Weight-set

Great results for local lifters at the Ontario Powerlifting Association’s fifth annual Provincial High School Championship in Hamilton.

North Bay students won seven medals, a best lifter award, and St. Joseph-Scollard Hall won the 2016 OPA High School team trophy.

In the female competition, Kyrsten Beaudoin and Molly Punnett both won gold while Giulia Valenti won bronze.

On the male side, best lifter award winner Riley Bullet of West Ferris and Widdifield’s Andy Dang won gold while Scollard’s Brady Benoit won a silver and Adam Wallace of West Ferris grabbed a bronze.

(Bulldogs)

A big win for the North Bay Bulldogs junior varsity team on the weekend. At their home opener, they were were down 20-7 but came back to beat the Niagara Spears 21-20. It was the Spears first regular season loss since 2014.