Local Sports

An 0-2 start is definitely not where the St. Albert seconds would like to find themselves, but that is the exact position they are in to start the season.

Barely two weeks removed from a blanket of snow that covered the turf at the St. Albert Minor Soccer Association grounds, hundreds of local soccer players made the trek to the Riel fields for the annual Victoria Day Classic. While St.

Miners lacrosse takes over the Grant Fuhr Arena tonight with a pair of games in Spruce Grove. The Senior B Miners (1-1) take on the Spruce Grove Slash (0-3-1) with a ball drop of 8 p.m.

The tournament may have ended with a douse of rain but two St. Albert teams came close to getting the first worm at this year's Early Bird Tournament.

The St. Albert Track and Field Club will host the annual St. Albert Challenge May 28 and 29. The competition features seven age categories competing in track and field events at Fowler Park.

It kicks off this weekend as Canada plays Australia, Samoa and Scotland in pool C action. Earlier this year Gilmour played for the national sevens at International Rugby Board events in New Zealand and Las Vegas.

The annual St. Albert Early Bird baseball tournament is under way at Legion Memorial Park and Meadowview Diamonds.

The Bellerose Bulldogs exorcised another demon in high school rugby with a rare win against the Sturgeon Spirits.

Losing by 84 points to the Lep/Tigers was a moral victory for St. Albert’s struggling women’s rugby team.

The runaway winner of the first marathon in St. Albert’s 150-year history was awestruck by the magnitude of the moment.