Sports

BY SCOTT HADDOW I've heard the proverb "It takes a whole village to raise a child" a lot over the past few years.

GymZone Family Fitness Centre, Home of the Sudbury Laurels, will be hosting the 2008 Raise the Bar Gym Challenge, their annual Provincial Invitational on Saturday, April 12 (8:30 am to 9 pm) and Sunday, April 13 ( 9 am to 3 pm) at the GymZone Family

BY SCOTT HADDOW The next potentially great Russian superstar in hockey could be unleashing his wicked talents on the OHL for the Sudbury Wolves. This mind-blowing scenario could happen as soon as the 2008-09 season.

BY KENT CORNESS Most girls in junior high school don't need an excuse to wear pink, so when Sacre-Coeur coach John Desormeaux asked his Junior Lady Vees to wear all pink in support of breast cancer awareness, he was met with little opposition.

Greater Sudbury paralympic downhill skier Jeff Dickson was one of the top skiers at his level this past season, taking medals at events across the country and in the United States.

 The Kal Tire Sudbury Junior Wolves have taken a commanding 2-0 lead in their NOJHL Championship series versus the Abitibi Eskimos.

One of the top high school basketball players in Greater Sudbury has joined the Laurentian University men's program. George Serresse, who played for College Notre-Dame this past season is the latest local prospect to bounce into the Voyageur's fold.

Norm O'Reilly, director of the School of Sports Administration and of the Institute for Sport Marketing at Laurentian University, has been named to the Beijing 2008 Olympic Mission Team.

Back by popular demand, Canadian hockey fans have the opportunity to win the Stanley Cup for a few hours. It will be  delivered to their home for an NHL playoff party by six-time Stanley Cup champion, Mark Messier.

BY SCOTT HADDOW Ron Foschia doesn't usually stick his nose into someone else's well-used hockey equipment and take a deep breath. On this day, he makes an eager and easy exception.