SEEKING LACROSSE PLAYERS
The Tri-Town Lacrosse Association (TTLA) hosted a registration and information booth recently at the Horne Granite Centre. Rory Moore from the TTLA said they are looking to fill several spots in each age category, but was pleased that local women are expressing an interest in playing the sport of
Get Active back with Dymond walk/run
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – The second of five Get Active in Temiskaming runs/walks for 2014 takes place on Saturday.The May 10 event gets underway at the Dymond Ball Park with the Toddler 100 metre dash at 9:30 a.m. followed by the one-kilometre (km) kids’ run or walk at
Sport Shorts – Number 1403
Number 1403I was Number 1403 in last weekend’s Community Living Walkathon and it was indeed a privilege to support this very worthy cause.I had been up most of the night before with a nagging toothache and when the sun came up I debated whether to
Sports Digest
ZUBYCK MEETThe Gord Zubyck Memorial Relay Track Meet will be held Wednesday, May 7, at the Mary Vandervliet Graydon Track at Timiskaming District Secondary School (TDSS).FRANCO-ONTARIO CHESS TOURNEYAll French-language schools in Ontario have been invited to attend the Tournoi d’échecs franco-ontarien chess tournament being held at
GNML expands with addition of the Soo and more games
Steven Larocque Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – It’s a back to the future kind of season shaping up for the Great North Midget League (GNML).The Triple A Midget association is working on getting seven teams up and running for 2014-15, again, and increasing the workload for players, again.The
Straight from the Hip
After watching the results of round one of the National Hockey League playoffs which ended in disaster for San Jose and St. Louis (who were supposed to go a lot further than predicted) I’ve come to this conclusion: it’s no longer an honour to be an NHL owner, general
Nordic News
By Lynn Gibson, TNSC Public Relations DirectorWhat a difference one week makes in the amount of snow that disappears. It’s hard to believe some people were still skiing 10 days ago at the Temiskaming Nordic Ski Club (TNSC)!Get ActiveThe next Get Active
SPLASHING FOR DOLLARS
Members of The Northern Loons swim club recently participated in their annual Swim-A-Thon at the New Liskeard Pool and Fitness Centre. The swimmers set many personal best times as they swam for two hours or completed 200 laps in less than two hours. Along the way they raised over
Apollos reach Franco quarter-final
CASSELMAN (Special) – Ecole secondaire catholique Sainte Marie (ESCSM) competed at the annual Franco-Ontarien Boys Hockey Tournament in mid-April, reaching the playoff round.“Although losing out in the quarter-finals was disappointing, the kids played hard and represented ESCSM very well,” said coach Alex Bain.Held in Casselman April 15-17,
Grandmaster checks in with local chess kids
DISTRICT (Special) – Students from Haileybury to Hearst took part in a chess tournament in Kapuskasing April 2 that was open to all schools from the Conseil scolaire catholique de district des Grandes Rivières (CSCDGR).There were a total of 314 players, 31 coming from Haileybury’s Ecole catholique Ste-Croix,