Local Sports

The Soo Thunderbirds have backed the Blind River Beavers into a corner.

The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League playoffs continued Sunday with three games. The Sudbury Northern Wolves took a 2-1 lead in their best-of-seven Eastern Division semi-final with a 6-1 win at home over the Abitibi Eskimos.

The Northern Slo-Pitch Association is ready for the upcoming season at Strathclair Park with a new look that will likely be favourable with local sluggers.

It is championship week in alpine skiing and seven members of the Searchmont Ski Runners will set their sights on gold.

Despite the distance between the two teams in the standings, the Blind River Beavers have given the Soo Thunderbirds all they can handle this season.

With the North Division title already clinched, the Michigan Soo Indians got a preview of what they were preparing to face in the North American Hockey League playoffs over the weekend.

The Sault Ste. Marie Gymnastics Club hosted the Spring Classic Invitational on Saturday afternoon at the John Rhodes Centre.

The Soo Thunderbirds opened the playoffs with the Blind River Beavers on Friday night with an important win.

The Soo North Stars are champions of the Great North Midget League. The North Stars claimed the title with a 4-2 win over the New Liskeard Cubs on Friday night in New Liskeard to complete a three game sweep of the best-of-five championship series.

Playoff time is quickly approaching as the Women's Hockey League concludes their regular season schedule this coming weekend.