Sports

Paul Wragg of Atikokan and Bev Phippen of the North Bay Valhalla team were the stars of the show at the 14th annual Special Olympics Northern region powerlifting invitational held at the YMCA. Forty-six competitors took part.

The North Bay Sports Hall of Fame induction dinner and awards night will take place Saturday April 17 at the Best Western Conference Centre.

Megan Marcella, the 2003 co-winner of the Britt Jessup female athlete of the year, was totally surprised at her selection.

The North Bay Sports Hall of Fame induction dinner and awards night will take place Saturday April 17 at the Best Western Conference Centre.

OTTAWA — Ontario’s top weightlifters met in Ottawa Saturday for the provincial senior championships and the final team selections for the senior nationals coming up in June.

Lionel Leroy Murphy is the third shooter to be honoured by the North Bay Sports Hall of Fame. The announcement of Murphy’s election to the NBSHF was made by chairman Bill Jacko.

Richard Lachance, a teacher at Northern Secondary School in Sturgeon Falls, is this year’s winner of the Al Brennan Memorial Trophy. The award is given annually to the coach/executive in the North Bay area.

BURLINGTON — What started out as a training camp for provincial level power tumblers soon became much more for six of the nine North Bay Apollo Club athletes attending Tumble and Twist, an annual training camp held here.

Where are you going to play when the ice is gone? The tenth season of the Nipissing Inline Hockey league is about to begin and registration is quickly coming to an end.

Story by John Wilson Jan Faucon has been coaching basketball in this area for over 15 years. Considered an ‘in the trenches’ type of coach, her hard work has paid off as she has been named the George Martyn Memorial Trophy winner for basketball.