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The Nipissing Alouettes of the GMHL are pleased to announce that they have added Denis Champagne to their staff. The Corbeil native will be the assistant G.M. to Gerry St-Onge and will help the team evaluate and recruit players.

Josh Dean had four runs batted in and Bill Reid and Jordan Perry each homered as the Astorville Lumber Kings dumped Assante 13-6 in United Rentals Playoff action on Wednesday night.

The North Bay Skyhawks have announced that they will be playing four exhibition games at home during the pre-season schedule. The Skyhawks will also play four exhibition contests on the road. Below are the home dates and competition: Blue vs.

Osprey Links Men's Night - Wednesday, August 15th - Kristella's 2 Man Scramble A Flight 1st - Cody Tran & Evan Burton 31 2nd - Ray Duguay & Darryl Duguay 32 3rd - Bill Stevanovich & Scott Priolo 34 4th - Don Miller & Wayne Dupuis 34 B Flight 1st - Mi

Summer Hockey celebration! Eurocamp's Team 2000 shows off their winning banner from the tournament held at York University. Photo submitted.

West Ferris Senior Secondary is hosting a Basketball Shooting Camp on August 24th and 25th. Barry Brodzinski from Philadephia will be instructing the finer points of shooting.

For the first time since the early 1980’s the Northern Ontario Amateur Golf Champion is from North Bay. North Bay’s Jordie Leggett fired back to back 75’s for a two-day total of +6 to win the event at the Idlewylde Golf and Country Club in Sudbury.

North Bay United under-16 girls soccer team competed this weekend in a tournament in Newmarket. United earned a bye to the semi-finals by winning their first two games 3-0 and 2-1.

Former Centennial Goaltender Alex Auld will be staying on this side of the pond after all as the The Phoenix Coyotes signed goaltender Alex Auld to a one-year contract on Monday. The 26-year-old spent last season with the Florida Panthers.

The Carte Blanche Rotarians clinched top spot in the United Rentals Senior Baseball league on Sunday with a 12-4 victory over the Astorville Lumber Kings. Dale Valade led the Rotarians offence with three hits and four runs batted in.