ANTIGONISH: It took him a little longer than some to make it to the Junior Pirates, but Antigonish’s Floyd MacDonald is happy to have finished his Junior hockey days with the maroon and white.
MacDonald, having grown up in Antigonish,...
PORT HOOD: The Cape Breton West
Islanders played their final regular season game last Sunday at the Al MacInnis
Sports Centre, and as a result, the squad finished sixth in the provincial
Major Midget league.
The Islanders...
LOUISDALE: The 41st Annual Freddie
MacNeil Memorial Royals Gents Hockey Tournament took place at the Richmond
Arena last weekend with three divisions participating.
There was an Over 35 A division with
five teams,...
MONCTON, NEW BRUNSWICK: The new director of hockey operations for the Moncton Wildcats of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) has deep roots in the Strait area.
On June 22, the Wildcats announced...
PETIT DE GRAT: The Richmond Amateur Baseball Association (RABA) is planning to have games and playoffs this season.
During a meeting on March 28 in Petit de Grat, it was decided that St. Peter’s,...
PORT HOOD: For a guy with a Stanley Cup
ring and an Olympic gold medal, not to mention past accolades as a Norris
Trophy and Conn Smythe Trophy winner, Al MacInnis wouldn’t seem the sort of guy
to have too...
PETIT DE GRAT: Three teams from Richmond County
distinguished themselves in league and provincial tournaments last weekend.
At the 11 and Under Provincial Tier 3 Provincial
Tournament in New Waterford, the Richmond Hawks went 3-0 during...
ARICHAT: After taking place in the spring in years past, fall high school baseball has begun with schools in the region hitting local ball diamonds.
Currently, École Beau-Port in Arichat, Richmond Academy in Louisdale...
The Bantam AA Islanders will host the Cape Breton Cup this weekend at the Al MacInnis Sports Centre in Port Hood. Pictured are (back, from left) Brent MacEachern, Luke MacEachern, Von Paul Russell MacDonald, Kenzie Batherson,...
SUMMERSIDE, PEI: The Quad County
Strait-Richmond Female Pee Wee A Pirates made history last Sunday when
capturing their first-ever banner at the Consolidated Credit Union Female A
Tournament.
“Imagine 12 and 13 year old girls, and
that gives...