Sports

Tom Hedican chats with Timbits instructor Steve Hayne during Wednesday night's Timbits Family Skate which also supported Coach4Food. Photo by Chris Dawson.

The North Bay Granite Club will be hosting their annual Boxing Day Family Fun Time beginning at 9:00 a.m. Sunday morning. This is a great opportunity to introduce the sport to newcomers, or organize a favorite rivalry.

Local businessman John Strang, with a little help from his friends, has put Tom Hedican's Coach4Food fundraiser on the brink of breaking last year's record haul.

With donations coming in "seemingly from everywhere," Tom Hedican's Coach4Food Program has broken the 70,000-pound mark, and is now less than 6,000 pounds shy of last year's record mark, with just two days remaining.

The St. Joseph-Scollard Hall Bears Jr. boys basketball team claimed the title in the B Flight of a tournament in Sudbury on the weekend.

The East Nipissing Callander Animal Hospital Atom Vipers won gold with a 7-2 win over East Nipissing Evan's Electric in early December at the Powassan Tournament.

The Powassan Dragons had a good ending to their 2010 season with to wins going into 2011.

SUDBURY, ON – The North Bay Bantam AAA Trappers fell 4-3 to the Sudbury Wolves in Northern Ontario Bantam AAA league play here on Sunday. Steven Levesque put the visitors ahead scoring five minutes into the first period.

A weekend of Coach4Food practices, anonymous sponsors and random donations, has pushed the total to within 13,000 pounds of last year's record hau,l with just days remaining.

Scott Pawson tries to slip a puck past Isle goalie Avery Allen. The puck appeared to go in the net but it was whistled down as no goal. Photo by Chris Dawson. A four-goal outburst in the second period carried the North Bay Jr.