Close to signing
Taylor Hall expects to sign a deal with the Edmonton Oilers on today. The first-overall draft pick by the Oilers announced the likelihood of inking a deal heading into the team’s developmental camp for young players in Edmonton beginning on Tuesday. “I’m pretty sure I’ll be signing my contract (Monday),” said Hall, who attended the CFL’s Edmonton Eskimos game against the B.C. Lions at Commonwealth Stadium on Sunday. He also said he will probably not take No. 4 as his jersey number, in deference to Oilers president Kevin Lowe, but that he has not decided what number to take. Hall’s father, Steve, was signed by the Edmonton Eskimos as a receiver before being traded to Winnipeg. He also spent time playing in Ottawa.
Today
•Junior golf: McLennan Ross Sun Tour event at Rocky Mountain House Pine Hills.
•Senior men’s baseball: North Star Sports at Lacombe, 7 p.m.; Del Rohn at Cheers Pub, Printing Place at Sylvan Lake, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park 1 and 2.
Tuesday
•Golf: Alberta Men’s Amateur central qualifying at Olds.
•Senior men’s baseball: Lacombe at Printing Place, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park 2.
•Women’s fastball: Lacombe at Budal Ice, Snell & Oslund Badgers at Sports World Panthers, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park 1 and 2; N. Jensen’s Bandits at Stettler, 7 p.m.
•Parkland baseball: Lacombe at Eckville, 7 p.m.
•Sunburst baseball: St. Albert at Red Deer Riggers, 7:30 p.m., Great Chief Park.
