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Hockey tourney begins today

SACKVILLE -- Play in the third annual Titan Your Skates girls high school hockey tournament begins today at the Tantramar Veterans Memorial Civic Centre here.

The eight-team tournament runs until Sunday.

The Red Division features the host Tantramar Titans, Bernice MacNaughton Highlanders, Miramichi Valley Pulamoo and James M. Hill Tommies. The Blue Division includes the Louis-J.-Robichaud Patriotes, Dalhousie Condors, Woodstock High Thunder and Leo Hayes Lions.

Teams play three round-robin games before the top two finishers from each division cross over in the semifinals to determine the finalists. Semifinals will be played Sunday at 7:45 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. before the championship game at 1:30 p.m.

Today's opening games have James M. Hill playing Miramichi Valley at 4 p.m., LJR opposing Dalhousie at 5:45 p.m., Tantramar and Miramichi Valley meeting at 7:30 p.m. and Leo Hayes taking on Woodstock High at 9:15 p.m.

The Mathieu-Martin Vedettes, who won the tournament for the past two years and captured the provincial AAA title last season, have taken the year off.

Softball N.B. seeks hall nominations

MIRAMICHI -- The Hall of Fame committee for Softball New Brunswick is requesting nominations for the following categories: team, official, builder and coach for consideration for 2010 induction into the hall.

Nomination forms can be obtained by contacting Peter McLean at 773-5343 or e-mail to: pmclean@nbnet.nb.ca.

Nominations are also requested for the Charlie O'Brien Memorial Award and the Henry Kelly Memorial Award. Deadline nomination is Dec. 31.

Tigers win in shootout

YARMOUTH, N.S. -- The Campbellton Tigers won just their second game of the Maritime Junior A Hockey League season here last night, a 4-3 shootout victory over the Yarmouth Mariners.

Jake Guindon scored the winning goal for the Tigers in the shootout against Mariners goaltender Charles Grant.

Jared Hicks scored twice and Zack Evans-Renaud had a goal and an assist in regulation time for Campbellton, which blew a 3-0 second-period lead. Ryan Nickerson, Michael Crawley and Nick Gouthro replied for Yarmouth. Gouthro's goal at 17:46 of third period tied the game 3-3.

John Hillier stopped 36 shots for the Tigers, last in the Roger Meek Division with a 2-11-2-1 record. Grant made 34 saves for the Mariners (7-6-1-1).

The Tigers visit the Bridgewater Lumberjacks tonight at 7 p.m.

In last night's other game, the Pictou County Weeks Crushers downed the Summerside Western Capitals 4-1.

Among other games tonight at 7:30 p.m., the Amherst Ramblers host the Truro Bearcats at Amherst Stadium and the Miramichi Timberwolves visit the Woodstock Slammers.

The Dieppe Commandos, who haven't played a game for two weeks, visit the Timberwolves tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. at the Miramichi Civic Centre.

Giants pitcher faces marijuana charges

SEATTLE -- San Francisco Giants star pitcher Tim Lincecum is facing misdemeanour marijuana charges following a traffic stop in his home state.

Washington State Patrol spokesman Steve Schatzel said yesterday that the 2008 Cy Young Award winner and former star at the University of Washington was pulled over for speeding on Interstate 5 in the town of Hazel Dell on Oct. 30.

An officer approached Lincecum's 2006 Mercedes and smelled marijuana as the pitcher rolled down his window. Lincecum immediately complied with a request to hand over the drug and a marijuana pipe from the car's centre console.