Local Sports

After 16 nights of racing, Laird International Raceway has closed the books on another local stock car season.

Travis O'Brien turned in a solid performance in goal to lead the Soo Thunderbirds to a 2-1 victory to open the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League regular season.

The St. Mary's Knights opened their defense of the High School Football League senior division championship with a win over the Bawating Braves on Friday night at Rocky DiPietro Field. But the 35-13 victory for the Knights didn't come easily.

NEWS RELEASE SUDBURY WOLVES *************************** The Sudbury Wolves skated to a 5-5 tie with the Soo Greyhounds on Friday night at the Sudbury Arena.

NEWS RELEASE LAKE SUPERIOR STATE UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS ****************************** LAKE SUPERIOR STATE JOINS B2 NETWORKS Broadband broadcasts of Laker Athletics to begin in October SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich.

NEWS RELEASE SOO GREYHOUNDS **************************** TICKETS STILL REMAIN FOR HOUNDS EXHIBITION GAME ON SUNDAY The Soo Greyhounds would like to notify their fans that there are plenty of tickets remaining for their exhibition game this coming Sun

Algoma University College and Titan Basketball will host National Coaching Certification Program Level 1 and 2 basketball coaching clinics Sept.30-Oct. 1. The cost of each clnic is $90.

The White Pines Wolverines showed that their running game hasn't lost any steam.

The field for the 2006 Christie's Men's Classic Invitational golf tournament is complete and will begin play on Saturday at the Crimson Ridge Golf Club. The 36-hole, two-day event features 75 golfers.

Name: Colin Booth Age: 13 Position: Half-back Colin Booth inability to get tackled is his main asset. The strong running, hard-hitting half-back plows through defenders with much ease.