Local Sports

Algoma University College and the George Leach Centre will be host to this year's Sault Ste. Marie basketball tryouts for Regional Team North at both the boys bantam and midget levels on Saturday, May 7.

(EDITOR'S NOTE: This press release has been corrected. The second camp date is for players in grades 9-12 and not grades 5-8.

Anthony Posteraro has taken another step toward his goal of playing professional football. Around 1 p.m. on Thursday afternoon, the Edmonton Eskimos scooped up the local kicker in the fourth round of the 2005 Canadian Football League College Draft.

The Algoma Basketball Association's girls spring league continued with a pair of games last Sunday at Bawating. In the opening game, Sarah Crispell scored a game high 21 points as the Root River Raptors edged Primo Pizza 29-25.

The Sault Ste Marie Slo-Pitch Association deadline for registration is quickly apporaching.

When it was over, six winners emerged from the inaugural edition of The Tournament including five division champions along with the Canadian Cancer Society.

"Last minute of play, third period." With those six words, an era was coming to an end at the Chi Mukwa (Big Bear) Community Recreation Centre.

The Clarica/Blueliners Bulls and Smack Daddy's hoisted the Mayor's Cup championships on Saturday night at the Pee Wee Arena. The Bulls successfully defended their crown with a 9-4 win over A.J.

The champions of the 2005 Mayor's Cup hockey tournament will be crowned on Saturday night at the Pee Wee Arena.

Thursday night saw half of the finalists for the two Mayor's Cup divisions determined in action at the Soo Pee Wee Arena. The early game saw Tulloch Engineering skate their way into the Over-33 Division final with a 5-2 victory over Mr.