Horne granite report
From March 7-9 the Horne Granite Centre is holding The Horne Granite Brier (Freebie). The cost to enter will be $20 a person for the supper. Teams will be playing for a trophy. The club would like 16 men’s teams and eight ladies. All teams are welcome. The Signup sheet
NEOAA basketball
Spartans hope home court sparks trip to OFSAASteven Larocque Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART – One win.That’s all it’ll take on Thursday for the Englehart High School (EHS) Spartans to make a long awaited trip to the provincial Boys basketball championship.The Senior squad is hosting the four-team North Eastern Ontario Athletic Association (NEOAA) regional
Weekend split
Cubs and Flyers to decide first round series at The ShepSue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — The New Liskeard Cubs and the Kapuskasing Flyers will meet Wednesday evening, February 19, at the Don Shepherdson Memorial Arena in a winner-take-all game three matchup to decide the first-round winner of their quarter-final series.In
Sport Shorts
Allow me in my humble capacity as a sport and recreation enthusiast to award the City of Temiskaming Shores Recreation/Leisure Services Department a gold medal for their performance last week during a public meeting held at the Riverside Place.What a fantastic idea to host a public meeting concerning recreation to
Eberts take the long road for Bantam action
DISTRICT (Special) - The Ebert Welding Bantam Puckhounds travelled north early Saturday morning, February 15, for a tiring four-game road trip to Hearst and Kapuskasing, coming home with a win, loss and a pair of ties.EBERTS 2 HLK 2In the first game with the Hearst Lumber Kings the teams skated
Straight from the hip
Coming soon to all parents of minor league hockey players in Ontario could be a mandatory training program which is now in full swing by the Ontario Minor Hockey Association, but for now has been rejected by the Greater Toronto Hockey League. However, they continue to look at the plan
Eight for Eight
Julia Hall passes the ball to a setter with teammates Megan Brown-LaCarte (#18), and Jordan McVittie (6) watching the play. The Senior Girls from Timiskaming District Secondary School hosted a volleyball tournament February 5 and came away with eight of a possible eight points on the day. Ecole secondaire catholique
Playoff picture
Cubs to play best-of-three series against Kap FlyersSue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — The 2013-14 regular season is now in the rearview mirror for the New Liskeard Cubs as they grab hold of the steering wheel and drive their own bus forward into the Great North Midget League (GNML) playoff
Out of bounds
Temiskaming not in new bear management planDiane Johnston Speaker Reporter EARLTON – A proposal to reinstate a limited spring bear hunt is “purely political,” says Timiskaming-Cochrane MPP John Vanthof.Temiskaming is not included in the proposed pilot project.But its omission is no big loss “because what they’re proposing isn’t really going to work
OWNING THE PODIUM
With a couple of competitions yet to go, eight-year-old Alexandra Melong of Haileybury had already won two silver medals at the James Bay Competition. “She skated the best she’s ever skated,” said her mom, Tia Leppala, as she snapped a photo of her daughter atop the medal podium. The Haileybury