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The Canadian entry in the Junior World Cup improved to 2-0 on Wednesday with a 4-1 victory over Sweden in Piestany, Slovakia.

Name: A.J. Paluzzi Age: 13 Years Involved: 3 Position: Linebacker Paluzzi never imagined being a football player but now that he got a taste of the intense sport you can’t find him without his shoulder pads and helmet. A.J.

In the first of two playoff games last night, Shauna Conway led Smack Daddy's to the finals by scoring a game-high 35 points and knocking out Team Colizza 61-60. Team Colizza's scoring leader was Brittany Denneny with 21 points .

The Junior World Cup kicked off on Tuesday in Piestany, Slovakia and Breclav, Czech Republic and the Canadian entry is off to a good start.

STANDINGS AS OF AUGUST 5th (wins-losses-ties-points) MEN'S COMPETITIVE BUD LIGHT 20-2-0-40 SUPERIOR CRANE 17-5-0-34 U-BETHCA (2) 9-13-0-18 BULL DOGS 9-13-0-18 U-BETCHA 5-16-1-11 NORTHCREST 5-16-1-11 MEN'S INTERMEDIATE TOP HAT 19-3-0-38 DAY-LITE 15-6-

NEWS RELEASE LAKE SUPERIOR STATE UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS ***************************** Husband-wife team to serve as basketball assistants at LSSU SAULT STE.

Wrestling returned to Sault Ste. Marie over the long weekend as Big Daddy T retained his heavyweight championship in a hard-fought battle with LaParka.

Zack Torquato is beginning to make his mark on the Canadian entry at the Junior World Cup in Europe. The Sault native scored a goal to help Canada to a 5-0 exhibition win over the Czech Republic earlier today.

WEEK #11 RESULTS MEN'S COMPETITIVE SUPERIOR CRANE 17 NORTHCREST 10 U-BETCHA(2) 20 U-BETCHA 14 BUD LIGHT 12 BULL DOGS 4 NORTHCREST 8 U-BETCHA 7 BULL DOGS 9 U-BETCHA(2) 4 BUD LIGHT 10 SUPERIOR CRANE 9 MEN'S INTERMEDIATE NIC.

Life goes on in the Ontario Varsity Football League as the playoffs have officially gotten underway with four games played on Saturday.