Sports

OTTAWA, ON. - The North Bay Midget AAA Trappers opened up the Ottawa Senators Midget AAA Showcase Tournament with a 1-0 win over the Ottawa Valley Titans.

The West Ferris Atom A Blades hockey team will be selling used sports equipment on Saturday, October 17th, in the Vested Interest parking lot on McIntyre street w, from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m.

The Powassan Dragons invite all kids to both of their home games this weekend. All kids who come to the games wearing a hockey jersey will get in free of charge. The Dragons will be hosting the Algoma Avalanche Friday October 16th at 8:00 p.m.

STURGEON FALLS, ON. - The St. Joseph-Scollard Hall Bears defeated the Franco-Cite Patriotes 21-0 in West Nipissing on Thursday in NDA Senior Football action. Tyler Giekie, Peter Feige and Jeremy Poeta scored majors for the Bears.

STURGEON FALLS, ON. - Félix Perron kicked a game-winning field goal with just over 10 seconds left to give the Franco-Cité Patriotes a 9-7 win over the St. Joseph-Scollard Hall Bears on a cold night for football in West Nipissing.

No, Dan Zawacki isn’t a distant relative of Sylvester Stallone, nor does he have a background in boxing. The newly added forward of the North Bay Jr. Trappers simply hails from the rocky mountain state of Colorado.

Lakers head coach Mike McParland hands out season tickets. Photo by Chris Dawson. The Nipissing University Lakers are staking their territory at the top of the scoring charts early in this Ontario University Athletics hockey season.

Bryanne Paquin had 18 points to lead the Franco Cite Patriotes to a 29-26 victory over the Chippewa Raiders at the Raiderdome on Wednesday in NDA Senior Girls Basketball play. Caitlin Hebert had 8 points for the Raiders.

"Views from Section 8" returns! It's a popular column written by Don "Butch" Turcotte. The former Trappers Junior "A" coach and father of former NHLer and Lakers assistant coach Darren Turcotte will be chiming in with his thoughts here on BayToday.

For the fifth year, Coach4Food will run during the month of December, 2009, in an effort to re-stock the shelves of the North Bay Food Bank.