Crushers face Bearcats in first pre-season game

Hockey players from across the Maritimes have been in New Glasgow since last Thursday vying for a roster spot with the Weeks Jr A Crushers. This past weekend, the hopefuls were put through both intence off-ice and on ice workouts including four intersquad games at the John Brother MacDonald Stadium. At the conclusion of Sunday’s session, the coaching staff made their first round of cuts, trimm...
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Host soccer team bows 3-1 in bronze tilt

Johnston wins 11th men's golf title
Steve Goodwin

It was a showdown of champions Sunday at the Pictou Harbour Golf Club. Dana Johnston held off a charge by Andrew Nicholson to capture his second straight men’s club championship by one stroke. “Andrew put a lot of pressure on me,” Johnston said after sinking a short bogey putt on the final hole. The shot snuffed out a charge by Nicholson, who scored an eagle two on the same hole. Nicholson, who...
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Local athletes post wins at opening track meet

Four local athletes were double winners last Friday during the first ever Highland Ford track and field meet at the Pictou County Recreation and Athletic Society’s new facility in Stellarton. Liam MacDonald, Meryl MacDougall, Mike Tate, Laura Fox, Daniel Yetman and Taylor Martell each won two events during the open meet. “The athletes loved the track, they thought it was fast,” Society spokespe...
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Lyle Carter had Pictou County experiences before time in NHL
Hugh Townsend

Not long ago an old sports fan said he heard Lyle Carter was being inducted into the Pictou County Sports Heritage Hall of Fame and he wondered why an athlete from outside the county was eligible for such an honour. How easily people forget. Yes, the old goaltender, who fulfilled a childhood dream by playing briefly in the National Hockey League, grew up in Brookfield in neighbouring Colcheste...
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