Windspeaker sports briefs

The bid deadline for NAHC 2009 has been extended to May 30

It will now be mid-June before the host site for the 2009 National Aboriginal Hockey Championships is announced.
The location for the national tournament was originally expected to be revealed in mid-April. But those taking part at this year's event were not entirely certain where the tournament would be heading the following season.
This year's Canadian tournament, which was hosted by the Garden River First Nation near Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., concluded on May 3.
It is believed that only a group from Manitoba had submitted a bid to play host to the '09 tournament.
In late April, however, the Aboriginal Sport Circle, which organizes the annual NAHC, issued a release stating the bid deadline to play host to next year's tournament had been extended.
Those interested in staging the '09 event had until May 9 to submit their letters of intent and bid fees. The next deadline is May 30, when the submission of bids are due.
Bid evaluation and site tours, if they are required, are then scheduled for June 2-13.
The ASC is then expected to announce the 2009 host site on June 18.
The '09 tournament will mark the eighth year the tournament has been staged.

Can the Six Nations Arrows keep the momentum going?

Early indications are the Six Nations Arrows Express will once again be a dominant lacrosse team.
The squad captured the Minto Cup, the Canadian Junior A championship, last season.
As for this year, the Six Nations side kicked off its Ontario Lacrosse Association regular season with a pair of convincing victories.
The Arrows Express defeated the visiting Orillia Rama-Hammond Kings 15-7 in their season opener on May 9. Six Nations then soundly beat the perennially tough Whitby Warriors 17-6 on May 11.
Six Nations is competing in the OLA's 12-team Junior A circuit. The league also includes the Akwesasne Indians, who split their first two games this season.
The Arrows Express are seeking their fifth consecutive OLA championship this season.
The club is led by captain Cody Jamieson, who won the Tom Longboat Award as Canada's top Aboriginal male athlete for 2007.
Jamieson, who was selected as the most valuable player at last year's Minto Cup tournament, appears poised to put up some massive numbers in his final season of junior eligibility.
He racked up nine points (six goals, three assists) in the win over Orillia. And he followed that up with an eight-point performance, including three goals, against Whitby.
The OLA also has five other Aboriginal teams taking part in its junior and senior leagues.
The Six Nations Rebels and Akwesasne Lightning compete in the OLA's Junior B loop.
The Six Nations Chiefs and St. Regis Indians are members of the OLA's Major (Senior) league. And the Mohawk Stars participate in the OLA's Senior B league.

Kamloops to host Fastball championships in July

The North American Indigenous Games will not be the only major sporting event for Aboriginal athletes in British Columbia this summer.
The 2008 Canadian Native Fastball Championships will be staged in Kamloops. The tournament begins on July 31 and continues until Aug. 4.
The host for the national championship will be the Hank's Royals Native Fastball Society of the Secwepemc Nation.
The tournament will feature men's A and B divisions as well as a women's category.
Matches will be staged at Charles Anderson Stadium and McArthur Island Park.
Those interested in taking part have until July 25 to register their teams.
Alberta's Horse Lake Thunder, featuring legendary Canadian pitcher Darren Zack, won the highest calibre men's A division at the 2007 tournament, which was held in Winnipeg.