Sports

The Huron Lakers Atom girls’ basketball team won its tournament in St. Clair Shores, Michigan on the weekend of March 8-9.

Sarnia native Shawn Burr was honoured posthumously at a Sarnia Sting game March 13 when a banner was raised in his memory at the RBC Centre.

A gazebo that will overlook the St. Clair River has been approved for Sarnia’s southern boundary, pending consultation with the Aamjiwnaang First Nation.

The Sarnia Saints Rugby Club is hoping a successful new coach will help its program take the next step. Steve Thomas, who lives just south of Grand Bend, has taken over as Club Coach with the Saints.

In the basement of a local fitness facility, Boady Santavy trains under the watchful eye of his father and grandfather.

Julia Greenshields racks up lots of air miles playing rugby. Her passport has taken her all across the U.S. as well as England, Barbados, The Netherlands, Dubai, Poland and Cayman Islands, among others.

By Dan McCaffery Special to The Journal When Sean Parker went down with a catastrophic hockey injury last October, his first instinct was to jump back up.