Local Sports

When the most valuable player for the first premier men’s provincial championship team in St. Albert history arrived at Tuesday’s training session, Karim Lynch was treated like a rock star.

The only Canadian tennis players at this year’s Senior Olympics are members of the St. Albert Tennis Club.

Canada and the England Saxons will battle today in the Churchill Cup final in Worcester, England. Kickoff is 9:30 a.m. Alberta time. Andy Tiedemann of St. Albert is listed as a reserve at forward for the rematch of last year’s final.

St. Albert’s premier men’s provincial champions host the Calgary Saracens today at the Leading Edge Physiotherapy Fields. The Alberta Cup match kicks off at 4 p.m. The first 15 are 1-3 and the Saracens are 0-4 in the 10-team standings.

Penalties summed up the 9-5 loss by St. Albert Miners against the visiting Spruce Grove Slash on Wednesday night.

Jack McBride was double trouble at the Canadian senior racquetball championships. The 70-plus division winner in singles also teamed up with Barry Ould of Edmonton to capture the 65-plus doubles’ title recently in Antigonish, N.S.

In the second match-up since the rebirth of St. Albert’s junior AAA team, the Tigers Orange fell once again at the hands of their senior AAA counterparts in the Sunburst Baseball League.

The St. Albert Kids of Steel Triathlon celebrated its 20th anniversary Sunday, as 290 youths, 23 elite juniors and 13 teams finished the race. The top St. Albert junior was Ariel Raudsepp. In the female 750-metre swim, 18.

The Sturgeon Spirits enhanced their reputation as a rugby powerhouse with another medal-winning performance at the Alberta Schools' Athletic Association championships.

The Tigers Baseball Association hosts its 28th annual tournament this weekend at Legion Memorial Park.