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The St. Albert Slash continued their statement as a championship-calibre team with their seventh victory of the season Saturday in the Alberta Major Midget Female Hockey League.

Only six games into the regular season, the St. Albert Raiders have proven they contain a strong core on both sides of the puck.

Madison Porisky was the hammer and the Paul Kane Blues the nail in premier women's volleyball Monday. The power-hitting Bellerose Bulldog spiked the Blues into submission at Bellerose Composite High School.

Jordan Abt waited 54 games over two seasons to celebrate his first Alberta Junior Hockey League goal. But the St. Albert Steel defenceman from Thorsby never saw the puck go into the net during Friday’s 6-3 loss to the Grande Prairie Storm.

The round robin draw for the 16th annual Lions Western Canadian Challenge (WCC) high school volleyball tournament swings into action Thursday at 1 p.m. in St. Albert and Morinville. Twenty-four men’s and 24 women’s teams are entered.

The St. Albert Steel dodged a bullet to beat the Bonnyville Pontiacs in Wednesday's shootout.

If the senior Bulldogs can win the Battle of St. Albert, why not the junior Dawgs? That’s how the optimistic Bellerose junior team is tackling Tuesday’s confrontation with the St. Albert Hawks. Kickoff is 6 p.m. at Riel Park field.

The last weekend before the playoffs in the Capital District Minor Football Association is under way for the following St. Albert teams. Tier III/IV bantam: 49ers (0-6) vs. Fort Saskatchewan Lightning (1-5), 12:30 p.m. today at Fort Saskatchewan.

Twenty-four men’s and 24 women’s teams will compete for medals. There are no out-of-province teams entered this year. Visit www.mchs.gsacrd.ab.ca/wcc/ for the list of teams and schedules.

High school volleyball for St. Albert’s premier women’s teams continues today in the metro Edmonton league. The Paul Kane Blues (4-1, 13 GW/3 GL) visit the Ardrossan Bisons (3-2) at 4:45 p.m.