Local Sports

The public is invited to celebrate the roaring game the old fashioned way Tuesday when the 2011 World Financial Group Continental Cup hosts jam can curling on the Sturgeon River behind St. Albert Place. The event goes from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Oscar Romero High School – It’s a slam-dunk the Paul Kane Blues will contend for championship honours after a four-year playoff absence in high school women’s basketball.

The zone 5 medal contenders in badminton have been declared for the Alberta 55 Plus Winter Games, Feb. 24 to 27 in St. Albert. The qualifiers are as follows: • Rosalyn Thompson of St.

There is no place like home for the St. Albert Sabres. Wednesday’s 6-3 win over the Canadian Athletic Club at Akinsdale Arena improved the team’s record in St.

St. Albert figure skater Cole VanDerVelden is jumping for joy over qualifying for the Canada Winter Games in pre-novice pairs. “It’s an amazing opportunity, only once every four years that this comes along.

This weekend the St. Albert Steel forge ahead with three games in a row in the Alberta Junior Hockey League. On Friday the Steel (19-11-0-2) host the Sherwood Park Crusaders (18-15-0-4) at 7 p.m. at Performance Arena.

Starting today at 10 a.m., single draw tickets go on sale for the 2011 World Financial Group Continental Cup, Jan. 13 to 16 at Servus Credit Union Place.

The St. Albert Merchants banked their ninth win in 12 games in Sunday’s 4-3 come-from-behind decision against the Spruce Grove Regals at Akinsdale Arena.

For a team that has become accustomed to winning, the experience the St. Albert Raiders felt after leaving Calgary with only one point in two games was foreign to the midget AAA north division leaders.

In the first half of Wednesday’s home opener the Paul Kane Blues looked like a team that had never played basketball before.