Local Sports for Wednesday August 8

It will be Manitou Forest Products and International Travel Services battling for the men's championship in the Borderland Soccer League.

Mike Sande scored three times to help Manitou Forest Products to a 5-0 semi-final win over the La Place Rendez-Vous Voyageurs

Garnet Cornell scored twice as International Travel Services edged 3-2 Pharmasave.

Women's semi-finals go tonight with the finals in both divisions set for tomorrow.




In the Rainy River District Fastball League playoffs, Rainy River advanced with a 4-0 win over the Manitou Thunderbirds.

The Royals will face Stratton in a quarter-final match tomorrow after the Eagles eliminated Barwick 9-2.




Another signing by the Fort Frances Lakers.

Defenceman Owen Stauber played high school hockey in Hermantown which went to the State finals last season.

Coach Wayne Strachan calls Stauber a good skater who can move the puck well with the ability to jump in offensively.

Stauber notched 3 goals and 11 assists last year.