Medals will be awarded today at the third annual Esso Cup national female midget hockey championship at Servus Credit Union Place.
The bronze medal game is 2 p.m. and the gold medal final is 6 p.m. at Performance Arena.
Tickets are $10 single game and $15 daily admission.
The scores from Thursday’s round-robin games and Friday’s semifinals were unavailable at press time.
The six-team draw featured five regional champions — Edmonton Thunder (Pacific), Notre Dame Hounds (West), Toronto Aeros (Ontario), Kodiacs du Lac St-Louis (Quebec) and Kings County Kings, PEI (Atlantic) — and the host St. Albert Slash.
Visit www.hockeycanada.ca/essocup for more information.
The first home game of the season for the St. Albert Storm is Tuesday against the Edmonton Raiders in the Capital District Minor Football Association’s midget spring league. Kickoff is 6:30 p.m. at Riel Park field.
The last game for the Storm was Thursday in Spruce Grove against the Parkland Predators, but the score was unavailable at press time. It was rescheduled from Wednesday at Clarke Park.
Last week the game between the Storm and Edmonton Chargers at Clarke Park was snowed out.
The league opener for the Storm in the tier I/II division was a 7-7 draw against the Battle River Shock on April 9 in Spruce Grove.
The Storm are the defending tier II champions and 2009 tier III playoff winners.
The deadline to register online for the first marathon in St. Albert history is 11:59 p.m. May 10 at www.RunWild.ca.
Registrations will also be accepted at any Running Room location for the RunWild Leading Edge Marathon on May 15.
The 42-kilometre marathon starts at 7 a.m. in front of St. Albert Place. Runners wind their way up Sturgeon Road to the city’s ravines, then pass through the Akinsdale and Pinewood neighbourhoods before cruising down Sir Winston Churchill Avenue and out to the Sturgeon Valley Golf & County Club. Back in St. Albert along Bellerose Drive, runners go through the Oakmont neighbourhood before joining the trail system that leads past Lacombe Park Lake and Deer Ridge. After crossing the Sturgeon River they head up Grandin Road, then turn right on Levasseur Road and eventually work their way through Riel Park.
Millennium Park is the finish line for the marathon, as well as the half-marathon walk/run and the five and 10 km walk/run.
For more information, contact race director Anita Cassidy at 780-458-2669.
