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Cahill wins midget award

Moncton Mark's Work Wearhouse Flyers forward Zach Cahill was named the New Brunswick-P.E.I. Major Midget AAA Hockey League player of week yesterday.

Cahill led the Flyers to two victories last weekend. He scored three goals and added an assist in a 5-1 win over the Charlottetown Islanders and also scored another three goals in a 4-3 victory over the Fredericton Canadiens.

Cahill is third in the league scoring race with 10 goals and seven assists for 17 points in 11 games.

Baseball equipment drop-off planned

The Moncton & District Minor Baseball Association will hold an equipment drop-off Saturday at the Moncton Union Centre on Norwood Avenue.

The drop-off will run from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the side parking lot door.

Coaches and players should return all outstanding equipment and uniforms at this time. Anyone who is unable to attend the drop-off should contact Mike Doucette at 866-6436 or mike15@nb.sympatico.ca

Junior Vees host Predators

The Dieppe/Memramcook Voyageurs host the Shediac/Cap-Pele Predators tomorrow in a New Brunswick Junior C Hockey League game.

Game time is 6:45 p.m. at the Arthur J. LeBlanc Centre in Dieppe.

The Voyageurs, who are 1-3 on the season, also visit the Fredericton Falcons Saturday at 3 p.m.

Moncton tennis meeting slated

Tennis Moncton will hold its annual general meeting on Monday at 6:30 p.m. at the Centennial Park clubhouse. The public is invited to attend, but only members of Tennis Moncton will be permitted to vote.

Varitek decides to stay with Bosox

BOSTON -- Catcher Jason Varitek exercised his US$3 million option to stay with the Boston Red Sox yesterday, choosing to remain with the team as a backup to Victor Martinez rather than become a free agent. Boston declined to exercise its $5 million club option on Monday, and Varitek then had two days to decide whether to exercise his player option at the lower price.

The 37-year-old Varitek was Boston's starting catcher for nine of 10 seasons through 2008, except in 2001 when he was limited to 51 games because of injury. He was the regular last season until Boston obtained Martinez from the Cleveland Indians in a trade on July 31.

Boston exercised a $7.7 million club option for Martinez on Monday.

Since coming to Boston from Seattle with pitcher Derek Lowe for reliever Heathcliff Slocumb in July 1997, Varitek hit .259 with 175 homers and 705 RBIs. But he slumped the past two seasons, hitting .220 in 2008 and then a career-low. 209 this year. He also threw out just 10 of 118 runners attempting to steal this year, according to STATS LLC.

LeBron done talking about free agency

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Frustrated by the repeated questions about his future, LeBron James said yesterday that he won't talk about his possible free agency next summer until after this season.

The Cleveland star and reigning NBA MVP said before the Cavaliers' game against Orlando that all the talk is "getting old."

James cut off interviews after being hit with questions about free agency and teaming with Miami's Dwayne Wade, who has said the two have discussed forming a mega-tandem.

"This free agent talk is getting old. It's getting old and I think I'm going to stop. Tonight will be the last time I answer any more free agent questions until the off-season," James said.