Ready to showcase their skills
FALL RIVER: Knowing there will be scouts from the QMJHL, NCAA and other prep schools in attendance at the Gatorade Excellence Challenge next week isn’t adding an extra sweat for three locals—nor should it.
Newly...
Career meet for Nicole Wadden
RENO, NEV.: A Fall River heptathlon athlete has had the best meet of her career, allowing herself to become nationally ranked.
Nicole Wadden, a senior with the Nevada Wolf Pack, placed sixth overall and fourth...
Rugby season begins for Lockview
FALL RIVER: The rugby season for the 2017 school year kicked off on April 8 as the Lockview Dragons boys and girls teams took part in the annual Icebreaker tournament they host at Harbour...
Successful weekend for local teams
FALL RIVER: Two Fall River girls helped lead their Metro West Force (Blue) team to the Hockey Nova Scotia Female Peewee AA provincial crown.
Goalie Lucy Phillips turned away 31 of 33 shots and Leah...
Decision to step away “beyond difficult” for LeBlanc
FALL RIVER: Janique LeBlanc has had to make one of the toughest decisions of her young adult life.
The Fall River native, one of the four young women who put the province on the junior...
Dragons land touchdown from Streatch
FALL RIVER: Councillor Steve Streatch has thrown an unexpected near touchdown to Fall River Dragons minor football’s “field of dreams.”
The HRM District 1 representative for Waverley-Fall River-Musquodoboit Valley presented a cheque for $5,000 to...
Nova Central are provincial U16 ringette champions
Congrats to the Nova Central Ringette U16A girls on winning the provincial championship.
The team has several local players on the squad, and will represent the province at the Eastern Canadians in Montreal from...
An unforgettable night
LOWER SACKVILLE: It was an night that Lockview Dragons boy’s hockey head coach Tom Myketyn—or his players—won’t soon forget.
The Dragons, with permission from the NSSAF and the school, donned their traditional Lockview hockey colours...
Cheema athletes looking forward to Florida training
WAVERLEY: While many Nova Scotians are thinking about the cold weather ahead, athletes from Cheema Aquatic Club are thinking of sunnier places.
More than 40 athletes from the Waverley-based club—43 athletes between senior competitors and...
Dompierre tournament cancelled due to work-to-rule
FALL RIVER: Organizers with the annual Bill Dompierre Memorial basketball tournament have had to make the tough decision to axe this year’s event.
The tournament, usually held at Lockview High and the Gordon R. Snow...