Sports Digest
Novice and Atom teams featured in Challenge CupTEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) - The Temiskaming Shores Minor Hockey Association (TSMHA) will host the 16-team Wilson Chevrolet Buick GMC Challenge Cup from January 24- 26.Six Atom and 10 Novice House League teams will compete at the Haileybury Arena and the Don Shepherdson Memorial
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Setting the bar
Performance an element of Strongman competitionSteven Larocque Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – You know you’re in the north when... a blowtorch becomes an integral part of your warm-up.A visitor noticed the procedure on a recent winter’s afternoon visit to Fern Boucher’s Strongman Gym in North Cobalt.He needed the blowtorch to heat the
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Advantage Cubs
Power plays propel New Liskeard over TimminsTEMISKAMING SHORES – Prior to last Saturday’s game against the Timmins Majors, New Liskeard Cub head coach Dan McDonald said his team needed to “come out and dictate the play from the opening faceoff.”So how did the January 18 game go?“We did a really
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“Friendlies”
Breaking new trails for high school skiersSteven Larocque Speaker Reporter COLEMAN TOWNSHIP – With their pole positions determined, drivers approached the start….Wait, wrong poles.Skiers, high school skiers to be precise, took to the starting line, poles in hand, for a relatively new event at the Temiskaming Nordic Ski Club (TNSC) on January
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Different Strokes
Coaches and skaters from the New Liskeard Skating Club are busy getting ready for the James Bay Competition at the end of the month, hosted by the Haileybury Figure Skating Club.The NLSC will have a special James Bay Preview Saturday, January 18, at the Don Shepherdson Memorial Arena.The hour-long show
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Gold and Silver
Outstanding results for TNT racers at Ontario CupCOLLINGWOOD (Special) - Six Temiskaming Nordic Team (TNT) racers participated in the first Ontario Cup cross-country ski races of the season at Highlands Nordic near Collingwood December 28-30.They returned bearing valuable hardware for their efforts.PARA-NORDIC
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Eberts dim the Stars twice
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Special) - The Ebert Welding Bantams returned to North Eastern Ontario Hockey Association (NEOHA) action when they hosted the Timmins North Stars for a pair of games at the Don Shepherdson Memorial Arena January 11.EBERTS 4 STARS 1Mason Axcell put Eberts on the board with help from linemates
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Nordic News
By Lynn Gibson, TNSC Public Relations DirectorAccording to the long-range weather forecast, it looks like a perfect month for skiing at the Temiskaming Nordic Ski Club (TNSC). Let’s hope Mother Nature keeps on giving us these great temperatures and the right amount of snow, so that our trail system remains
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Straight from the hip
The 2014 men’s hockey team has now been selected for the Sochi Olympics in February so why all the fuss over who WASN’T selected, mainly by the media folks who might have been proven wrong with their picks - so what?No matter how many seasoned hockey coaches and general managers
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Sport Shorts – Defending Gold
The roster for Team Canada’s men’s Olympic hockey squad heading to the Sochi, Russia Winter Olympics has been announced.We anticipated this announcement once the American squad was named the day of the National Hockey League Winter Classic in Detroit.Wasn’t the Winter Classic a terrific hockey moment?Nice to see the Toronto
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