Local Sports

A definite local touch will be evident when the Soo Greyhounds open their 2002 Ontario Hockey League training camp on Aug. 26. A number of local products will be among the 36 players who'll be a part of the Hound camp.

Ten days and counting. August 28, to be exact. That's when 36 players will take to the ice for the start of the Soo Greyhounds' Ontario Hockey League training camp.

The Sault Minor Football Association has announced its award winners for the 2002 season. In tyke division, Brian Nanne was named most valuable player while Todd Wagner won rookie of the year.

A season high crowd at Laird spent a long night at the track but Terry McClelland wasn't about to complain.

Joe Ceglie says his team isn't getting too caught up in its Ontario Cup quarter-final win of Sunday. Rather, the coach of the Pino's under-19 girls Civic soccer team is focusing on the Ontario Cup semis, which will be played in Markham on Aug. 25.

Subway got 12 points from Jamie Ross and eight apiece from B.J. Denneny, Matt King, Trevor LaForrest and Patrick Murray to upend Aurora's 51-42 and win the boys division championship of the Algoma Basketball Association summer league on Sunday.

The Pino's under-19 girls Sault Civic soccer club has advanced to Ontario Cup semi-final action in Markham on Aug. 25. The locals upended the home-field Scarborough Predators 2-1 in quarter-final play on Sunday to earn the semi-final berth.

A former Greyhound general manager is the point man for a group of investors looking to purchase the NHL Buffalo Sabres, SooToday.com has learned.

Terry McClelland looks poised to make his run up the standings as the late model stock car driver captured the feature race on Thursday night at Laird International Raceway.

Who says you can't trade with your old team? Kitchener Rangers' hockey boss Peter DeBoer has proved otherwise.