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“It was a little frustrating for me but I think I did enough the first two days and that helped me out to make the team again,” Feser told the Gazette Wednesday during a break at a Canada training session in Champaign, Ill.

Heading into her last year with the University of Connecticut Huskies, Jody Sydor is getting it done on and off the ice. Sydor is one of few pharmacy students at UConn to be a student athlete, largely because of how demanding the program is.

The Morinville Wolves gave it their best shot at the 3A provincial basketball championships at Medicine Hat. The boys finished fifth overall as the eighth seed in the 12-team draw.

The St. Albert SLAM bantam A girls capped off a perfect 17-0 season of basketball with a provincial championship.

The St. Albert Skyhawks are basking in the glow of being 3A provincial gold medallists.

The first year of the Alberta Major Bantam Female Hockey League for the St. Albert Raiders was better than expected. The Raiders finished first in the north and fourth overall in league play at 15-8-3.

The Investors Group Hockey Alberta peewee AA major provincial championship starts Thursday afternoon at Servus Credit Union Place. Representing the St. Albert Minor Hockey Association are the Saints, the zone 3 reps, and the host Sabres.

The first St. Albert Ringette Association U14 team to win a provincial championship in tween A was accomplished by the Sonic girls last weekend at Calgary.

The third Bronze Baby in four years for Kate Hole was the best of the bunch with the Simon Fraser University Clan. "It's hitting me a little harder than the other two did," Hole said Wednesday from the Burnaby campus.

Game two in the best-of-three north division final between the St. Albert Raiders and Edmonton Lightning in the Alberta Major Bantam Female Hockey League is today at 5:15 p.m. at Confederation Arena. The series opener was Friday in St.