Sports

BY SCOTT HADDOW Any doubts as to whether or not the Sudbury Nickel Capital Wolves could compete at the Rogers 2008 AAA Midget Ontario Hockey championship have been smashed to pieces after the team went 2-0 to start the tournament in Ottawa.

BY SCOTT HADDOW The Notre-Dame Alouettes girls' hockey team has never struck gold at the OFSAA level despite four trips in the last four seasons to the high school provincial championships.

BY SCOTT HADDOW Redemption can be a powerful force in the right hands. The St. Charles College Cardinals boys' hockey team battled all season for their shot at redemption at the OFSAA level in 2008.

BY SCOTT HADDOW The L'Horizon Aigles girls' hockey team is living up to its moniker this season. The girls have soared like eagles to new heights, the likes of which have never been reached before by any team in the school's history.

The Sudbury Junior Wolves take on the Soo Thunderbirds tonight in Game 5 of their NOJHL semi-final playoff series. Game time in Sault Ste. Marie at the John Rhodes Arena is 8 pm.

BY KENT CORNESS The Lasalle Lancers put up a valiant effort in the final match of the NOSSA AAA hockey championships at Countryside Arena, which saw them take on the St. Joseph-Scollard Hall Bears. Game time was 6 pm.

BY SCOTT HADDOW The OHL playoffs are well underway and the focus of Sudbury Hockey Hot Shots is going to remain fixed on all the local players and former Sudbury Wolves players currently battling it out for the championship.

BY SCOTT HADDOW Greater Sudbury's Jean-Pierre (JP) Mayer's first experience in track and field almost killed him, but gave him a life-long love for the demanding sport.

The GymZone Family Fitness Centre, Home of the Sudbury Laurels will be hosting the 2008 Tumbling Provincial Qualifier on Saturday, March 29 and Sunday, March 30 at the Ben Avery Gymnasium, Laurentian University.

BY SCOTT HADDOW The long list of goals to accomplish by the Sudbury Nickel Capital Wolves for the 2007-08 season is getting shorter but a lot tougher to complete.