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Garrett King and Nikki Oudenaarden of the Paul Kane Blues turned in a record-breaking performance at the Edmonton zone track and field championships last week.

The St. Albert Steel bolstered their coaching staff with the additions of Wes Werhun and Donovan Sugiyama. They will serve as the team’s assistant coaches for the upcoming Alberta Junior Hockey League campaign. Both have strong ties to the St.

The St. Albert Cardinals host the Spruce Grove White Sox tonight in the Norwest Midget AAA Baseball League. The first pitch goes at 7 p.m. at Legion Memorial Park.

St. Albert's premier men's rugby team is not rushing to push the panic button despite an alarming start to the season.

The early season growing pains continue for the midget AAA Cardinals, this time with a 12-7 loss to the Sherwood Park Gold (3-0) on Wednesday.

The Paul Kane women’s rugby teams dreams of gold were put on hold Thursday with a 35-0 loss to an undefeated Bev Facey squad (3-0) in the metro Edmonton premier semifinals.

The first pitch has been thrown in the Sunburst Baseball league with the St. Albert Tigers Black falling 9-2 to the Fort Saskatchewan Athletics. The result was definitely not what the team had in mind, according to Tigers’ coach Kurtus Millar.

Two St. Albert natives will be packing their bags for Shenzhen, China this summer to represent Canada at the 2011 Universiade Games.

It might have been windy and raining but the Bellerose men’s rugby team found a way to win against Fort Saskatchewan, posting a 56-0 victory in the premier quarter-final.

League play continues for men’s rugby teams in St. Albert. The third division men (1-1) head to Riel Rugby park to take on the Edson Axmen (1-0), who are fresh off their first match of the season, which they won 36-15. Kickoff is at 2 p.m.