Sports

It's a busy time of year for high school athletes.

No one ever said winning playoff basketball games is easy and it certainly won't be for either Laurentian University basketball squad.

BY JASON THOMPSON   Even though the Peterborough Petes suffered a shoot-out loss at the hands of the Sudbury Wolves Sunday, Yves Bastien was all smiles as he exited the visitor's locker room after the game.

BY KEITH LACEY Sunday is Aleisha Hart's favourite day of the week because that's the only day she doesn't spend hours at gym working out.

BY SCOTT HADDOW Hey OHL fans, it's time to serve up another heap of news, stats and notes. Let's start with some Sudbury Wolves stuff first.

A sold out crowd of over 5700 fans watched the Wolves win their second game of the weekend with a 3-2 shoot-out victory over the Peterborough Petes. Peterborough scored first with a goal from Justin Soryal.

In a back and forth game, the Sudbury Wolves squeezed out a 4-3 win over the Plymouth Whalers on Friday night. Plymouth got on the board first with a power play marker from Jared Boll.

BY SCOTT HADDOW Battle Report There are no easy games down the stretch for the Sudbury Wolves. As the playoffs approach and teams get that hunger for glory, games become tighter and harder to win. Tonight, the Wolves face off against Plymouth.

BY SCOTT HADDOW Experience counts for a lot in curling.

BY SCOTT HADDOW Cambrian College men's basketball point guard Mitch Mallette is making up for lost time. After transferring from Sault College two seasons ago, Mallette was forced, because of OCAA rules, to sit out the entire 2005-06 season.