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Rick Ellis inched even closer to the top of the driver points standings in the Late Model Division at Laird International Raceway on Thursday night.

Early Thursday morning, one of the Sault’s own will make her first appearance at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens. Local swimmer Jennifer Fratesi will swim her first race on Thursday morning in Greece.

The bounty placed on beating Michael Gold has been a hot commodity of late at Laird International Raceway.

With the superstitious “Friday the 13th” phenomenon overlooking this past Friday’s racing action at the Kinross Speedway, the race to the 2004 track championships continued to heat up at this Michigan-based ¼ mile facility.

The first annual Northern Pro-Hockey Challenge opened up on Friday night at the Pee Wee arena and the many fans in attendance were treated to some entertaining hockey.

The cities of Sault Ste. Marie and Sudbury are set to renew their hockey rivalries.

The following are the updated standings for the Smack Daddy's Northern Slo-Pitch Association at Strathclair Park for games ending Friday, August 6th: *** MEN'S COMPETITIVE: (wins-losses-ties-points) Esquire Bulls 18-4-0-36 Superior Crane/Upper Deck 1

Nine weeks of racing is in the books at the Kinross Speedway. Action continues to heat up in the race for division points titles as several drivers from the Canadian Sault make their presence at the track.

In preparation for the upcoming Ontario Hockey League season, the Soo Greyhounds continue to tinker with their roster as training camp approaches.

The Soo Cambrian Junior Black Sox of the Northern Elite League had high hopes heading into the league playoffs in Sudbury over the weekend.