Local Sports

It may not have reached 10 degrees Celsius outside like organizers hoped, but the 3-on-3 basketball tournament June 6 in the City Centre Mall parking lot certainly showed some sizzle.

Most people aren't thinking about skating at this time of the year, but Skate Thompson's new executive is actively working on next skating season's programs and events.

Brooke Lychuk of R.D. Parker Collegiate claimed the top result for her school at the 2009 Manitoba High Schools Athletic Association MILK provincial championships in Winnipeg June 5-6, clearing 1.45 metres in the varsity girls' high jump.

High Output blasted its way to the top of the 13-team heap at the first Family Classic Paintball Tournament June 6 at Juniper Field, amassing a total of 1,266 points to get past Cold Front, which collected 1,142.

R.D. Parker Collegiate's athletes of the month for June are at opposite ends of their high school sports careers but both are being recognized for ending the school year with top-10 finishes at the high school track provincials in Selkirk June 7-9.

Thompson-born Jennifer Saunders, who learned to play racquetball at the Thompson Recreation Centre under the tutelage of Stu Jobe, is once again at the pinnacle of the Canadian racquetball scene, having captured her third women's national championshi

Summer basketball returns to Thompson June 5 as R.D. Parker Collegiate's Trojans basketball brings back Hoop-It-Up and then puts on the second-annual 3-on-3 basketball tournament the following day, both in the parking lot of City Centre Mall.

The R.D. Parker Collegiate track team placed second in the team competition at the Zone 11 high school track and field championships May 22-23 in The Pas, finishing behind Hapnot Collegiate Institute of Flin Flon.