Local Sports

The Ontario Varsity Football League championship, much like the Northern Football Conference was set on Saturday night.

The Junior World Cup wrapped up today in Breclav, Czech Republic and it was a golden day for the Canadian Under-18 team. Goaltender Trevor Cann stopped all 20 shots he faced as Canada defeated Team USA 3-0 in the Gold Medal game earlier today.

The Northern Football Conference will be holding its championship game next Saturday evening Unfortunately for the Sault Steelers, they will be on the outside looking in after a 42-17 loss at the hands of the Oshawa Hawkeyes on Saturday night at Rock

The Sault Steelers are one win away from the Nothern Football Conference Championship game. Tonight the Steelers face the Oshawa Hawkeyes at Rocky DiPietro field in a 7 p.m. start.

On Wednesday August 2, 2006 the Runway Park Men’s Softball team topped off a 17 and 7 season with a 20 to 13 win over second place Systems Int. This victory secured a regular season championship for Runway Park.

Kinross Speedpark hosted races for week 13 at the Chippewa County Fairgrounds under blue skies and comfortable temperatures.

The weather may have been cool but the racing action was hot as Laird International Raceway heads into the final weeks of the season. The Late Model Division results tightened the points race between Michael Gold and Rick Leonard.

NEWS RELEASE SOO SELECT BASEBALL ASSOCIATION ************************ The Soo Select Baseball Association, is proud to be selected the Host location to hold this years Bantam "A" Provincial Championships.

Team Canada, and a pair of Sault natives in Ron Pyette and Zack Torquato, are one step closer to winning a gold medal at the Junior World Cup.

The Canadian entry in the Junior World Cup improved to 2-0 on Wednesday with a 4-1 victory over Sweden in Piestany, Slovakia.