Straight from the hip
[caption id="attachment_6033" align="alignleft" width="132"] Mike McArthur[/caption]The summer pastime has already arrived as Major League Baseball is off and running and today I’m going to give my 18 picks that have
Sports Shorts
Jessica Jibb PatersonI have seen Jessica Jibb Paterson running around the streets of New Liskeard on her lunch hours, after work, and on weekends as she prepares for running competitions.This past weekend she was in Hamilton to participate in the Around The Bay Road Race (30
A Bear for hockey – 40 years and counting
Steven Larocque Speaker Reporter [caption id="attachment_12083" align="alignleft" width="285"] Rick Barron[/caption]TEMISKAMING SHORES – The Pedersen Pee Wees will be led at their Ontario Hockey Federation (OHF) championship
Take flight with DU Dinner May 6
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Special) – The 31st annual Ducks Unlimited Dinner takes place in New Liskeard Friday, May 6.Doors open at the Horne Granite Centre at 5:30 p.m. followed by dinner at 7 o’clock.Organizer Pete Gilboe says the meal will be catered by Steak Villa/Green
Cobalt-haileybury Curling club report
[gallery ids="12095,12094"]The 2016 version of the Blarney Mixed Spiel at the Cobalt-Haileybury Curling Club (CHCC) came to a rockin’ close on Sunday, March 20, with semifinal and final action featured in the two final draws of the bonspiel.Team Loutit of Englehart garnered first place honours in the A
SNOWFLAKE TO ALL-ONTARIO
The Koch Midget Girls are in the Toronto area April 8-10 competing at the 24-team Ontario Women’s Hockey Association All-Ontario championship for Midget BB Girls teams. Seen here after this season’s tournament win at the Snowflake Challenge in Sudbury are, in front from the left, McKenna Jacksic, Heidi Corneil,
SAINTS AND FALCONS
Alex Date put his hockey goalie skills into action and held onto the “puck” as Jonathan Peddie, left, and Seth Saylor from ECCS tried to wrest it loose. New Liskeard Public School recently hosted an Intermediate Girls and Boys basketball tournament that saw Date and the Timiskaming District Secondary
Different paths await biathlon duo
Steven Larocque Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – For one it was the last time, the other perhaps just the first opportunity, but for both it was an experience to remember.Alexandra Paquette, 17, and Marianne Roy, 14, of the 2344 Army Cadets biathlon team, were part of Team Ontario
Midget OWHA
Koch seeking winning recipe at All-OntarioSteven Larocque Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Experience, chemistry, attitude, work ethic.Those are just some of the ingredients the Koch Midget Girl Puckhounds will mix together next weekend in their pursuit of a provincial title.“Most of the girls have been
Straight from the Hip
[caption id="attachment_6033" align="alignleft" width="132"] Mike McArthur[/caption]Don’t put all the blame on Chicago White Sox player Adam LaRoche for his recent decision to retire from baseball and walk away from