Sports
NOJHL kicks off its pre-season
By Rosalind Russell – The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League has kicked off its pre-season. A solid effort saw the Soo Eagles skate to a 6-1 decision over the Elliot Lake Vikings Sunday to wrap-up a four-team Northern Ontario Junior … Continue reading
NOJHL releases preseason schedule
By Rosalind Russell – The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League (NOJHL) has set up its 2024 preseason schedule. Presently, 10 of the league’s 12-member clubs have multiple contests on their respective exhibition slates leading up to the start of the … Continue reading
YBC Bowling registration in Elliot Lake
By Rosalind Russell – Youth Bowling Canada is back again this fall season for another year of fun at Northern Lights Bowling in Elliot Lake. They are accepting registration for youths aged 5 to 19 and the start date is … Continue reading
5th Annual Youth Co-ed Softball Tournament underway today
By Rosalind Russell – Mindemoya on Manitoulin Island opens its four-day ball tournament today with 37 teams taking part and 78 games to be played. Co-organizer Greg Lockeyer says the tourney features players aged seven to 19 taking part in … Continue reading
Pickleball Invitational Tournament Results
By Daniel Leger – The June 1st Espanola Invitational Pickleball tournament was well represented with 38 players from four clubs competing. Those were Espanola, Manitoulin, Blind River and Thessalon. The two teams that advanced to the tournament finals were the Manitoulin … Continue reading
Paper Kings’ Signoretti named finalist for CJHL MVP
CJHL MVP finalists announced TORONTO – The Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL) announced Tuesday its Most Valuable Player finalists for the 2023-24 campaign. Each of the five MVP hopefuls were determined through a voting process completed by the CJHL’s nine-member … Continue reading
Espanola’s Caroline Erhardt retires from competition
By Rosalind Russell – She broke records and won many Canadian championships, but a former Espanola athlete has decided to retire and turn to coaching instead. Caroline Ehrhardt broke the Canadian record in the Triple Jump last year and has … Continue reading
Women’s volleyball league moving ahead in Espanola
By Rosalind Russell – The Espanola Volleyball Club had their inaugural meeting earlier this week to see if there is enough community interest and involvement in forming a volleyball league for girls and women. Torrie Trottier says the meeting was … Continue reading
Sports – École La Renaissance Lynx’s stand out in basketball
By Rosalind Russell – The girls’ basketball team from École catholique La Renaissance in Espanola achieved a remarkable feat earlier this week by winning a tournament involving no fewer than six teams representing elementary schools in Espanola and the North … Continue reading
Paper Kings take series lead on Beavers
ESPANOLA, Ont. – The high-flying Espanola Paper Kings continued to click offensively Sunday as they went on to trounce the Blind River Beavers 8-1 in Game 3 of their Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League West Division semifinal at the Regional … Continue reading