Sports

The loss of Adanac Ski Hill is not slowing down young downhill racers who continue to represent Sudbury at Northern Ontario Division (NOD) races throughout the northeast.

BY SCOTT HUNTER HADDOW [email protected] Twelve local wrestlers earned Northern Ontario Secondary School's Athletics (NOSSA) championships last Friday at Macdonald-Cartier High School.

Eight members of the Laurentian Voyageurs swim teams are heading off to the 2005 CIS Swim Championship in Edmonton, AB. The four men and four women will compete in three days of swimming from Feb. 25 to 27.

BY SCOTT HUNTER HADDOW [email protected] Four years ago, John Grant Sr. and the late Russ Farnell pioneered the minor lacrosse movement in Sudbury. They worked feverishly to introduce and expand the game within the city limits.

BY SCOTT HUNTER HADDOW [email protected] The Laurentian University women's basketball team is staring down a trip to the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) Championships game.

Cheers OHL fans, here's another round of morsels to digest. (As always, stats quoted are as of Northern Life's Thursday morning press deadline.) Wolves' rookie Ryan McDonough is the leading scorer for 2004 first-round draft picks.

The Wolves dropped a 3-2 overtime loss to the Guelph Storm Friday night, keeping the team winless in overtime games this season. The Wolves are now 0-6-4 in extra time games.

BY SCOTT HUNTER HADDOW [email protected] When Jeff Dickson, who skis for the Canadian Disabled Alpine Ski Team, crashed in four of his first six races this season, he did what he has always done - persevered and kept going for the gold.

The Cambrian College womens volleyball team is the best in Ontario again after winning the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association (OCAA) title over the weekend at Nipissing College.

BY SCOTT HUNTER HADDOW [email protected] For the last couple of years, the Laurentian University women's basketball team has been one the best squads in the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) scene.