Local Sports

Manitoba's provincial peewee lacrosse team, which included Thompsonites Taylor Ritchie and goaltender Glenn Shatford on its roster, won two of nine games at the peewee lacrosse nationals Aug. 3-9 in Whitby, Ont.

TeamWinsTiesLossesPoints Hydro Diggers1002110 Storm902100 No Fear70385 Whoa We Wa70385 Lunatics70175 Bandits50575 The Brick50575 Bald & the Beautiful50575 Get R Dun50575 Porkbellies60270 Renegades60270 Sluggers40670 Nosey's Bobcats30660 Purple Cobras

Charlene Simes captured the 2009 Thompson Golf Club's ladies' club championship Aug. 9, finishing at the top of the championship flight ahead of runners-up Amy Portey and Marlene Dram.

One-time Norman Northstars teammates Brent Wilson of Norway House and Doug McLeod of Cross Lake were involved in off-season trades in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League in July.

The AAA midget Northern Northstars team had the chance to hone their skills and condition themselves from Aug. 17 to 21 as part of the team's summer training program held every summer at the C. A. Nesbitt Arena.

Deputy fire chief Kane Doran will be headed east to Gaspé, Que. next month to take part in the Scott FireFit Championships, a competition based on firefighting tasks used in emergency situations.

Kenton Fayant and Madison Murray were the boys' and girls' overall champions at the junior club championship Aug. 16 at the Thompson Golf Club.

Team Toba, the province's midget boys softball team with nine northerners on its roster, couldn't pick up a win at the national fastpitch championships Aug. 2-9 in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.

Kane Doran, who was appointed deputy fire chief of EMS with the City of Thompson on June 22, and has worked with the Thompson EMS for two years now, is still able to find time in his busy schedule to guide students in a sport he loves - track and fie