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Is MWBA option for NL women’s basketball?
By Jason Pike The Maritime Women’s Basketball Association (MWBA) is an amateur league designed for women 19 and over and offers a competitive environment under a well-maintained operation including an involved executive and board of directors made up almost entirely of women. No one can argue the fact that women’s basketball has grown exponentially in 2024. The arrival of Caitlin Clark on the professional basketball scene has skyrocketed attention to women’s basketball in particularly even more for the WNBA. Clark’s impact has amplified an already upward trend of fan interest in women’s basketball. The total attendance record for Division I women’s basketball was…
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Basketball life after high school.
BasketBall Life after high school By Jason Pike ST JOHN’S, NL – If you, like me, have followed the basketball landscape around this province closely you will notice that those great players that, for two or three years everyone knew, just faded into obscurity. Sure some of them go on to have at least some type of collegiate career but for the most part those spaces are limited, either because there aren’t open tryouts or they weren’t invited or they lack the confidence or because some coach somewhere didn’t think they were good enough. Over the last few years I’ve…
Take me out to the ball game. Can St. John’s support a Pro baseball team
Take me out to the ball game: Could St. John’s support a Pro baseball team By Jason Pike At any given night during summer in St John’s you can often find St Pat’s ballpark buzzing with players and fans underneath the lights. Because baseball over the years has developed his own traditions here in the province predominantly in the city of St John’s. All all too familiar are the names Shamrocks, Fieldians, and Holy Cross, just to name a few but they hold a proud tradition in the game of baseball within the city and they’ve done so for many…
Is St John’s a basketball town?
By Jason Pike St. John’s, NL – I think the answer to the question is St John’s is a basketball town or not is a resounding yes! Well if that is the case why can’t the Newfoundland Rogues replicate the massive success of the St John’s Edge? Well that’s a loaded question to say the least. Everyone was skeptical when it was announced that professional basketball was coming to St John’s. A lot of hockey Folk were adamant that this was a hockey town and that basketball would not work here, but boy were they ever wrong! On their opening…
Young athletes should get to choose.
By Jason Pike ST. JOHN’S, NL – As a province with only 500,000 people, the number of Youth athletes that compete for positions on teams to represent Newfoundland at the national level is an even smaller pool. As a parent of an athlete and a former athlete, I myself and other people in the same position with youth playing sports, know that when it comes to competing against out of Province teams, we are often the low man on the totem pole. And furthermore 90% of the time our star athletes in one sport, tend to likely be a high-ranking…
School sports and politics
By Jason Pike ST. JOHN’S, NL – When social media quickly became flooded with angry and worried posts from students’ , coaches and parents of the enforcement of a mandatory teacher sponsors for practices, tournaments and games for all school sports, my mind quickly reverted back to 2021 when our kids were devastated by covid-19 restrictions and just about everything sport related was cancelled. As a parent myself, I can very much attest to the fact that our kids were changed forever, and have never completely bounced back from the effects of the isolation of covid-19. The removal of socialization…
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SWIMMING NL ANNUAL 2023 AWARDS
Chris Weeks (photo by ucephoto.ca) and Lindsey Goodland Congratulations to the recipients of the Swimming NL Annual Awards (2022-23): Female Swimmer of the Year: LINDSEY GOODLAND (Mount Pearl Marlins) Male Swimmer of the Year: CHRIS WEEKS (Mount Pearl Marlins) Volunteer of the Year: JOHN GRAHAM (Melville Mantas) Coach of the Year: DUFFY EARLE (Mount Pearl Marlins) Swimming NL Presidents Award: The Port Aux Basques Piranhas Swim Club Chris is gearing up to soar to the 2024 Paris Olympic Trials at the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre! Mark your calendars: Chris will be showcasing his talent in the 100m Freestyle on…
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RBC Training Ground in town
ST. JOHN’S, NL – Seventy-three Newfoundland athletes participated in the Canadian Olympic Committee, RBC Training Ground event in St John’s last week. Newfoundland Olympic curler Mark Nichols was on hand to cheer the athletes on as they competed in specific tests for speed, strength and endurance in a nation wide competition. RBC Training Ground is a talent identification and athlete funding program designed to find young athletes with Olympic potential, and provide them with the resources they need to achieve their podium dreams. With the belief that high performance sports should be accessible to all athletes that are talented, qualified…
Rogues wrap the season
ST. JOHN’S, NL – A record setting 52 points by Armanie Channey wasn’t enough to stop the KW Titans from defeating his Newfoundland Rogues 128-115 on Friday, May 10, 2024 in St John’s. The Titans sweep the Rogues 3-0 in the Rogues third season in St John’s and first season in the Basketball Super League. It was a heartbreaking evening of basketball for the Newfoundland Rogues. Their inaugural BSL season finished with a loss to the KW Titans on Friday by a score of 128-115. Otherwise, it was a team effort for the Titans. Curtis Hollis had 40 points and…
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Newfoundland Climbers at the Canada Eastern Regional Championships
Montreal, QC – A huge weekend for competitive youth climbing in Newfoundland! Youth athletes and coaches from Cove Bouldering and Wallnuts climbing gyms in St John’s represented the province at Climbing Canada Youth Bouldering Eastern Regional Championships at Beta Bloc in Montrea, Quebec. Many firsts. It is the largest team from Newfoundland to ever compete out of province. Seven athletes qualified for the national championships, the highest number ever. Five climbers advanced to final with one of them, Owen Lang, getting a bronze medal. 🔘 15 youth athletes (ages 14-19) – out of 193 🔘 7 athletes qualified for Nationals…
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UPDATE: GROWLERS GONE!
ST. JOHN’S -UPDATE: Tuesday April 2, 2023 GROWLERS GONE! In a statement today from Deacon Sports and Entertainment, owners of the Newfoundland Growlers, said that negotiation to keep the team alive have failed. The Newfoundland Growlers are closing up shop after six season. “Despite the efforts of our front-office, Deacon Sports and Entertainment regrets to announce that the sale of the Newfoundland Growlers could not be finalized prior to the league-mandated April 2, 2024 deadline. Due to unforeseen challenges, and while a discussion was put forth to salvage the future of both teams, only the continuation of the Trois-Rivières…
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NSOs need additional $104 million
Newfoundland figure skater Kaetlyn Osmond at the Olympics. OTTAWA, ON – The sixty one National Sports Organizations that govern amateur sports in Canada say they need an additional $104 million in funding if they are to sustain operations and avoid financial peril in a new report re;eased by the Canadian Olympic Committee and Canadian Paralympic Committee. They say the federal government needs to update it’s funding model which has not kept up with the financial and operational demands on the NSOs. Without an increase to funding, support for athletes at all levels will suffer, and the system will be poised…
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Brad Gushue takes the Brier cup for sixth time.
Photo by MIKE BURNS / Curling Canada REGINA, SK – It never gets old for skip Brad Gushue — the thrill of victory, the addiction to winning, the joy and exhilaration of celebrating with teammates. And so it was again Sunday night in Regina as Gushue hugged his Team Canada buddies and waved to the large audience in Regina’s Brandt Centre after winning the 2024 Montana’s Brier, presented by AGI. Yes, he may have broken thousands of the hearts across the province by defeating the provincial favourites, Team Saskatchewan, skipped by Mike McEwen, in the gold-medal final, but that’s all…
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2024 NL GAMES Full Report
Mar 2, 2023 1pm update Thats a wrap on the 2024 Newfoundland and Labrador Winter Games, the medals have been handed out and this will end our LIVE UPDATES of the games. Hockey There was some amazing hockey action at Glovertown Arena, as the bronze and gold medal games took place this morning. In the bronze medal game, it was Team Eastern taking on Team Western. Charity Hollett scored the first goal of the game for Team Western, with an assist from Rebecca Patey. Western doubled their score in the second period on a solo shot by Victoria Shea. The…
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Carl Lake to be inducted into the NL Hockey Hall of Fame
ST. JOHN’S, NL – Hockey NL has announced its 2023 inductees into the Newfoundland and Labrador Hockey Hall of Fame and long time sports reporter, broadcaster and founder of The Sports Page NL, Carl Lake, will be among those inducted. The late Carl Lake of St. John’s had a long and varied career that took him from reporting news and sports to the steps of government and back again. Carl’s career in journalism started in 1968 as a newcomer reporter for the Daily News. From there he turned his attention to television. He joined CJON-TV in 1972 and then moved…
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Winter Running as an Olympic Sport?
By Susan Locke ST. JOHN’S, NL – As winter runners will know it brings many challenges that a run on a fine summer day does not. The hazards of snow, ice, narrower roads, unplowed side walks, dark evenings and the constant second guessing of how much clothing is enough. Although some I see still wear shorts! In addition to running we have to add other sporting skill to the point where winter running could be an Olympic pentagon of mixed events. So, do your warm up and Lets get started! Equipment Needed: Sneakers, Light Weight Ice Grips, Buff (this is…
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Rogues back in town
St John’s, NL – Newfoundland Rogues Armani Chaney drives by fan favorite Chris Jones of the London Lighting on his way to scoring 2 of his 38 points on his birthday. Chaney lead both teams in the Rogues 110-104 win om London Lighting. Photo by Joe Chase.…
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ST. JOHN’S -UPDATE: Tuesday April 2, 2023 GROWLERS GONE! In a statement today from Deacon Sports and Entertainment, owners of the Newfoundland Growlers, said that negotiation to keep the team alive have failed. The Newfoundland Growlers are closing up shop after six season. “Despite the efforts of our front-office, Deacon Sports and Entertainment regrets to announce that the sale of the Newfoundland Growlers could not be finalized prior to the league-mandated April 2, 2024 deadline. Due to unforeseen challenges,…
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