Sports

Cambrian Golden Shield basketball stand out Mitch Mallette has made the decision to make the trek across town to play for the Laurentian Voyageurs men?s basketball team and attend Laurentian University as a social work student starting this fall.

BY SCOTT HADDOW In her first four years of competing at the provincial university level, Greater Sudbury's Leila Angrand established herself as one of the best cross-country and track and field runners in Ontario and Canada competing for Laurentian U

OFSAA wrestling It was a banner year for Greater Sudbury wrestlers at the recent OFSAA Wrestling Championships in Hagersville. Chelmsford high school were the big winners.

The Sudbury Wildcats girls' hockey team will introduce CBC's Hockey Night In Canada (HNIC) to millions of viewers across Canada on March 8. The introduction is part of the new pre-game show, Scotiabank Hockey Tonight.

Cornell freshman forward and Greater Sudbury athlete Rebecca Johnston was a unanimous selection as the Ivy League Rookie of the Year in women's ice hockey, the league office announced this week following voting conducted by the league's coaches.

The Collège Notre-Dame Alouettes swept the L'Horizon Aigles earlier this week to win their second consecutive girls' Division I hockey title and their third in five years in this sport.

The 50th Bonspiel of the Nickel Belt Men Teachers' Curling Association was held on February 22 and 23 at the Sudbury Curling Club.  Twenty-eight teams from Sudbury and other parts of the province took part in this milestone event.

The Snowplate 2008 Tournament will take place this weekend at the Practice Tee Driving Range, located at 1271 Goodview Road. The action runs all day on Saturday and Sunday starting at 9 am.

Swimmers Blair Smith and Stephanie Kuhn of the Aqua Vees are The Keg Steakhouse and Bar Athletes of the Week for the week. Smith and his Aqua Vees teammates participated at the CIS National Championships in Vancouver, BC.

BY SCOTT HADDOW Once Greater Sudbury's Natasia San Cartier starts running, there's no stopping her. The determined athlete is proving this ten-fold at Indiana State University where she is a member of the women's soccer team.