Sports

NOJHL extends Elliot Lake Vikings Leave of Absence through 2025-26 season
By Rosalind Russell – The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League has extended the leave of absence of the Elliot Lake Vikings franchise for the 2025-26 season.League commissioner Robert Mazzuca says the leave is due to the continuing uncertainties as to when … Continue reading

Tryouts for Espanola Soccer Travel/Rep Team
By Rosalind Russell – Tryouts for the Espanola Soccer Team will be held this weekend. According to the release, this is not a registration for their house league, but all players wanting to try out must be already registered. All … Continue reading

Two Espanola High School Alumni Win Canadian Armed Forces National Men’s Volleyball
By Lina Vermeer – On April 29, Levi Vermeer and Jason Nadeau, two Espanola High School (EHS) alumni, won the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) National Men’s Volleyball championship! Levi Vermeer and Jason Nadeau—currently stationed at Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Petawawa—are … Continue reading

Team Espanola Soccer ready to go, well almost!
By Rosalind Russell – Registration has been completed, and the Espanola Minor Soccer Association is now setting up the teams for the season.Based on the registrations, there will be five divisions from U4 to U14, involving children born between 2011 … Continue reading

Paper Kings’ Rufa off to NCAA D-III Southern New Hampshire
SUDBURY, Ont. – The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League’s Espanola Paper Kings have announced that defenceman Aidan Rufa has committed to attend the University of Southern Hampshire where he’ll attend school in the fall and play for the school’s NCAA … Continue reading

NOJHL names its annual award winners
The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League announced Monday its individual and team award recipients for the 2024-25 regular season.Garnering the league’s top individual honour, as the recipient of the Carlo Cattarello Trophy, emblematic as the league’s Most Valuable Player, is … Continue reading

Northern Ontario curling champs 2025 crowned at Espanola Curling Club
By Rosalind Russell – A Manitoulin Island curling team will represent at nationals this fall. Team Chandler from Little Current won the Men’s event defeating team Belchior from Fort William Curling Club winning the Northern Ontario Curling Association crown. For … Continue reading

ELAC creates waves in Hanmer
By Rosalind Russell – The Elliot Lake Aquatic Club sent 12 swimmers to the Topfish#2 meet this weekend, hosted by the Valley East Waves. Club publicity chair Shawn Beaulieu says this was the first meet for the club since the … Continue reading

Double banner, perfect season for not one, but two Spartan teams
By Rosalind Russell – The Espanola High School Spartans boys basketball teams came out on top at Nssa. Both Jr and Sr Boys teams did so with perfect NSSSA season records of 11-0 making it a perfect double banner/double perfect … Continue reading

Espanola Minor Hockey moves AGM to next month
By Rosalind Russell – Espanola Minor Hockey will host a special general meeting on February 25th, at 6:30pm at the Espanola Regional Recreation Complex to elect a new president and to pass changes to the constitution. The AGM had been … Continue reading