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Just in case anyone has been keeping track, it was the 228th regular season meeting in OHL history between the Greyhounds and the Sudbury Wolves Wednesday night. And the Soo skated away with a 5-3 win before 2,410 fans at Memorial Gardens.

The Soo Junior Greyhounds are ranked 13th in the country among the more than 100 teams that are a part of the Canadian Junior A Hockey League.

There's a roar coming from Sault College, home of Cougar men's basketball team. Winners of three games in a row, the Cougars have a 4-2 record. Their two losses -- both on the road -- have been narrow ones, 93-90 to Lambton and 69-68 to St. Clair.

WINDSOR -- The Soo Greyhounds were outshot and outscored here Sunday before 2,770 fans at Windsor Arena.

A four-game Greyhound winning streak came to an end Saturday night in Plymouth. The Whalers built up a 3-0 after the first period and beat the Hounds 5-3 before more than 3,100 fans at Compuware Arena.

On the heels of a 14-game winning streak the Soo Jr. Greyhounds have fallen on hard times of late as they have lost three straight games.

Tim Walker scored 20 points as the Sault College Cougars took an Ontario Colleges Athletic Association men's basketball cross-town showdown with the Algoma University Thunderbirds Friday night at the George Leach Centre.

The surging Soo Greyhounds won their fourth straight game on Thursday, a 6-3 road win over the Sarnia Sting.

The city's two Ontario Colleges Athletic Association men's basketball teams are set for a cross-town showdown tomorrow night.

The streak was bound to end sooner or later. The Soo Jr. Greyhounds dropped their first game since a 4-3 loss in Sudbury back in the middle of October Tuesday night at Memorial Gardens. The defending champion Rayside Balfour Sabrecats handed the Jr.