Local Sports

After a slow start, the Morinville Ladies finished their season debut with a bang Sunday in the St. Albert Women’s Soccer League.

It promises to be a great afternoon of high-level rugby as the St. Albert Rugby Football Club hosts four matches at the Leading Edge Physiotherapy Fields. Today’s kickoff times are tentatively set for 1 p.m.

St. Albert’s senior rugby women are picking up the pieces from another devastating loss on their home pitch.

The Sturgeon Spirits continue to haunt the Paul Kane Blues. The latest in a long line of victories by the Big Red Machine against Paul Kane was Thursday’s 56-0 shellacking at the St. Albert Rugby Football Club.

The return of premier men’s soccer to St. Albert kicked off Thursday for the Impact Rangers. “We’re excited to be back playing premier,” said midfielder Mike Fedunyk after the 3-3 draw with the Edmonton Warriors at Riel Park.

The St. Albert Storm are blowing teams away on the football field.

It was a great day for St. Albert rugby when the Alberta Cup provincial finalists whipped the Druids of Strathcona by 46 points to kick off the premier fixtures.

The Edmonton District Soccer Association released its men’s premier and division one fixtures after receiving its field permits last week from the City of Edmonton. Today at 7 p.m. at Riel Park, both St.

Tori Martyn of St. Albert is among 22 players participating in the U20 Canadian women’s soccer identification camp at Surrey, B.C. The four-day session wraps up today with an exhibition match against Whitecaps FC.

Alberta Golden Bears’ centre Nick Ternovatsky played up to his potential at the CIS East-West Bowl. “It went very well actually. I was very happy,” said the high school product of the St. Albert High Skyhawks.