Peewee Kings heading to Sudbury for Big Nickel tournament

HUNDER BAY – The Thunder Bay Dairy Farmers peewee Kings are off to Sudbury later in the week to take part in the 40th annual Big Nickel tournament.

Game action for Thunder Bay begins Friday morning at 9:30 a.m. as they take on the Markham Majors.

Later in the day, the North Central Predators from Orillia will provide the opposition in a 3:45 p.m. start.

Saturday’s slate has Thunder Bay taking on Brampton 45s at 9:30 a.m. while the host Nickel City Sons take on the Kings at 3:45 p.m. to wrap-up round robin play.

A total of six teams are competing in the major peewee division of the tourney.

From there, the top four clubs will advance to the semifinals Sunday morning while the championship game is slated for 2 p.m. that same day.