Local Sports

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.

Special Olympics The Sport, Strength and Spirit of the 2019 Special Olympics Alberta Winter Games brought out the best from local athletes at the recent competition in Calgary.

Junior B playoffs Game two between the St. Albert Merchants and Edmonton Mustangs in the Capital Junior B Hockey League playoffs starts 8 p.m. Sunday at Bill Hunter Arena.

A rare loss for the St. Albert Slash wasn’t so bad after all.

The second and most important season for the St. Albert Merchants starts Friday. The fourth-place team in the west division of the Capital Junior Hockey League faces off against the Edmonton Mustangs in the best-of-three qualifying series.