Sports

The Thunderbird Swim Club had 10 swimmers participating at the Aqua Sport Nike Invitational meet held in Montreal this long weekend.

The playoffs are well underway in all three divisions of NDA soccer as quarter-final action took place last week.

A hockey team from the province of Ontario will be in the Stanley Cup final for the first time since 1967.

Here are results from the Osprey Links Couples night two person scramble from Friday, May 18th: A Flight 1st Chris Derochie & Lynn Leduc 34 2nd Mike & Carol Ann Chirico 36 3rd Dillon & Angie Proulx 36 B Flight 1st Ray & Lynn Duguay 41 2nd Dave Viens

The Franco Cite Patriotes picked a great time to find the win column as they upset the second place West Ferris Trojans 3-2 in NDA Jr. Boys quarter-final playoff action on Friday.

The city of North Bay has confirmed that the Sudbury Wolves of the Ontario Hockey League have expressed interest in playing an exhibition game this summer at Memorial Gardens.

Barons and Raiders battle it out on a rain soaked Chippewa field on Wednesday. Photo by Kate Adams. The ESC Algonquin senior boys soccer team secured their spot in the semi-finals with a 2-1 victory over the Chippewa Raiders on Wednesday night.

Raiders Michael Adams (#2 red) moves the ball downfield for the Raiders. Photo by Kate Adams. The Chippewa Raiders NDA Senior Boys Soccer team finished the regular season in a winnnig fashion, downing the visiting Widdifield Wildcats 1-0.

The Northern Wilderness Volleyball Camp is taking place for another year. The camp's focus is on individual and team technical & tactical development, with players in age and grade divisions from 9 years to high school elite.

The North Bay Bulldogs are losing one of their top rivals as the Sudbury Spartans have announced they will take a leave of absense from the Northern Football Conference due to an extremely low turnout of players for tryouts earlier this month.