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The North Bay Hilltop Variety Bantam AAA Blades nearly solidified a second place finish in the Northern Ontario Bantam AAA league after sweeping the third place Sudbury Wolves in three games over the weekend.

Story by Michelle Baril The North Bay Skyhawks are a team of talent, perseverance, and class; they proved all three Sunday night in their 7-3 shellacking of the Sudbury Junior Wolves in NOJHL action.

Story by Jazz Mathon The North Bay Trappers saw a 2-1 lead slip away as the first place Sudbury Nickel Capital Wolves came back for a 5-2 victory on Sunday afternoon at West Ferris arena.

Tryouts for the Under 13 Boys North Bay Selects Soccer team will begin on Saturday, February 2nd. Try-outs will be held at the Robert J. Surtees Gymnasium at Nipissing University from 4 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Trappers goalie Patrick Rochefort makes a stop in the third period. Rochefort made 22 saves in the win. Photo by Chris Dawson.

North Bay's Nathan Hewitt finished 33rd in the qualifiying for the final race at the 2008 Red Bull Crashed Ice event taking place in Quebec City Saturday night. The final will air live on TSN at 9:00 p.m. and the winner will win $5,000.

Paul Traynor's third period goal proved to be the winner as the Nipissing Alouettes put a stop to their losing streak beating the King Wild 8-4 at the Sturgeon Falls Arena. The former St.

Skyhawks goalie Andre Laperriere makes a stop. Photo by Lucas Punkari.

Try-outs for the Under 14 Boys North Bay Selects Soccer team will begin on Saturday, February 2nd. Try-outs will be held at West Ferris Secondary School from 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

The Mattawa Figure Skating Club sent 12 skaters to Gravenhurst, Ontario on January 18th and 19th to participate in a regional skating competition.