OVERTIME CHALLENGE
Goaltender Alexis Beaulac had a heroic outing at the Waterfront Inn Challenge Cup on Sunday, February 14. He and his New Liskeard Lions teammates battled the Schumacher Cubs into double overtime at the Don Shepherdson Memorial Arena where they were edged 2-1 by the visitors in the Midget A
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EYE BALL
Christopher Maxwell of the Apollos is focused on ball recovery on this play as Ecole secondaire catholique Ste-Marie hosted the Spartans from Englehart High on February 11. The visitors won this game 60-50 while the Junior Apollos won their contest 33-15. (Staff photo by Steven Larocque)
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Saints and Apollos
Devin Davies (21) and the home court Saints successfully kept the ball away from Gradi Ndumbi and the Apollos February 2, going on to win this Senior game 60-24. Timiskaming District Secondary School also hosted a Junior match against Ecole secondaire catholique Sainte-Marie, that one a much closer affair
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Playoff bound
Cubs in North Bay for best-of-three seriesSteven Larocque Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMNG SHORES – It was a tough weekend to end what turned into a tough season for the New Liskeard Cubs.They were in Sault Ste. Marie February 5-7 where they lost all
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Family Day
Learn to ice fish at the Elk Lake Eco CentreELK LAKE (Staff) - Ice fishing is a northern rite of passage.The Elk Lake Eco Centre knows this and they will be hosting a Family Day Learn to Ice Fish event from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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GNML playoffs
First round features new formatSteven Larocque Speaker Reporter SUDBURY - The Great North Midget League’s (GNML) second season starts this weekend.The opening round of the playoffs for the six Major Midget teams will see the top two squads – the Sudbury Nickel Capital Wolves and the
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Sports Shorts
CubsI was sorry to hear the New Liskeard Cubs of the Great North Midget League lost all three games this past weekend on the road against the Sault Ste. Marie Thunderbirds.The team has been in a funk of late losing 10 games in a row and finishing
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Straight from the Hip
[caption id="attachment_6033" align="alignleft" width="132"] Mike McArthur[/caption]I haven’t said very much about the Toronto Raptors of late, mainly because I don’t watch or read very much about them or the sport
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Different Strokes
James Bay Competition 2016 was a great success starting with Test Day on Friday, January 29, with all skaters doing their very best and passing tests or receiving instructions and comments on how they can work on improving.The opening ceremonies started at 5:50 p.m. with Chairperson Andrea Steis,
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Horne Granite Report
Three teams from the Horne Granite Curling Club competed February 6-7 at the Northern Ontario Curling Association (NOCA) Bantam East Challenge Round in Kapuskasing vying for a berth at this year’s Bantam Provincial Championships.The D.J. Edwards rink, with vice Joshua Landry, second Jordan Menard, lead Kolby Fleury and
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