Local Sports

SARNIA, ON – It was a long ride home for the Cambrian Mazda Black Sox on Sunday afternoon.

SARNIA -- The Cambrian Mazda Black Sox opened the Ontario Baseball Association Midget 'AA' Championships in Sarnia on Friday on a good note.

A breezy, cool night combined with great racing action to entertain the fans at Kinross Speedpark in week 15 of the 2006 season.

The St. Mary's Knights girls basketball teams will hit the floor on Monday with tryouts in preparation for the upcoming season. The seniors will workout from 9:30 a.m. until noon while the juniors take the court from 4-6 p.m.

The Lubbock Cotton Kings and the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees of the Central Hockey League reached an agreement in June, sending the rights of forward Emery Olauson to the Bees in exchange for the rights of former Lake Superior State forward Trevor

The Laird International Raceway season is nearing completion and the points standings are beginning to open up.

The Soo Thunder continued their tryouts in preparation for the Northern International Hockey League season on Wednesday at the John Rhodes Arena.

At 6 p.m. Friday night the Cambrian Mazda Black Sox will be at the point they build for every season. That's when they will open the 2006 Ontario Baseball Association Midget 'AA' Championship in Sarnia.

The Central Algoma Secondary School Huskies senior girls basketball team is beginning preparations for the upcoming North Shore season. Tryouts will begin on Monday, August 28 from 6-8 p.m. in the CASS Gym. Other practices will be held August 29-31.

NEWS RELEASE LAKE SUPERIOR STATE UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS *********************** Lakers will take a young team into 2006 LSSU opens season Aug. 25 at NMU SAULT STE.