Sports

Day 1 of the SDSSAA track and field championships provided drama and record-breaking performances at the Laurentian University track. 20 new local records were set by athletes. Here's a list of the record breakers.

BY SCOTT HADDOW When OHL teams went searching for quality young prospects to fill their bare cupboards at the recent priority draft, many clubs went north. The Sault Ste.

SCOTT HADDOW When Amanda McDonald was 14, she gave up her promising figure skating career and dunked herself into the world of basketball.

Arguably Canada's most prominent female professional golfer, Sandra Post, will be at the Timberwolf Academy Tuesday, May 22nd to conduct two clinics at 12:00pm and 5:00pm.

BY SCOTT HADDOW It's 6 am and behind The Gym on Sparks Street, a thunderous thud sends shock waves through the building. People storm out of the building expecting to see a major accident, but that's not what they find.

BY SCOTT HADDOW The Sudbury Canoe Club (SCC) is headed into uncharted waters and its staff wants the public to help them navigate the proper course for the future. Greater Sudbury residents can go to www.canoeclub.sudbury.on.

BY SCOTT HADDOW Sudbury boy and Plymouth Whalers forward Vern Cooper is a prime example of it's not how one starts a season, it's how they finish it. And what a finish it was for Cooper.

SCOTT HADDOW It took 53 years to build the proud tradition of the Sudbury Spartans, and only a few minutes to bring it all crashing down in one sad and shocking heap.

Open tryouts are being held Sunday, May 20 from 12:30 pm to 4 pm at Collège Boréal for girls under the age of 13 as of Jan. 1, 2007.  This program is designed to develop athletes in preparation for the next level of competition.

BY SCOTT HADDOW When he's not concentrating on school, local cyclist Thomas Hums spends every waking second of his life improving his skills.