The bantam AAA St. Albert Cardinals split Saturday’s doubleheader with an up and down performance in Sherwood Park.
In the opening game the Cardinals banged out 20 hits to outscore Sherwood Park Green 18-12. Mat Brisson singled three times and doubled once to pace the attack. Riley Moskaluk also stroked a single and a triple.
Carson Bokenfohr, Lyndon Galvin and Layne Viveiros shared pitching duties as the team added to their depth on the mound.
“You can never have enough pitching and by giving some of the guys a chance to throw some innings it will only make us stronger as the season unfolds,” said field manager Dave Maguire.
In a rare loss, the Cardinals fell 3-2 to the Red Deer Braves to complete the twin bill.
The Braves scored three unearned runs in a game that featured several base running mistakes by the Cardinals.
Hits were hard to come by for the Red Birds, with only five off Red Deer starter Mac Guckert.
Brisson scattered four hits over four innings and didn’t allowed an earned run.
It was 2-1 Red Deer when Brisson gave way to Marcus Blair. The lefty faced eight batters over two innings and fanned four of them. He also helped his own cause with two RBIs.
Tonight at 7 p.m. the Cardinals host the Spruce Grove White Sox at Legion Memorial Park.
The peewee AAA St. Albert Cardinals suffered their first loss of the regular season Sunday at the hands of the Spruce Grove White Sox.
It was 2-2 before the roof caved in as the White Sox exploded for seven unanswered runs in the third inning en route to a 16-7 drubbing at Legion Memorial Park. The Cardinals finished the game with eight unearned runs and eight walks.
In game two of the doubleheader the Cardinals posted a 16-5 mercy-rule win. Jordan Scott pitched thee solid innings and Mitchell King sealed the deal with two innings of relief.
All the Cardinals chipped in offensively, highlighted by Austin Watamaniuk’s 10-pitch at-bat, which ended with a towering three-run homer over the right-field fence into the bantam diamond.
The Cardinals fly to Fort McMurray this weekend for a three-game set with the hometown Braves.
Meanwhile the June 26 doubleheader with SEEBA has been moved from Legion park to Rundle Park because of the St. Albert Minor Baseball Association’s house league tournament.
Ringette has been added to the Greater St. Albert Sports Academy line-up for the 2010/11 season.
Participating schools include Albert Lacombe (Grades 4-6), Vincent J. Maloney (Grade 7-9) and Richard S. Fowler (Grades 7-9).
The ringette program has a minimum enrolment of 20 students. They will receive specialized skill and fitness training as well as an enhanced physical education program.
To register or for more information, contact sports academy facilitator Geoff Giacobbo at 780-459-4478 or [email protected]
It’s game on again for the hottest high school sports rivalry in St. Albert, when the Bellerose Bulldogs and St. Albert High Skyhawks huddle up Oct. 7 at Riel Recreation Park.
The switch in conferences by Bellerose from the Miles to the Carr in metro Edmonton football signalled the rebirth of the Showdown in St. Albert. Bellerose will field potentially its best senior team since winning the 2008 Miles final. Bellerose elected to play up in Carr this year to give its players a higher level of competition. Most of the players with this year’s St. Albert Storm, the tier II playoff winners in the Capital District Minor Football Association, will play senior or junior at Bellerose this fall.
The last grudge match between the St. Albert programs was staged in 2007, a 38-0 Skyhawks win. Starting with the inaugural 1999 showdown the Skyhawks have dominated Bellerose with victories of 42-8, 42-22, 42-0, 60-0, 39-3 and 17-2.
The addition of Bellerose and the Archbishop Jordan Scots gives the Carr six teams, compared to only four last year.
In the 2009 metro playoffs the Skyhawks and Bellerose were eliminated in the semifinals of their respective conferences.
