Local Sports

Tickets are $5 at the door for Friday’s barbecue, silent auction and celebrity basketball game at the SkyDome in support of the St. Albert Skyhawks trip to Cuba in December. The silent auction starts at 7 p.m.

The Alberta Schools’ Athletic Association track and field championships last weekend in Calgary brought out the best in athletes representing the Paul Kane Blues, St. Albert Skyhawks and Morinville Wolves.

Nearly identical scores cut both ways as the St. Albert senior Tigers split the weekend against the Fort Saskatchewan Athletics and Edmonton Rockies.

The following athletes representing the Paul Kane Blues and St. Albert Skyhawks generated top three placings at the Edmonton zone high school track and field finals last weekend. Jade Guinchard, Skyhawks: junior girls — third place, 100m (13.

It’s first versus worst today in the Alberta Cup fixtures between St. Albert and the Lep/Tigers. Kickoff is 2 p.m. at Ellerslie Rugby Park. In the men’s first division standings St.

After a blowout at the hands of the Edmonton Angels on Tuesday, it was a last-pitch decision in the bottom of the ninth that secured a victory for the St. Albert Tabbies against the Red Deer Riggers.

St. Albert prop Andy Tiedemann will earn his second cap in as many weeks when Canada scrums down against the Georgia Lelos in today’s opening round of the Churchill Cup in Glendale, Colorado.

Losing by 49 points at home in Wednesday’s shutout by the Druids wasn’t that bad of a score for the St. Albert Reds. The week before the developmental women’s rugby team was blasted 65-10 by the visiting Rockers.

The following athletes representing the Paul Kane Blues and St. Albert Skyhawks generated top three placings at the Edmonton zone high school track and field finals last weekend. Jade Guinchard, Skyhawks: junior girls — third place, 100m (13.

It’s first versus worst today in the Alberta Cup fixtures between St. Albert and the Lep/Tigers. Kickoff is 2 p.m. at Ellerslie Rugby Park. In the men’s first division standings St.