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Swimming provincials success has East Hants Stingrays buzzing

ELMSDALE: The East Hants Stingrays buzzed to 12 provincial medals at the recently held Swim Nova Scotia summer provincials. The 15-person team captured three gold; four silvers; and five bronze medals, to go along with...

Cheema athletes haul in more than 60 medals at nationals

WAVERLEY: Athletes from Cheema continued their haul of hardware recently at the nationals in Shawinigan, Quebec. The Waverley-based club finished sixth of 42 clubs from across Canada in overall points for the championship burgee. Cheema also...

Miller wins AJK Sportsman 50; Gilby grabs held over Legends win

SCOTIA SPEEDWORLD: It was an emotional night for one Kennetcook racer on Aug. 26 at Scotia Speedworld. Pete Miller, wheelman of the no. 92 machine, won an exciting AJK 50 in memory of his former...

Konigshofer, Warford, Wilkin, Copeland key Nova Scotia’s eighth place finish at U-16 girl nationals

SUMMERSIDE, PEI: Four ball players from the Waverley/Fall River area, with ties to LWF Baseball, helped Nova Scotia to a top 10 finish at the Baseball Canada Under-16 girls invitational nationals, held in Summerside...

Golden weekend for East Hants U-18 boys, girls soccer teams

LANTZ: It was a big weekend for East Hants Soccer on Aug 26-28 in Lantz. The Under-18 boys and girls clubs hosted the Soccer Nova Scotia provincial championship at the East Hants Sportsplex Fieldhouse dome...

Mooseheads acquire Beaver Bank’s Jake Todd

BEAVER BANK: A Beaver Bank hockey player will get to lace up his skates a bit closer to home. On Aug. 24, the Halifax Mooseheads announced they acquired speedy forward Jake Todd of Beaver Bank...

Sanford, N.S. U-16 girls capture gold at Eastern flag football championships

CHARLOTTETOWN, PEI: A Fall River girl helped Nova Scotia’s U-16 girls flag football team to a championship in the sport recently. On Aug. 12-14, the Eastern Canadian championships in girls flag football was held at...

Six local women soccer players help N.S. to Canada Games bronze

NIAGARA, ONT.: Six local women’s soccer players returned home Aug. 22 from the Canada Games with extra luggage. Team Nova Scotia defeated Alberta 1-0 behind strong goaltending by Ellie Lancaster of Fall River and the...

Hard work paid off for Sloan MacKenzie at Canada Games

NIAGARA, ONT.: For Sloan MacKenzie, not even a bit of sickness could slow her down at the Canada Games. At the Games, which wrapped up on Aug. 21, the Windsor Junction product nabbed four gold...

Kidney, Team Canada win World Junior gold

ENFIELD: A hockey player from Enfield is bringing home World Junior hockey gold. Riley Kidney, who suits up with the QMJHL’s Acadie-Bathurst Titan, was in the lineup as the 13th forward for Team Canada as...
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