Local Sports

Despite the winter weather, the Soo Minor Baseball Association is thinking summer and are accepting applications for the upcoming season. The SMBA provides the opportunity for house league and select baseball players ages five and up.

Week seven has drawn to a close in the local Women's Hockey League with Source For Sports and Country Way looking to pull away from the pack.

The Sault Ste. Marie Aquatic Club turned in a solid third place performance at the Dave Kensit Memorial Short Course Championships in Sudbury on the weekend.

Members of the Searchmont Ski Runners captured six gold medals and 19 medals overall at the Northern Ontario Division Slalom Races in North Bay on the weekend.

With the team desperate for wins, the Soo Greyhounds squeaked out a 1-0 victory over the Sudbury Wolves on Tuesday night in the Nickel City.

The Soo Greyhounds couldn't contain the potent Guelph Storm attack and fell back into a draw for playoff position.

The Soo North Stars have begun the second season with the same dominance they displayed in the regular season.

The Korah Colts captured the championship at the CASS Husky Midget Boys Basketball Tournament on Saturday. The Colts used 20 points from Kyle Diotte to defeat the Sir James Dunn Eagles 56-49 in the final game at Central Algoma Secondary School.

Rob Gordon made a hit in Sault Ste. Marie and will now roll into the Nokia Brier in Saskatoon.

There was no such thing as bad luck for Al Harnden on this Friday the 13th.