BY SCOTT HUNTER HADDOW
Here's a salute to terrific recent
accomplishments by local athletes.
Hats off to the Team Horgan Rink from the
Idylwylde Curling Club for their fourth place finish at the
Karcher Canadian Junior Curling Championships in Fredericton,
N.B.
Jennifer Horgan, Tracy Horgan, Amanda Gates
and Stephanie Barbeau finished with a 7-5 record, and showed
the rest of the world they can curl with the best in
Canada.
Wrestling fans are in for a real treat this
Friday as MacDonald Cartier High School will host the Northern
Ontario Secondary School's Athletics (NOSSA)
Championships.
Two kids to watch out for are Chelmsford's
Alyssa Unwin, who is the reigning 48-kilogram city champion and
female Sudbury wrestling MVP, and Lockerby's Jason Cecchini,
who's the reigning 95-kg city champion and male Sudbury
wrestling MVP.
Even though they don't have a ski hill to
practice on, the Greater Sudbury Ski Club is making noise at
events around the province.
Recently, at the Boreal Cup and NOD race in
Timmins, five skiers won medals.
Katie Bissonette won gold in the women's J-1
slalom race, and silver in the giant slalom. Corey Bouffard won
gold in the women's J-1 giant slalom.
On the men's side, Jason Rinneard and
Jonathan Robinson won silver and bronze respectfully, in the
men's J-1 giant slalom.
Finally, Jordan Thompson won a bronze in the
men's K-2 giant slalom.
With another compelling victory over Georgian
College this past weekend, the Cambrian College women's
volleyball team finished the regular season with a perfect 13-0
record.
The team finishes as the top team in the
Ontario College Athletic Association (OCAA) standings with 26
points.
The women will now prepare for the OCAA
Championships, to be held in North Bay from Feb. 24-26 at
Nipissing University.
Sudbury Track North runner Lisa Labrecque has
been selected to represent Canada at the World Cross-Country
Running Championships in Saint Galmier, France in March.
Labrecque will compete in the four-kilometre
team race.
Labrecque earned her spot on the team by
placing fifth at the Canadian Cross-Country Running
Championships back in December 2004.