Local Sports

The Soo Thunder AAA Bantam Major team will be heading into the Christmas break, and their trip overseas, on a winning note. The Thunder swept North Bay's Hiltop Variety Blades over the weekend at the Rankin Arena.

For the second consecutive year, the Soo North Stars are champions of the Waterloo Gold Puck Tournament. On Sunday afternoon, the North Stars completed an unbeaten tournament with a 3-1 win over the Hamilton Red Wings Reps in the championship game.

Minnesota native Jeff Jakaitis totaled 41 saves Saturday to help the Lake Superior State hockey team salvage a 2-2 tie with 17th-ranked Bemidji State in Game 2 of a non-conference road series.

In OCAA action this weekend, Algoma University's men's and women's basketball teams as well as Sault College's men's basketball and women's volleyball teams were in action at home on Friday and Saturday.

The Soo Thunderbirds will enter a homestretch of four games in eight days after a loss to the North Bay Skyhawks on Friday night at the John Rhodes Community Centre. On Wednesday night at the Rhodes beginning at 7:30 p.m.

The White Pines Wolverines continue to be unbeatable in the High School Hockey League after action at the John Rhodes Community Centre on Friday.

It has become an all-too-familiar trend for the Soo Greyhounds this season and it has become tough to watch at times.

The Soo North Stars opened the Gold Puck Tournament in Kitchener/Waterloo on Friday with a win and a tie. In the opening game, the North Stars edged the Ajax/Pickering Raiders 4-3.

The Boys High School Basketball League completed its second week of play on Thursday on three fronts. At Bawating, Jamie Weldon dropped nine points to lead the Sir James Dunn Eagles past the Bawating Braves in senior division action 36-26.

The Northern Ontario Curling Tour is making its first of two stops in the Sault this weekend at the Soo Curlers Association. The Christie's RV Classic will begin on Friday at 12:45 p.m. and will conclude on Sunday with the championship final at 4 p.