Cross-country finals
Crossing the finish line at the Alberta Schools’ Athletic Association cross-country championships last Saturday at Echo Dale Regional Park in Bow Island were the following St. Albert student athletes:
Intermediate males, 5,000 metres
Alec Tinga, Paul Kane Blues: 41st (out of 113 finishers), 21 minutes and 18 seconds.
The winner was Nebil Mohammedbrhan of the McNally Tigers at 18:04.
Senior females, 5,000m
Amelie Sherwin, Paul Kane: 11th (out of 114 finishers), 23.26.
Isabelle Poulin, Paul Kane: 25th, 24.50.
Mackenzie Jackshaw, Paul Kane: 31st, 25:39.
The winner was Emma Langstrom of the Harry Ainlay Titans at 21:54.
Senior males, 6,000m
Ben Colliou, St. Albert Skyhawks: 45th (out of 109 finishers), 25:29.
The winner was Kajela Bure of James Fowler Falcons of Calgary at 20:23
PK volleyball
The Paul Kane Blues swing into the playoffs without home-court advantage in metro Edmonton division one senior men’s volleyball.
The second loss in a row for Paul Kane – 23-25, 23-25, 23-25 to the Archbishop Jordan Scots on Wednesday in Sherwood Park – dropped the Blues into a three-way tie for third place with ABJ and the Edmonton Christian Lions at 6-3.
The tiebreaker left Paul Kane slotted fifth and Monday’s quarter-final against Lions starts at 6:30 p.m. at Edmonton Christian.
The winner plays the Harry Ainlay Titans (9-0) or Jasper Place Rebels (2-7) Wednesday and the final is Nov. 6 at 7 p.m. at Strathcona.
The second Alberta Schools’ Athletic Association volleyball rankings of the season listed four metro Edmonton division one teams in the top 10: No. 2 Ainlay, No. 5 Paul Kane, No. Strathcona Lords (7-2) and the No. 8 Lions while the Salisbury Sabres (5-4), ABJ and the Rebels, last year’s champions and 4A provincial gold medallists, are honourable mentions.
Previous losses in league play for Paul Kane (21 GW/14 GL) were 25-20, 24-26, 15-25, 22-25 to Ainlay on Sept. 16 and 25-21, 23-25, 25-20, 22-25, 11-15 to Salisbury last week and both matches were played in St. Albert.
Paul Kane also beat the Lions 25-22, 29-27, 19-25, 24-26, 15-13 Sept. 25 in St. Albert.
Paul Kane is 25-10 overall after going 4-2 at the Hunting Hills Lightning tournament in Red Deer last weekend. The Blues finished first in their pool and in the crossover playoffs lost 22-25, 21-25 to the Ernest Manning Griffins of Calgary, ranked 10th in 4A.
Bulldogs volleyball
The metro Edmonton division two senior men’s volleyball playoffs start Monday for the third-place Bellerose Bulldogs.
Match time is 5:30 p.m. against the Leduc Tigers.
The winner advances to Wednesday’s semifinal against the O’Leary Spartans (9-2) or Spruce Grove Panthers (5-6) and the final is Nov. 6 at Harry Ainlay.
The last match before the playoffs for the Bulldogs (9-2) was Tuesday’s 21-25, 18-25, 17-25, 22-25 loss to O’Leary at Bellerose to determine second place.
The league record for the Bulldogs (28 GW/12 GL) includes the 18-25, 27-25, 25-21, 25-23 win against Leduc on Sept. 23 at Bellerose and the 19-25, 17-25, 16-25 loss to the Strathcona Christian Academy Eagles (11-0) that ended a seven-match winning streak.
This weekend the Bulldogs are competing in a tournament at Spruce Grove.
Skyhawks volleyball
The St. Albert Skyhawks are the visitors in Monday’s opening playoff round in metro Edmonton division two senior men’s volleyball.
Match time is 6:30 p.m. against the Lillian Osborne Legends (7-4).
The fifth-place Skyhawks (6-5) swept the Legends 25-12, 27-25, 25-22 Oct. 7 at the SkyDome.
The winner plays the Strathcona Christian Academy Eagles (11-0) or M.E. Lazerte Voyageurs (4-7) in Wednesday’s semifinal and the final is Nov. 6 at Harry Ainlay.
Last weekend the Skyhawks finished 6-2 at the 25th annual Lions Western Canadian Challenge and the 25-22, 23-25, 12-15 loss to the St. Joseph Celtics of Grande Prairie in the final marked the first time the St. Albert Catholic High School men’s team had competed in the championship match.
Flyers hockey
The St. Albert Flyers have road games scheduled against south division teams this weekend in the Alberta Minor Midget AAA Hockey League.
The Flyers play the SEAC Tigers (4-2-1) tonight at 7:45 p.m. and the Lethbridge Hurricanes (5-0-1) Sunday at 11:45 a.m.
The midget 15 Flyers (3-1-3) are coming off Tuesday’s 4-4 draw with the Sherwood Park Squires (5-1-3), the top team in the north standings.
Zakk Makeiff’s fifth goal and 14th point of the season was the equalizer during a penalty kill with 1:15 remaining at Jarome Iginla Arena.
The teams combined for five goals in the third period and the second by the Squires made it 4-3 with 7:22 to play.
Dylan Stevenson, Aidan Taylor (power play) and Liam Cochrane also scored and Eric Ceh picked up two assists.
Cochrane leads the Flyers in goals with six and is second in points with 10.
Damon Cunningham (1-1-2, 4.83 GAA) was between the pipes as the Squires outshot the Flyers 18-12 in the third and 46-33 overall.
