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Watt puts charge in robotics competition
Sports | May 18

Watt puts charge in robotics competition

GRAVENHURST - It wasn’t all about grace and speed at the Muskoka Boat and Heritage Centre last Friday; it was also about form and function, ingenuity and originality. Some 150 elementary students from across the Trillium Lakes District School Board gathered at the Gravenhurst-based heritage centre...

Sports | May 17

Shield Sold

The South Muskoka Shield is looking at a familiar face for its new owner. The Shield’s head coach, Dallyn Telford, resigned last month, only to buy the team and jump back into his old position.

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Sports | May 17

Badminton players bring home the medals

Bracebridge high school students brought home two of three medals won in the Georgian Bay area at the provincial badminton competition. Bracebridge and Muskoka Lakes Secondary School sent two badminton sets to the senior competition at the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations this...

Sports | May 17

South Muskoka Shield overhauls its team

The South Muskoka Shield is looking at a very new lineup this year. On Mother’s Day, the Shield chose its 11 draft picks for the 2012-13 year. The players will fill the void left by the over-aged players and those who advanced from the team at the end of the season.

Sports | May 16

Bridge club changes name

The Near North Bridge Club is now registered as the ‘Parry Sound Bridge Club’.  This creates less confusion when an out of town player contacts the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) looking for a location for a duplicate game of bridge. This locating service is offered by the...

Sports | May 16 |  

BMLSS girls kick off season with three-win streak

BMLSS girls kick off season with three-win streak

A Bracebridge high school soccer team has kicked off its short, five-game season with a three-win streak.
The feat was secured on Thursday, May 10, when the Bracebridge and Muskoka Lakes Secondary School senior girls soccer team defeated their Gravenhurst rivals in a home game by a score of 5...

Sports | May 16

Knockout fighter follows through with three new fights

Knockout fighter follows through with three new fights

Spurred by the success of his first professional mixed-martial arts bout last month, Muskoka fighter Kyle Nelson has signed a deal for another three.
Speaking to this newspaper on May 14, Nelson said he is currently training hard for a new series of professional fights with Ringside MMA &mdash...

Local | May 16

Town moving forward with national tournament bid

HUNTSVILLE - Huntsville has taken one more step toward securing a national hockey championship tournament for next year.
The Town of Huntsville’s community services committee passed a resolution at last Wednesday’s meeting that the municipality would become the guarantor for the...

Local | May 16

Huntsville juniors end losing streak

HUNTSVILLE - At long last, victory.
The Huntsville Hawks junior C lacrosse team ended its streak of futility as it celebrated its first win in team history on Thursday, edging Mimico at the Jack Bionda Arena by the un-lacrosse like score of 6-3.  
The win came two days after the...

Local | May 16

Barrie hammers Muskoka Hornets

MUSKOKA - The Muskoka Hornets’ Mosquitos completed their first pre-season game on Saturday morning. They have lots of bugs to iron out as they dropped a 25-10 loss to a strong Barrie Red Sox team. Not too bad for a team with kids that have never played before.
The score seemed to be a...

Local | May 16

Senior team still winless

HUNTSVILLE - This was not the start the Huntsville Hawks were hoping for when the 2012 Ontario Senior B Lacrosse League started.
It was expected that the Hawks would have gotten out of the gate at a better pace, based on their competitive-style end to the 2011 campaign.
But fast-forward...

Local | May 16

Swim club competes at Ottawa meet

HUNTSVILLE - Twenty-four members of the Huntsville-based Rocky Island Swim and Tri Club competed in the annual Spring Long Course (50-metre pool) Invitational Swim Meet at the University of Ottawa on April 28 to 29 and took the opportunity to explore the great adventures offered at the Museum of...

Sports | May 11

Baseball team needs players

PARRY SOUND – The Muskoka Hornets need 10 and 11-year-olds to field a team this summer.
The all-star travelling Mosquito hardball team with the York Simcoe Baseball Association currently has eight players signed up, but needs 12 to 14 to make a team, said coach Cameron Boyd.
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Sports | May 10

Obesity statistics inspire equipment drive

Local youth are invited to take home “new” sports equipment on May 12 to help them get in shape for the season. The Good Sports Campaign is an event sponsored by Family, Youth and Child Services of Muskoka. The aim of the initiative is to provide children and youth in the community with free sports...

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Phantoms find coaches, but  seeking homes
Louis Tam | Apr 25

Phantoms find coaches, but seeking homes

BRACEBRIDGE — Bracebridge’s newest hockey team has announced its coaching lineup...