Straight from the Hip
[caption id="attachment_6033" align="alignleft" width="132"] Mike McArthur[/caption]We start 2016 off with two high profile names in the news and sports pages: comedian Bill Cosby will try to defend a sexual
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Cobalt-haileybury curling club report
Welcome to 2016!The busy part of the curling season is the early part of the New Year. Junior Champions were recently crowned for the north, although there were no local curlers participating.Bantam playdowns were held this previous weekend in Kapuskasing. The DJ Edwards rink, which curls out
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Pedersens crowned champs at NobleKing
AURORA (Special) - The Pedersen Pee Wee Puckhounds travelled to Aurora January 8-10 to compete in the annual NobleKing Tournament, coming home with the championship with a thrilling 3-1 victory over the host Knights.PEDERSENS 16 REGALS 1The Hounds began with a 16-1 victory over
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Horne granite report
Four teams from the Horne Granite Youth Program travelled to Kapuskasing January 8-10 to participate in the Bantam Regional Playdowns.There were a total of four boys’ and two girls’ teams participating. We had two boys’ teams – DJ Edwards, Josh Landry, Jordan Menard, Kolby Fleury, Aiden Manners with
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Reviewing the Year
Sports and rec highlights in 2015Editor’s Note: Due to an error, the complete text of the following article was not published on December 29.[gallery ids="10809,10808"]DISTRICT (Staff) – The Lou Marsh Award for the year’s top athlete in Canada will celebrate its 80th anniversary in 2016.
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Sports Shorts
PretenseThe dictionary defines the word pretense as that which is a charade, make-believe or schtick.I like all of those definitions and would say they describe the hyperbole, over-the-top commentary surrounding the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Juniors 2016 Championship and Canada’s chances for a medal.The TSN
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Big holiday break for Pedersen Pee Wees
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Special) - The Pedersen Pee Wee Puckhounds moved into first place over the holidays in the North Eastern Ontario Hockey Association (NEOHA) Pee Wee A League.Pedersens picked up 11 of a possible 12 points over the Christmas break. The boys travelled Highway 11 to
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Cubs start new year with pair of Sudbury losses
Steven Larocque Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – The New Liskeard Cubs are by no means eliminated from first place contention in the GNML, but a pair of losses last weekend could come back to haunt them with just eight games remaining in the season.The
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Straight from the Hip
[caption id="attachment_6033" align="alignleft" width="132"] Mike McArthur[/caption]Top 10 possible reasons why our Canadian World Junior hockey team didn’t win this year:10. Ice surface bigger?9. McDonald likely better in goal
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Saints & Spartans
Randy Beauchamp of the Saints and Chase Stinkowji of Englehart High stretch to the max to get control of the ball in their Senior game at TDSS on December 8. See story page 5b. (Staff photo by Steven Larocque)
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