Soccer provincials
The Alberta Soccer Association senior men’s and women’s championship tournaments kick off today for the following St. Albert teams:
Premier women at ESA Complex: Impact 2 (9-5-4, 37 GF/30 GA) of the Edmonton District Soccer Association’s premier division.
Tier I women at ESA Complex: Impact 4 (13-3-2, 33 GF/26 GA), division 1A EDSA team and 2018 provincial gold medallists.
Tier II women at ESA Complex: Impact 5 (13-2-3, 68 GF/25 GA), division 2A EDSA team.
Tier III women at Calgary: Mavericks 09 (11-1, 103 GF/7 GA), St. Albert Women’s Soccer League pennant winners and 2018 provincial gold medallists.
Tier III men at Calgary: Impact Alumni (11-1-2, 47 GF/9 GA), back-to-back Playoff Cup winners in the St. Albert Men’s Soccer League.
Visit albertasoccer.goaline.ca for the tournament’s websites.
Larry Mitchell Cup
The second annual Larry Mitchell Cup is good to go Sunday at Jarome Iginla Arena.
The midget AAA intersquad game, hosted by the St. Albert Nektar Raiders, starts at 2:30 p.m. and features the top 40 players at the main camp that started Friday.
The Team White and Team Blue rosters and those players continuing on with the selection process will be posted tonight on the Raiders’ team page at raidershockey.ca.
The Larry Mitchell Cup is named after St. Albert’s hockey historian and former longtime Gazette sports writer.
Slash exhibitions
The St. Albert Slash of the Alberta Female Hockey League skate into the preseason next week with two games scheduled at Go Auto Arena.
Faceoff times are 6:45 p.m. Monday against the Red Deer Chiefs and 7 p.m. Wednesday against the Edmonton Pandas.
The Slash are winners of an unprecedented three consecutive Esso Cup midget AAA female championships in the tournament’s 11-year history and last season finished 35-5-2 overall.
Ball hockey event
The sixth annual Douglas Deacon Memorial Classic is good to go Thursday in support of St. Albert Special Olympics.
The ball hockey tournament was established by Daniel Deacon in memory of his brother, Douglas, who died in 2011 at the age of 34.
The fun-filled affair also brings community awareness for people with developmental disabilities.
Everyone is welcome to play.
The tournament runs 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Transitions, 365 Carleton Drive in Campbell Business Park.
Contact Shauna at 780-243-9023 about tournament sponsorships or donations.
