Local Sports

The St. Albert Cardinals finished the season on a winning note, but not as the bantam AAA provincial champions.

St. Albert’s super seconds constructed their fifth win in a row with a workmanlike performance Thursday. “It’s big.

The St. Albert Miners will defend their senior B provincial championship against the Calgary Knights after sweeping the Edmonton Outlaws in their best-of-five semifinal in the Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League.

The Baseball Alberta bantam performance tier I championships are under way at Legion Memorial Park. The round robin draw features SEEBA, Sherwood Park Gold, Red Deer Braves, Foothills Black and the St. Albert Cardinals.

The St. Albert Steel and the City of St. Albert faced off Friday afternoon during negotiations for a new lease agreement at Servus Credit Union Place. The current contract expires Aug. 31, 2012.

The heat is on the St. Albert Rugby Football Club’s premier men to repeat as provincial rugby champions, and they are rising to the challenge without getting burned.

Thursday at 7 p.m. the second and third division men’s teams battle the Strathcona Druids at the St. Albert Rugby Football Club. In May the Druids (3-5) posted a 24-17 win over the seconds (4-2) at Ellerslie Rugby Park. The J.W.

Tara Feser can hear London calling with the 2012 Summer Paralympic Games fast approaching. “I can’t wait,” said the Canadian women’s wheelchair basketball player from St. Albert who competed at the 2008 Paralympics in Beijing.

In game four in the best-of-five semifinal, the Raiders lit up the Miners for seven straight goals to win 13-7 at Performance Arena.

The St. Albert Cardinals have home field advantage this weekend during the Baseball Alberta bantam performance Tier I championship at Legion Memorial Park.