The Antigonish Bulldogs will face the Glace Bay Jr. Miners in the opening round of the Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League playoffs Wednesday evening at 7:30 p.m. The best-of-seven Sid Rowe division semi-final series will resume Saturday in Glace Bay with game three slated for Antigonish Sunday at 7:30 p.m. The Miners will host game four Feb. 28. Glace Bay won the regular season series by a 4-2 count, while [...]

The Dr. John Hugh Gillis Regional Royals won the Northumberland Region girls’ basketball crown Friday night in New Glasgow, defeating the Cobequid Educational Centre Cougars 48-45. The Royals trailed by 12 in the opening half before rebounding for the victory. The Cougars led 27-22 at the break and the teams were deadlocked at 34 entering the fourth quarter. Grade 12 guard Kelly MacGillivray hit a pair of free throws to [...]

Antigonish Mini Royals competed in three exhibition games last weekend, opening with a 38-18 victory over the AG Baillie Bears. Jessie Weaver scored eight points for Antigonish with Jasmin Desmond and Lilly MacFarlane each supplying seven points. Rebecca Lambke chipped in with four points. The Royals handed Glace Bay a 48-13 loss. Hannah Bance and Marly Murray each contributed 10 points with Desmond scoring seven. Also supplying points for the [...]

The Antigonish bantam Bulldogs won gold at the NRMHA Sweetheart female hockey tournament in Prince Edward Island. The Dogs opened with a 2-1 win over Acadia-West Hants. Emma Boudreau scored a goal and an assist for the Bulldogs, with Cynthia MacDonald also finding the net. Boudreau was the offensive player of the game with Breah MacEachern the top defensive player. The Dogs trounced East Prince Wildcats 12-0. Boudreau scored five [...]

Eat their [saw] dust. That’s the message that Julie Vermeer and her Nova Scotia Agricultural College (NSAC) Rams’ woodsmen teammates delivered in capturing the men’s and women’s team titles during the 27th annual Rick Russell Nova Scotia Agricultural College (NSAC) Woodsmen Competition this weekend in Truro. “It’s a big event so it was great that our team did so well,” Vermeer, a native of St. Andrews, Antigonish County, said. Going [...]

The Antigonish Bantam Royals won the Logistec Winter Classic Invitational Basketball Tournament hosted at Whitney Pier Junior High School last weekend. The Royals opened the tournament with a 47-42 win over Malcolm Munroe Jr. High School. Meghan MacDonald scored 20 points, earning player of the game honours. Brittany Connors added 12 points with Sarah McCarron chipping in with nine. The Royals faced the host club Saturday morning coming out on the [...]

Jo-Anne Doiron was recognized Jan. 25 by Special Olympics Nova Scotia as the coach of the year for the organization. “I was quite surprised when it was announced,” Doiron commented. “It was a beautiful evening at the Cunard Centre – it was quite an event.” Doiron became involved with Special Olympics 12 years ago, volunteering in the sport of track and field. “I had talked with Margie Grace about the [...]

The Antigonish Bulldogs recorded two wins and a loss in Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League action last week. The Bulldogs came out on the short end of a 5-4 score against the Port Hawkesbury Strait Pirates Wednesday at Antigonish Arena. The win moved the Pirates five points in front of the Bulldogs in the battle for top spot in the Sid Rowe division. Port Hawkesbury jumped on the Dogs off [...]

The Antigonish Bantam female Bulldogs completed regular season play with a pair of wins last weekend. The Dogs finished in first place in the North Conference Saturday, at the Keating Center, the Bulldogs nipped Colchester Cyclones 2-1.    Emma Boudreau scored an unassisted marker in the second period and Kerilyn Kennedy fired the game-winner in the third. Cynthia MacDonald and Boudreau assisted on the play. Amy Murdock was the goal [...]

Riverview Royals captured the 9th annual Ian Spencer Memorial/Scotsburn Dairy basketball tournament at Dr. John Hugh Gillis Regional High School. The Cape Breton School opened the event with a 78-51 victory over the host Royals after leading 38-34 at halftime. Allison Keough turned in a 24-point performance to lead Riverview to victory, while Kara MacKinnon contributed 16 points. Holly Scott paced the host team offensively with 17 points and six [...]

The Antigonish Mini Lions, coached by Denton Anthony and Robbie Roach, won gold at the Redcliff tournament recently. The Lions defeated Temperance 50-35 in opening round action. Jack Pittman, the player of the game, scored 22 points and Callan Sutherland added eight points. Also scoring were Sam Anthony with six points and Willie Bowie, Jordan Phee and Alex Le Blanc each with four points. Zack Foran contributed two points in [...]

Antigonish Stoirm, coached by Bernie Wallace and Randy Pettipas, finished second at the Howard Jackson Invitational volleyball tournament last weekend in Truro. The team was competing in the Under-16 category and dropped the final match 25-19, 25-21 to the host Truro Cougars. Antigonish opened the tournament with a 25-20, 25-21 win over the Cougars and followed up with a victory (25-20, 25-18) over the Sackville Sonics. The Stoirm team defeated [...]

The Dr. John Hugh Gillis Regional Royals will host the 9th Annual Ian Spencer memorial girls’ basketball tournament, sponsored by Scotsburn, Friday and Saturday. Joining the host Royals are Riverview Royals, the top-ranked team in Cape Breton, along with Park View Panthers and the Horton Griffins the number-one ranked team in the Valley region. Action gets underway Friday at 5 p.m. with the host Royals taking on Riverview. The Royals [...]

The Antigonish Midget “AA” Bulldogs travelled to Kingston to participate in the Western Valley A/AA tournament last weekend. The Dogs opened with a 4-3 loss against the Shelburne Flames Saturday morning. Lawrence MacGillivary scored two goals and James Briand added the third. Assists were provided by Stephen Chisholm, Dylan Gallant and Tyler vanOirschot. The second game against the South Shore Ice Sharks later Saturday was a 3-2 win for the [...]

Five different scorers hit the scoreboard Friday night as the Antigonish Junior Bulldogs defeated the Pictou Scotians 5-2 in Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League action at Antigonish Arena. “We played reasonably well, although it wasn’t our best game,” co-coach Bill Garvie said. “We didn’t put as much into it as we could have. I didn’t think we rose to the level we’re capable of but at least we kept control [...]

It seems there were a few winners in the recent playing of the annual BurMac Cup. The game, a hockey battle of St. F.X. residences Burke and MacIsaac, was held Feb. 1 at the Antigonish Arena. MacIsaac took the Cup with a 5-3 victory. The other two winners on the night may have been the arena, which hosted 1,534 spectators for the game, and Antigonish RCMP who reported the event [...]

The Casket spoke with Paul MacLean, head coach of the Ottawa Senators, about his first season with the NHL club. CASKET: How’s life going in Ottawa? MACLEAN: It’s going well. The fact that I’m now the head coach makes it a bit different than Detroit but the actual everyday business of planning practice is very similar to what I had been doing in Detroit. The thing about Ottawa is that [...]

Antigonish Royals defeated Amherst 51-23 in the championship game of the Amherst Invitational Bantam girls’ basketball tournament Sunday afternoon. Guard Meghan MacDonald scored 22 points in the victory, while Brittany Connors added eight points. Sarah McCarron chipped in with six points and Elise Breen added five points. Connors was the player of the game. The Royals, coached by Shaun Scott and Lee McCarron, opened the tournament with a 48-28 win [...]

The Antigonish Bantam Lions took top honours at the Miramichi Hoops Basketball Classic last weekend. The Lions faced Riverview, New Brunswick, in opening round action, emerging with a 45-31 win. Rhyley Bowen led all scorers with 21 points. Andrew Milner and Kieran Scott each contributed four points. Ryan MacNeil was the player of the game. The Lions dropped a 41-38 decision to Fredericton with Patrick Bowen the top scorer for [...]

The Antigonish Bulldogs moved to within one point of the Sid Rowe division leading Port Hawkesbury Strait Pirates with a 5-2 win over the division leaders Sunday at the Antigonish Arena. “We certainly came to play,” Bulldogs co-coach Bill Garvie said. “That was evident from the start. We put the effort in and the rewards were there for us.” Chris Alguire put the Dogs on the board at 3:15 of [...]