Nick Adams had a plan as he and sailing partner Charlie Coes prepared their 420 class sailboat, Operation Afro Thunder, for competition Tuesday. We're staying hydrated and getting pumped up," Adams said. Wearing sunglasses, bright blue-and-maroon swim trunks and a look of determination, the 12-year-old was ready to put his boat in the water for the USA Junior Olympic Sailing Festival's Northeast Youth Championships.
In late December, early January, Buffalo was filled with thousands of fans, tourists and family members from a potpourri of countries. For those who were fortunate enough to attend, they saw the city hold an event in the hockey community second to only the Olympics: the World Junior Championships. But not only was Buffalo the host city for the boys' competition, it also produced one of the competitors in the girls' tournament, which was held in Stockholm, Sweden.
Penguins star Evgeni Malkin wasn't in the locker room following Thursday's practice at Consol Energy Center, but he certainly made his presence felt on Twitter during Tuesday's matchup of Russia and Canada in the world junior championships. Malkin mocked some of his Canadian teammates when Russia jumped to a 6-1 lead, then fell silent as Canada roared back before falling, 6-5. He's been a little annoying lately," center Jordan Staal said with a smile.
YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC Top-seeded Alexis Filliol of Yakima advanced to the quarterfinals in the girls 18 singles with a 6-0, 6-0 victory over Hailey Campton of Vernon, B.C., to open the Yakima Valley Junior Championships on Monday at the Yakima Tennis Club.
MAINE JUNIOR OLYMPIC CHAMPIONSHIPS
At Saskatoon and Regina Group A standings
Valley View and Oakwood used depth to win the Southwestern Buckeye League boys and girls middle school track championships recently. The meet was held at Waynesville High School. Valley View won the boys team title with 112 points to 89 for Dixie. Oakwood had to go to the final event of the meet -- the 1,600-meter relay -- to assure itself the girls trophy. Oakwood scored 81 points to 75 for Milton-Union. Neither winning team had a dominant individual, but both scored points in almost all of the 14 events in the meet. Each event was scored to eight places on a 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 system with 10 points for first place. Valley View's boys got big points in the 1,600 meters, high jump and shot put. In the 1,600, Valley View's Mike Ball and Jacob Simpkins took took first and second place, resp...
As summer jobs go, it was pretty short. But the experience gained figures to work out fairly well for Aaron Dobson. The former standout wide receiver at South Charleston helped the United States capture the gold medal last weekend during the football Junior World Championships at Fawcett Stadium in Canton, Ohio.
After the Slovenian moderator declared an end to the press conference, the Russian bronze medalist lingered to chat with the Norwegian gold medalist. In halting English, and with many hand gestures, the Russian teenager managed to convey to his Norwegian counterpart how to get to the Russian hotel - it's adjacent to the Italian restaurant. Welcome to cosmopolitan Aroostook County, home of the biathlon Junior World Championships of Biathlon.
Tyler Kolb and his family left yesterday for a weeklong excursion to sunny San Diego, but if everything goes according to plan, he won't have much time for the beach. The 14-year-old Columbia resident is one of hundreds of junior golfers from around the globe who will tee off tomorrow morning in the Callaway Junior World Golf Championships, one of the most prestigious junior tournaments played in the United States.
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