Sports

Students in the Outdoor Adventure Leadership program (ADVL) at Laurentian University will be presenting a video documentary and account of a two-week long canoe expedition on the Wakwayowkastic River in northern Ontario to the public on Oct. 8.

The Kal Tire Jr. Wolves won their second consecutive game last week with a 5-0 victory in Manitoulin Friday night. It was Sudbury's first road victory of the season in five games. Erik Belanger led the way for the Jr.

The Laurentian soccer teams will travel to the nation’s capital this weekend to take on the Ottawa Gee-Gees and Carleton Ravens. Looking to get back on the winning side of things, the Laurentian Lady Vees will kick-off the action Oct. 3 at 1 p.m.

The Sudbury Wolves will be adding a familiar, 54-point-scoring set of hands back to their lineup this weekend. Overage forward and team captain John Kurtz has been returned to the Wolves by the Toronto Maple Leafs.

The MacDonald-Cartier Pantheres took first place at the first Sturgeon Falls Topper's Basketball tournament was held Sept. 26 and Sept. 27. The girls team won all four round-robin games. Five teams participated in the event.

Team Canada 2010 figure skaters Meagan Duhamel and Craig Buntin will be in Sudbury for several days beginning Oct. 2, to help promote Skate Canada's annual Skaters' Development Seminar.

Local golfer Michael Gonko has qualified to play in the professional division of the Moe Norman Cup Golf Tournament on Oct. 6 and 7 at the Brantford Golf and Country Club.

The Kal Tire Jr. Wolves defeated the Blind River Beavers Sept. 30 by a score of 5-3. Erik Belanger had a four-point night, with Chris Kangas and Evan Daciuk each chipping in three points.

Sudbury's first professional figure and fitness athlete and fitness model, Aleisha Hart, will be participating in a fundraiser for Warmhearts Palliative Caregivers of Sudbury/Manitoulin, being held Oct. 3 as part of The Shop's 2010 Demo Ride.

Dol Turf Restoration Ltd. has won the contract for the design-build and construction of artificial and natural turf fields at the James Jerome Sports Complex, at a cost of roughly $2.