Saturday and Sunday (July 4-5), from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. has been targeted as the main push for the Hamilton Wentworth Panthers’ food drive.

On both dates, First Student Canada Buses has challenged the Panther supporters to Fill The Bus with food for Hamilton Food Share. All food collected will be included in the Purolator Tackle Hunger program at the Tiger-Cat Labour Day game.
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Scarborough resident Ken Oda is the new head coach of the McMaster University Marauders’ women’s fastpitch team.

Oda, a graduate of the McMaster Physical Education program in 1994, is a National Coaching Certification Program Level III softball coach and course conductor for Softball Ontario. He is currently pursuing his NCCP Level IV and V through the National Coaching Institute program in Toronto and is the head coach of the Scarborough Stingrays midget and novice girls fastball teams.
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The Hamilton Thunderbirds will be represented by Jon Saporsantos, Tim Hebner, and Paul McKenna at the Intercounty Baseball League’s all-star game tomorrow (Saturday).

The Brantford Red Sox will be hosts for the New Era IBL All-Star Game as the defending IBL champions will take on a team of league all-stars at Arnold Anderson Stadium. Gametime is 2 p.m. Saporsantos is an infielder, Hebner patrols the outfield and McKenna is a pitcher for the Thunderbirds.
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Forwards Mike Glumac and Mathieu Darche, as well as defenceman Alex Henry, signed one-year, two-way contracts with the Montreal Canadiens for the 2009-10 hockey season. At the same time, Hamilton Bulldogs’ general manager Julien BriseBois announced that the club has signed forward Eric Neilson and defenceman Chad Anderson to one-year contracts for the new season.

Glumac, 29, played in 66 American Hockey League games with the Bulldogs last season leading the team in goals with 33 and posting 52 points (33 goals, 19 assists) along with 60 penalty minutes. The 6-foot-2, 203-pound right wing also led the team in power-play markers with 17, two shy of the franchise record for most power-play goals in a season by a Hamilton player.
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Hamilton Thunderbirds’ Ryan Sharpe continues to excel both at the plate and on the mound and as a result, he earns the Rawlings IBL Player of the Week Award for June 28.

Sharpe has been a solid contributor playing the outfield and ended last week with a .412 batting average. However, he’s also been a solid relief pitcher for the Thunderbirds, with an ERA of 3.00 and two saves.
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