Softball fast-pitcher Reno Pettenuzzo and Hubie Brazeau, a dynamo of modified and late-model oval-track stock car racing, will be named Monday as 2024 inductees to the Sault Ste. Marie Sports Hall of Fame.
The inductions are expected to be approved by city council at a meeting on Monday.
Here are the recommendations, as prepared by the city's parks and recreation advisory committee:
Sports Hall of Fame
On May 7, 2024 the Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee reviewed eight nominations. The committee is recommending the induction of the two athletes into the Sports Hall of Fame for 2024:
Reno Pettenuzzo – Fast Pitch
- considered the best pitcher in Sault Ste. Marie and all of Ontario throughout his career
- propelled the Sault Ste. Marie Northerners to three all-Ontario Senior B Championship in the 1960s
- was the league leader in pitching and hitting for the Richmond Hill team in the Toronto Beaches League during the late 1960s and earned MVP honours both seasons
- played professionally in the United States including the Rhode Island Brewers where he was 21-5 in 1970
Hubert Brazeau – Oval Track Racing
- over 150 career wins
- 1981 Super Late Model Champion at Northern Michigan Raceway
- 1983 Super Late Model Champion at Northern Michigan Speedway
- 1984-85-86-87 Four-time Super Late Model Champion at Onaway Speedway
- 1981-1983-1984 Super Late Model Champion at Northern Raceway, Sault Ste. Marie
- at the time of his retirement, at the end of the 1987 season, he held five track records (fastest all-time lap) at the following Tracks: Escanaba Superior Speedway, Onaway Speedway, Northern Raceways in Sault Ste. Marie