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The 2003 season was set to enter week #4 at the Kinross Speedway this past Friday Night but unfortunately mother nature had other plans.

It may have not been pretty but the Sault Steelers managed to take another bite out of the North Bay Bulldogs on Saturday night.

Plagued by the tendency to take bad penalties, the Sault Sabercats dropped their second straight game on Saturday afternoon.

Laird International Raceway has cancelled tonight's action due to the afternoon's heavy rainfall. LIR will make-up tonight's program on Monday beginning at 7 p.m. with racing and 6:15 p.m.

The Soo Greyhounds have scheduled six tune-ups in preparation for the 2003-04 Ontario Hockey League season. The Hounds will open their exhibition schedule on Sept. 1 at 2 p.m. against the Saginaw Spirit at Memorial Gardens.

The new late model division was created for excitement and that is exactly what the racers provided Monday night at Laird International Raceway.

For the second time in the 2003 season, the Kinross Speedway will be holding race events on a Friday Night.

Instead of clinging to the lead, Mario Tiziani built a huge lead and cruised to a six shot victory at the Canadian Tour's Northern Ontario Open at the Sault Ste. Marie Golf Club on Sunday.

The Sault Sabercats fell victim to a barrage of penalties, which now has the team scrambling for their playoff lives.

With the miserable weather that has visited the area lately, Laird International Raceway has scheduled a pair of races this week to make up for Thursday's rain out.