Sports

The West Ferris Ringette Association will be holding registration sessions for the upcoming 2009-2010 ringette season on Thursday, August 27 and Thursday, September 3 from 5:00 to 9:00 pm at Northgate Shopping Centre.

Sean O’Kane struck out the final batter with the bases loaded as Skater’s Edge held off the midget North Bay Stingers selects with a 5-3 victory to reach the North Bay Senior Baseball League final at Veterans Field, Wednesday.

North Bay Skyhawks G.M. Guy Blanchard shakes hands with Trappers president Scott Kile. In the background Skyhawks Will and Nick Laporte wear a Trappers Jr. A jersey for the first time. Photo by Chris Dawson.

The North Bay U11 girls surprised everyone including themselves during the 1st Annual North Bay Challenge Cup especially during round-robin play considering they were the only team that was a U11 team in a U12 division.

Registrations are still being accepted for the 2009 Bulldogs Youth Tackle Football League season.

The ice is about to heat up at Memorial Gardens, with the new Nipissing Lakers OUA hockey team set to begin a pre-training camp for local students on August 28. The pre-camp is also open to any out-of-town students interested in participating.

Boston Pizza snuck by Skaters Edge 8-7 on Tuesday night to move on to the Senior Baseball finals. Kyle Kivimaki had the game winning RBI while Terry Seguin led the offence with a pair of hits.

The ice was packed with more than 50 kids during a pair of ice sessions for day two of the North Bay Trappers camp.

Youth Hockey Development will be hosting 3 sessions on Sunday, August 28th. The times are listed below: 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

The North Bay Stingers defeated the Sturgeon Fall Builders 7-6 in 10 innings on Monday night to eliminate 3 time champions from the playoffs. The Stingers now advance to play Wednesday night at 6:30 p.m.