Sports

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.

Greater Sudbury's Tessa Bonhomme has firmly entrenched herself into the women's hockey record books at Ohio State University.

Runners and walkers of all levels are welcome to participate in Northern Ontario's largest distance event on May 4, 2008, the SudburyROCKS Race, Run, or Walk for Diabetes.

The 2008 NOSSA senior and junior boys' AAA basketball championship was contested in Greater Sudbury this past weekend and it left a bad taste in the mouths of locals. The event was hosted by Lasalle Secondary School.

Local swimmers are looking to create a tidal wave at the Junior Short Course Provincial Championships this week.

OFSAA Championships Three major OFSAA championships take place this week. Alpine skiing runs from Feb. 25 to 26 at Blue Mountain in Collingwood. The Nordic skiing championships take place in North Bay from Feb. 28 to 29.

BY SCOTT HADDOW Mike Mascioli isn't liked by opposing teams in the OHL, and that's the way he likes it.

The Laurentian University lady Vees basketball team lost 64-61 to the York Lions on Wednesday in the East Division semi-final game.

The Valley East Rebels novice hockey team is on a rampage and they have no intentions of stopping.