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Jessica King netted 24 points and Paula Fagan added 12 as Sports Gold cuffed Root River Raptors 46-26 in one of two Algoma Basketball Association girls spring league games played Sunday at the Bawating gym.

The Algoma University College Thunderbirds handed out their annual athletic awards at a gathering last week. The school honoured their athletes for their contributions during the 2004-05 Ontario Colleges Athletic Association (OCAA) season.

Dave MacDonald, a hockey trainer for the Desbarats LeClair Fuels bantam hockey team, was recently named the recipient of the Hockey Trainers' Certification Program Recognition Award.

Fifteen in a row and counting.

(The Women's Hockey League report is provided by the WHL's Lorie Springall and is published weekly during the season.

The Soo Thunderbirds were looking to use a little more of their overtime magic to keep their playoff hopes alive on Friday night.

The Soo Thunderbirds will continue to fight for their playoff lives.

If there is anyone who understands what the Soo Greyhounds are going through right now, it's the 1988 Oshawa Generals. The '88 Generals were the last team to lose an Ontario Hockey League playoff series after taking a 3-0 series lead.

The Soo Mosquito Black Sox Selects are set to begin their spring indoor workouts for the upcoming baseball season. Indoor work outs for the rep squad will start Friday April 8th, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.

Best Western, from the Sault Female Hockey Association, took home top honours this past weekend in Hamilton at the 12th Annual Hamilton Hawkey Tournament.