Sports

A 17-year-old from Sarnia, who has been bowling from the age of three, is rising in the ranks. Rachel McGrath is ranked 5th in Ontario in her U21 age group and 38th nationally in all age groups.

Niles Darrius Crews of Northern Collegiate explodes from the starting blocks in the boys 4x400 open relay at the OFSSAA West Regional Track and Field Championship at Windsor’s Alumni Field on May 30.

Hiawatha Horse Park will offer 21 live race dates on Thursdays and Saturdays starting June 28, the Ontario Racing Commission has announced.

Dave Brubaker has a new job. The club director and head coach at Sarnia's Bluewater Gymnastics for the past 29 years has been named national team director for women's artistic gymnastics with Gymnastics Canada. “It's an exciting time,” said Brubaker.

The OFSSAA West Regional track and field championships are taking place at Alumni Field in Windsor.

The Huron Lakers sent five teams to the Gus Macker 3-on-3 basketball tournament in Port Huron May 24-25 and the Sarnia teams swept the medals, finishing first, second and third.

A little-used Afton Drive park is about to become an active soccer pitch again. Sarnia’s GallaDev Soccer Academy has received permission to use Woodstone Park for its boys and girls soccer programs.

The first overall pick in the 2014 Ontario Hockey League Priority Selection last month has agreed to terms on a player agreement and education package with the Sarnia Sting.

Sarnia's Northern Collegiate was nosed out by LaSalle's Sandwich Secondary School for the overall SWOSSA high school track and field title on May 23.

Local students were introduced to a variety of different sports during the Sports Day Multicultural Elementary Games.