Local Sports Notebook

Along with Sault Steelers action from the weekend, other locals have made news of late.

EXCITING FINISH AT THE PMG CanAm CL16 REGATTA: Following are the results from the third annual PMG CanAm CL16 Regatta:

Results Race Four

3854 Schornborn 1336 K. Sylvester 282 Hall 2756 E. Sylvester 1236 Hill 628 Iredale 2136 Kupers 1143 Dann 1979 Foster 2469 Kirby 2767 Gawthrop 1237 Tisdall 929 Junkin 6738 Hershey 523 Macklin 1186 Mclaughin 1142 Thomas

Results Race 5

3854 Schonborn 1236 Hill 628 Iredale 1336 K. Sylvester 523 Macklin 2767 Gawthrop 282 Haill 2136 Kupers 2756 E. Sylvester 1979 Foster 2469 Kirby 929 Junkin 1237 Tisdall 1143 Dann 1186 McLaughlin 1142 Thomas

Overall Top Placing

3854 Al Schonborn and Marc Bennett of Oakville, Ontario. 1336 Kipp and Ann Sylvester of New York, NY. 628 Kirk Iredale and Mike Codd Toronto, Ontario. 1236 James and Alice Hill Sault St. Marie, Ontario. 2756 Elisabeth Sylvester and Kim Wood of Dresden, Maine and Chagrin Falls, Ohio. 282 Andrew Haill and David Hainsman of Thunder Bay, Ontario. 523 Steve and Andrew Macklin of Belleville, Ontario.

Race Sponsors

Race 2 – Taylor family, in memory of Peach Taylor Race 4 – Gawthrop Family, in memory of Al Gawthrop Jr. Race 5 (Hilton Beach Cup) – Cove Camp, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Kauffman

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FOUR LOCAL GIRLS COMPETE WITH TEAM NORTH: Sault Ste. Marie was well represented at the Ontario Summer games as four local basketball players were members of Team North. Lexie Bordin, Samantha Hunt, Emily McClelland and Julia MacDonald were selected to the team after a series of tryout camps held throughout the north.

Other members of Team North included Kayla Cuomo, Kristy Dube, Lauren Martel and Corissa Blaseg from Sudbury while Kristen Wright, Maggie Atkins, Taylor Morrison and Maria Fletcher, all from the Muskoka area were also on the roster. The team was coached by Mary-Lynn Turk and her husband Erik.

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WRIGHT COMMITS TO LSU: Sault Ste. Marie native, and former Bawating Braves basketball star, DJ Wright committed to Louisiana State University.

The 6-foot-7.5 small forward is thought to be a major recruiting victory for the school according to some analysts.

“There wasn’t really one thing that changed my mind,” Wright told The Advocate. “From day one I felt like I was going to be headed to LSU once they started recruiting me last year. Then they sent me some stuff that I looked through and really liked and decided there was no reason to keep waiting.”

At Toronto Academy Prep School (TAPS) last season, Wright averaged 22.5 points, 12.5 rebounds, four blocked shots and four steals per game.