NEOAA CHAMPS
The Senior Girls from Timiskaming District Secondary School recently won the North Eastern Ontario Athletic Association volleyball championship for AA schools. They went on to Thunder Bay March 3-5 for the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations provincial volleyball playdowns but were unable to advance out of the round robin.
TNSC Jackrabbit Day
Julianna Hartzke (left) needed to steady herself on an incline with Emmersyn Tuinema in back watching her progress. The young skiers participated in the first Jackrabbit day at the TNSC earlier this season. The club is hosting the Jackrabbit Olympics on Sunday, March 16. (Staff photo by Steven Larocque)
From the Hack
The Men’s and Mixed Steam Whistle League Draws for the second half of the season finished up the week of February 24 at the Cobalt-Haileybury Curling Club.Leading the second half in the Men’s Draw was Marc Hurtubise with Luke Mayhew and Shawn Hearn tied for second.In the second half Mixed
Lions in NOHA hunt in Kapuskasing
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – The New Liskeard Lions will be on the prowl in Kapuskasing March 14-16.The team is vying for the Northern Ontario Hockey Association (NOHA) Midget A title with five other squads.The Lions are in Group B with Porcupine and Wawa.New Liskeard will take on Group A teams
OFSAA experience
Spartans make moves at provincial basketball playoffsSteven Larocque Speaker Reporter TIMMINS – Though they posted just one win in three attempts at OFSAA, the Englehart High School (EHS) Spartans found plenty of positives to take away from the tourney and, indeed, their season.“We were seeded in the bottom half of the draw
Sport Shorts
ALL ONTARIO BOUNDThe Ebert Welding Bantam Puckhounds and the Wilson Buick GMC Atom Puckhounds are now heading to their All Ontario Championships after having defeated Hearst in their Northern Ontario Hockey Association Championships this past weekend.I was at the arena to watch Rick Barron’s bantams win convincingly against Hearst. My
Straight from the hip
The annual National Hockey League’s trade deadline is now history, so here are the winners and losers after the dust has settled although, until we see these players perform on their new teams, the jury is still out. Here my five top trades that should work out for playoff time:1.
Horne granite report
The winners of the Horne Granite Brier (Freebie) sponsored by Tench MacDiarmid Insurance and held March 7-8 were Neal Loach, Ed Willard, Roger Moreau and Brian Flaxey.Other sponsors who contributed to the event were The Brick, NorthernTel, Temiskaming Square, Clean Scene, Active 1 Source for Sports, Midas, CJTT, UPI, Yves
Nordic news
By Lynn Gibson, TNSC Public Relations DirectorThe trails at the Temiskaming Nordic Ski Club (TNSC) are fabulous and the weather is amazing too, so come out and ski. The season isn’t over yet!If we are lucky, we will be skiing through the middle of April. Skiing in warmer weather is
Happy Trails
TNSC hosts successful Ontario championshipSteven Larocque Speaker Reporter COLEMAN TOWNSHIP – More than 120 young cross-country skiers were off to the races at the Temiskaming Nordic Ski Club (TNSC) in Coleman Township last weekend.The club hosted the Ontario Midget Championships March 1 and 2 for skiers aged 10-14 from across Ontario and