Sports Digest
NEOAA SOCCERThe NEOAA soccer championships for both Boys and Girls are slated for Thursday, May 29. The South NEOAA will host the playoffs for A-schools, while Double-A play in the Central division. Teams and times to be determined.GET ACTIVEThe next Get Active in Temiskaming walk/run will
Making a Splash
Waterfront Pool Fitness Centre marks 25th anniversarySue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — Time flies when you’re having fun— and there has been a great deal of fun had at the area’s largest fitness facility, the New Liskeard Waterfront Pool/Fitness (WPF) Center over the last quarter-century.This year
Bernat’s buddies
Local MMA fighter inspiring studentsSue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES —In the ring, Matt Bernat is slim, fast, and aggressive with a serious passion for MMA fighting. His job is to look scary and tough, but despite his tattoos, shaved head and aggressive approach to fighting, he is turning
Carter Antila Memorial Skate Park nears completion
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — A skate park that has been in the works for almost three years is now nearing completion.The Carter Antila Memorial Skate Park is scheduled to be completed by the end of June, if the weather holds out.Excitement has been building ever
Players have good days and “knights” at Franco Chess tourney
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – Ecole catholique Ste-Croix in Haileybury made all the right moves when they hosted the Tournoi d’échecs franco-ontarien chess tournament May 8-10.Hundreds of players from French-language schools across Ontario participated in the event.“I am proud to announce that the Ste-Croix team in the Grade
ROOKIE RIDE
Eight-year-old Ashtyn Heroux of New Liskeard took part in his first mounted games on the weekend, retrieving an empty milk carton from atop a pole and then dunking it. Lending a guiding hand to the young competitor was 16-year-old Emma Bernstein of Haileybury. The May 18 games in New
Sport Shorts
THANK YOU Speaker Reporter Sue NielsenI’d like to thank all the people who commented on my Sport Shorts column from last week.It truly is an honour and a privilege to know so many people actually took the time to read my column.If there’s one thing a newspaper
Season kick off
Tri-Town Soccer Club ready to roll on May 27Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — The start of the Tri-Town Soccer Club season has been delayed a week due to foul weather and wet field conditions, but players will finally get their kicks the week of May 27
Straight from the hip
The last time I checked, Sidney Crosby was the Number One hockey player in the world even after a concussion or two however, watching the playoffs and regardless of his immature actions and frustrations for retaliating after getting mugged time and time again against any team, I ask, what
Sports Digest
TRI-TOWN SOCCERThe Tri-Town Soccer Club season will be delayed by a week due to poor field conditions. The 10-week 2014 campaign will begin Tuesday, May 27. Players can expect a phone call from their coaches starting Wednesday, May 21, to inform them of their first games. Starting May