Local Sports

A young skater raises her hands during a game of follow the leader at the C.A. Nesbitt Arena Sept. 29 on Skate Canada Manitoba Day, a chance for anyone interested in Skate Thompson's ice skating programs to give one of their sessions a try.

Players practise their ball-handling skills during a mini hoops and junior club hoops session Oct. 4 at the R.D. Parker Collegiate gym.

Although the Manitoba AAA Midget Hockey League was formed in the fall of 1984, it did not become a full-fledged league until the following year during the 1985-86 season.

For the second time in the past three years, R.D. Parker Collegiate's girls' soccer squad was seconds from victory and a trip to the provincial championships, only to see their dreams dashed by a last-minute goal and an eventual extra-time loss.

R.D. Parker Collegiate's boys' and girls' soccer teams emerged from their first tournament of the season Sept.

Approximately 200 R.D. Parker Collegiate students took part in the Terry Fox Walk on Sept. 24 as part of Terry Fox National School Run Day, which allows millions of students across Canada to join together in fundraising for cancer research.

The list rights to Norman Northstar Roger Tagoona, about to enter his second season with the midget AAA team, were traded from the Manitoba Junior Hockey League's OCN Blizzard to the Waywayseecappo Wolverines Sept.

Thompson Skatepark Committee representatives Cindy Fleming (second from left), Jake Baker (third from left) and Dexter Baker (centre) accept $500 from Royal Purple Thompson Lodge #276 members Loyal Lady Nadia Portey (left), Honoured Royal Lady Vicki

The Biloxi-based Mississippi Surge of the Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL) announced Set. 23 that they have signed forward Tim Velemirovich for the 2009-10 season.

The Norman Northstars open their 25th-anniversary season this weekend with road games against the Central Plains Capitals, Pembina Valley Hawks and Interlake Lightning.