Sports Digest
SOCCER FUNDRAISERThe Ecole secondaire catholique Ste-Marie (ESCSM) Girls soccer team is planning a trip to Hawaii in March 2017 to play in the International Friendship Cup. The team will have a fundraising yard sale at ESCSM on Saturday, June 11. They also plan to host a soccer tournament
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TOURNAMENT CHAMPS
The Ecole catholique Ste-Croix Grades 7-8 Girls basketball team (with three players from Grade 6) recently won the five-team A division of the Knights of Columbus tournament hosted by Ecole catholique St-Michel. Ste-Croix was undefeated in the tourney. The team is, in back from the left, teacher/coach Melanie Foley,
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Thundering Hooves
The sound of thundering hooves rounding a barrel during a Western Games event is, to many, an exciting sound. The Temiskaming Horse Pleasure Horse Club (TPHC) held their first Club Show of the year this past weekend, May 28-29. Navigating a sharp turn around a barrel during the Saturday
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SNEOAA/Branch 33
[gallery ids="12661,12662,12663,12664"]Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — Sunny skies and warm temperatures were the perfect backdrop to the first major track and field meet of the season held at the Timiskaming District Secondary School (TDSS) Mary Vandervliet Graydon Track on Wednesday, May 18.The annual South North Eastern
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Joining the Journey
Walkathon chugs along in its 47th yearSteven Larocque Speaker Reporter [gallery ids="12475,12469,12468"]TEMISKAMING SHORES – As the Walkathon approaches its fiftieth anniversary, one constant has been the mix of newcomers with veteran participants.On May 7 there was Nicole Daviau of Earlton, a participant since childhood who once again was
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Straight from the Hip
[caption id="attachment_6033" align="alignleft" width="132"] Mike McArthur[/caption]Finally, after all the bellyaching, thinking there was never a light at the end of the tunnel and life just isn’t fair, the Toronto Maple
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MEMORIAL RELAY
Grade 9 runner Morgan Dufresne and her Timiskaming District Secondary School teammates hosted the annual Gord Zubyck Memorial Relay Track Meet May 4. Sixteen elementary and secondary schools from as far away as Timmins participated on Wednesday. (Staff photo by Steven Larocque)
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Sports Shorts
Len Lear[caption id="attachment_2760" align="alignleft" width="125"] Sue NielsenReporter[/caption]It was with profound sadness that we learned last week that longtime Northern Loons Swim Club coach Len Lear had died in a vehicle
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Sports Digest
YOUTH SLO-PITCHRegistration for the Rural Youth Mixed Slo-Pitch League will conclude Wednesday, May 11, on the City of Temiskaming Shores’ website. Age groups are T-Ball aged 5 to 7, 8-10, 11-13 and 14-17. All ages are as of January 1, 2016. Anyone interested in coaching or umpiring can
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Boucher still meeting the challenge at 77
Steven Larocque Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Here’s some fun with math: what do you get when you add 300, 350, 400, 450 and 500?If you’re Fern Boucher, it all comes up to 77.That’s how old he became May 3 and those are the weights (in pounds,
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