. Albert Steel in the Alberta Junior Hockey League.

Ellerslie Rugby Park – St. Albert's quest for a division two provincial rugby championship took a turn for the worse in Thursday's first-place showdown against the Nor'Westers.

The puck drops tonight at 7 p.m. between the St. Albert Steel and Sherwood Park Crusaders at Performance Arena.

The St. Albert Miners equalled their win total at last year’s Presidents’ Cup senior B nationals after overpowering the Tri-City Bandits 22-6 Thursday at the Mohawk Nation of Akwesasne.

The City of St. Albert’s Skating Wall of Fame will officially be unveiled Monday at Performance Arena. The ceremony begins at 5:45 p.m. and the public is invited to attend.

The last match for St. Albert before the second division playoffs in the Edmonton Rugby Union is Thursday’s first-place showdown against the Nor’Westers. Kickoff is 7 p.m. at Ellerslie Rugby Park.

The best high school football team in St. Albert last year now wants to be the top dawg in the Metro Edmonton league. "I don't want to be the champion of St. Albert.

St. Albert is double trouble in men's rugby as a provincial threat in both the first and second divisions. Saturday's 24-12 takedown of the Clansmen was the eighth win in a row by the third-place premier team in the Alberta Cup table.

The St. Albert Miners started the Presidents’ Cup senior B national championship in Akwesasne with a 14-7 loss Monday against the host Snake Island Muskies of the Iroquois Lacrosse Association.