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One down and seven to go for the St. Albert Skyhawks. The No.

Soccer festival The indoor season windup for the U4 to U11 players in the St. Albert Soccer Association kicks off today at Servus Credit Union Place.

Slash home game Tonight marks the second-last game for the midget AAA St. Albert Slash before the Final Frozen Four provincials. Puck drop is 7:45 p.m. against Calgary Fire (17-8-3) at Go Auto Arena.

The St. Albert Skyhawks refuse to lose. Undefeated in 14 games, the No. 1-ranked 4A high school women’s basketball team in the province is a super strong 22-5 overall with a maximum of eight games remaining in its quest for Hoop Dreams.

Merchants win The St. Albert Merchants swept the Edmonton Mustangs for the right to play the west division leader in the Capital Junior B Hockey League. The best-of-five quarter-final against the Beverly Warriors starts Friday at Clareview Arena.

Wolves tourney The Morinville Wolves finished second best at their 25 th annual home tournament. The men’s basketball final went down to the wire with the Holy Rosary Raiders of Lloydminster prevailing 73-69 Saturday.

Slash at home The St. Albert Slash are winners of 11 in a row on home ice when the midget AAA team closes out the Alberta Female Hockey League regular season with three games at Go Auto Arena. Faceoff times are 7:45 p.m.

Like a fine wine, Dan Holowaychuk is better with age as a competitive curler with the Wade White rink.

Going forward instead of backwards has the Paul Kane Blues headed in the right direction in high school women’s basketball. The winners of five games in seven days are 17-7 overall with the metro Edmonton playoffs and 4A provincials fast approaching.

World juniors Abby Marks of St. Albert rocks the house at the U21 world junior women’s curling championship starting Sunday in Liverpool, N.S.