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It wasn't the prettiest win ever recorded but the Sault Steelers made enough big plays to get the job done.

Sparked by the return of John Mullin at quarterback, the Sault Sabercats turned up their offense to get past the Sudbury Northerners and back into the win column on Saturday afternoon at Rocky DiPietro Field.

A few Soo Greyhounds will be closely watching the 2006 National Hockey Leaue Entry Draft as it begins tonight at GM Place in Vancouver. Garden River product Trevor Solomon is the top rated Greyhound and could be a late round selection.

Clear skies and comfortable temperatures made for another night of great racing at Kinross Speedpark. Several race cars made their first appearance of the season at the track. The Pure Stock 4 Car Dash started the evenings racing action.

Sault Steelers running back Josh Gauthier was honoured by the Northern Football Conference this week.

George Wilson had a night off, but Laird International Raceway still enjoyed an entertaining night of racing on Thursday night. Wilson was suspended by track owner Don Varcoe for two race nights for conduct detrimental to stock car racing.

PRESS RELEASE SAULT SPORTS COUNCIL ****************************** 'Bikes For Kids' gets a 'JumpStart' The Sault Sports Council is pleased to announce that 14 children will be presented with bikes to call their own, thanks to the cooperative efforts o

The Triple Threat Basketball Camps still have openings in thier upcoming camps. The camps will be held at the Bawating Collegiate gymnasium beginning on July 10.

The Soo Cambrian Mazda Midget Black Sox received a strong pitching performance and capitalized on some mistakes to defeat the EUP Travellers 11-2 on Tuesday night.

The following are the Men's and Women's Summer Basketball League results from the fourth week of action at the George Leach Centre: MEN 7 Strong 68 (Jake Thomas 27, Luke Stilin 12) Almost Seniors 60 (Jaime Weldon 16, Nick DiDonato 14) Team Colizza 84