Sports

Standing at 6-7, it’s easy to see why his friends have taken to calling him “Big B.” Justin Bonhomme, a local heavyweight boxer who has a spot on the national B team, recently represented Sudbury overseas and battled his way to victory in Italy.

The Eurocamp Summer Stars' five-game winning streak came to an end in the semi-final match-up at the One Hockey AAA Novice Hockey tournament held in Philadelphia last week.

The deadline for hunters to apply for the antlerless deer validation tag draw has been extended to Monday, July 6, from Tuesday, June 30, due to high demand.

The Sudbury Wolves secured two new players in the CHL Import Draft on Tuesday — 16-year-old defenceman Stefan Stepanov from Russia and 17-year-old forward Edijs Leitans from Latvia.

The Garson Celtics took the championship title in this year's Laurentian Basketball Development League, with a 65-60 victory over the Walden Warriors.

The Wolves have acquired the Plymouth Whalers' first round selection in this year's CHL Import Draft in return for Sudbury's fifth round selection in 2012 OHL Priority Selection.

Three Track North Athletes and a sprinter from the Dharma Sports Science Group competed at the Canadian Senior Track and Field Championships in Toronto this past weekend. They returned with four top-12 finishes and a silver medal.

Sudbury Wolves prospects Justin Sefton, Frankie Corrado, Kristoff Kontos, Adam Di Brina and Andre Comtois all participated in the Team Ontario Program of Excellence Final Selection Camp in Ottawa on the weekend.

The Sudbury Gladiators evened their record to 3-3 with a 34-12 win over the previously undefeated Burlington Stampeders on Saturday. The Gladiators remain in a three-way tie for third place with the Hamilton Wentworth Predators and the Toronto Jr.

The Eurocamp Summer Stars Team won its opening match in the sixth annual One Hockey AAA International Summer Hockey tournament in Philadelphia. The team beat team Michigan 5-2 after being down 2-1 in late in the second period.