SYDNEY, N.S. — Championship season will resume for local minor hockey teams as six Cape Breton Cup championship tournaments are scheduled to take place this weekend. 

The under-18 ‘C’ and under-11 ‘AA’ tournaments will be hosted by the Glace Bay Minor Hockey Association at both the Miners Forum in Glace Bay and the Dominion and District Community Centre. 

The under-18 ‘C’ tournament will kick off on Thursday with the Cape Breton County Islanders playing the Sydney Steelers at 6 p.m. in Glace Bay. Action continues on Friday with New Waterford and Cape Breton County at 6 p.m. and the two Glace Bay teams playing at 7:30 p.m., both in Glace Bay.

The event will continue on Saturday in both Glace Bay and Dominion. The semifinal is Sunday at 9:30 a.m. and the championship game is later in the day at 1 p.m., both at Miners Forum. 

As for the under-11 ‘AA’ event, the two-day tournament will kick off on Saturday with Glace Bay hosting Cape Breton West at 11 a.m. The Miners will also play at 4:30 p.m. against Cape Breton County. 

The semifinal will be held Sunday at 11 a.m. followed by the championship game at 2:30 p.m. Both are scheduled for Miners Forum. 

Meanwhile, the under-18 ‘AA’ tournament will be hosted by the Cape Breton County Minor Hockey Association and will be held at the Cape Breton County Recreation Centre in Coxheath.  

The tournament begins on Friday with Glace Bay and Northside at 2:15 p.m. followed by the host Cape Breton County and New Waterford at 3:45 p.m., Sydney and Northside at 5:15 p.m., New Waterford and Glace Bay at 6:45 p.m. and Cape Breton County against Sydney at 8:15 p.m. 

Games will continue on Saturday, running from 12 p.m. to 7 p.m. The semifinal game is Sunday at 10:15 a.m. followed by the championship at 1:30 p.m.