Local Sports

St. Albert’s Men of Steel returned home from three games in three days with a pair of road wins in the Alberta Junior Hockey League.

The Bellerose Bulldogs and St. Albert High Skyhawks huddle up this week in metro Edmonton high school football. The Bulldogs are in tough Thursday against the Bev Facey Falcons.

After the previous season full of heartbreak and frustration, the St. Albert Merchants have started the 2010 campaign on a high note in front of their home crowd.

Ellerslie Rugby Park – St. Albert’s second division men finished the season on a positive note albeit in a losing cause in the Edmonton Rugby Union (ERU) playoffs. “We were definitely the underdogs in second div.

After three games, defenceman Dane Olsen is only four points away from equalling his career high of eight with the St. Albert Steel.

The St. Albert Hawks were solid on both sides of the ball in Tuesday’s season debut. The 2009 premier junior finalists in the metro Edmonton league shut out the Salisbury Sabres 16-0 in exhibition action at Riel Park field.

The St. Albert Merchants are banking on fans getting their money’s worth at the team’s junior B home games at Akinsdale Arena.

The St. Albert High Skyhawks exceeded expectations in their Carr conference opener Thursday.

St. Albert’s first and second division men’s rugby teams are one win away from going to provincials when they scrum down today at Ellerslie Rugby Park. At 3:15 p.m. the seconds (7-6) and Leduc Crude (12-1) battle for the W.D.

The minor football edition of Tackle Hunger will be held in conjunction with Canada’s first ever National Sports Day on Saturday. The St.