Stick provincials
The provincial stick open championships are rocking the St. Albert Curling Club this weekend.
The competition features 24 two-person teams slotted into four pools for qualification in the eight-team championship and 16-team consolation brackets.
The last draw in pool play is 1 p.m. before the consolation playoffs start at 2:30 p.m.
Sunday’s playoffs are the 10 a.m. consolation quarter-finals, 11 a.m. championship quarter-finals, 1 p.m. semifinals and 2:30 p.m. finals.
The winner of the Alberta Stick Curling Championship trophy, sponsored by Milt and June McDougall of St. Albert, advances to the 48-team nationals in April at Regina.
Visit albertastickcurling.ca for results.
Atom AA action
Today’s skills competition at the Shootout in St. Albert atom AA hockey tournament at Jarome Iginla Arena starts at 5:30 p.m.
All eight teams will be represented, including the Crusaders and Barons of the St. Albert Minor Hockey Association.
Pool play in the 17-game tournament wraps up today and among Sunday’s playoff games are the 9:30 and 10:45 a.m. semifinals and 2:30 p.m. final.
Today the Crusaders play the Confederation Vipers at 8:45 a.m. and Trails West at 1:45 p.m. and the Barons faceoff against the Roughnecks at 10 a.m. and NE Crush at 3 p.m.
Friday’s scores between the Crusaders and KC Icemen and Barons versus the KC Cougars were unavailable at press time.
Junior B playoffs
The playoff series between the St. Albert Merchants and Spruce Grove Regals continues Sunday in the Capital Junior B Hockey League.
Faceoff is 7:45 p.m. at Grant Fuhr Arena.
The opening game in the best-of-three west division qualifying round was played Friday in St. Albert and the score was unavailable at press time.
Game three, if needed, is 1 p.m. Monday at Jarome Iginla Arena.
A victory by the Merchants would set the stage for the best-of-five quarter-final against the Founders Cup champion Beverly Warriors and the series starts next weekend.
In the west division, the Merchants (23-14-1) finished third behind Beverly (29-7-2) and the North Edmonton Red Wings (30-7-1) while the Regals (5-30-3) placed sixth.
In league play, the Merchants beat the Regals 8-3, 9-6, 7-4 and 4-3 in overtime.
