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The life, death and return of soccer on the Burin Peninsula.
Photo by Jason Pike By Jason Pike Burin, NL – Certain names are synonymous with soccer in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, none more so than the St Lawrence Laurentians. Once named the soccer capital of Canada for winning more titles than any other community in the country per capita. But those days are nothing more than dust and shadows now. It has been 8 years since the St Lawrence Laurentians challenge Cup squad has captured a provincial challenge Cup Championship, but even then the Laurentians weren’t truly a St Lawrence team. It was more of a team…
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Are we having fun yet?
By Jason Pike This past week the annual Beaconsfield junior varsity boys soccer started. I went out with the intent to do a few game reviews and take in some soccer. Last year, this event was split into Tier one and Tier 2, because, rightfully so, there is a huge gap in the quality and ability of a lot of the schools involved and when I say gap I don’t mean just a little bit. There is a massive difference from the top to the bottom in the standings of this league, so it caught me kind of off guard…
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Will regionalization help soccer in NL
By Jason Pike St John’s, NL – In its time that the NLSA start regionalization teams and programs? To truly grow soccer the way it needs to here in this province more specifically here on the Avalon Peninsula should they perhaps adopt the same formula that hockey has which is pretty much you have to play within the region you live or where you go to school. This is done in youth hockey to prevent stacking teams or team jumping from region to region. Thus far it has damaged some programs that so much that now seem to cease to…
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Hard road ahead for the Mobile Monarchs
By Jason Pike St John’s, NL – The Mobile Monarchs senior boys took on the St Kevin’s Mavericks senior B team on Monday night. And it was apparent right from the start that the monarchs are in for a very long season. Only 2 years ago the monarchs were AA senior Varsity Boys provincial champions but this team is a mere shadow of that squad. I’m trying to give them benefit of the doubt, being that it was the first game of the season, but what I witnessed was a severe lack of grassroots and fundamental basketball training. Kale Pittman…
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…
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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When volunteers should move on
By Jason Pike Youth sports thrive on volunteers, that is no big secret, and in a lot of situations there wouldn’t be functioning organizations and teams without said volunteers. A lot of the times it consists of parents of children involved, or family members of those involved, that’s just a given and it is where organizations are able to draw from, but at what point do they or should they move on? I’m all about the Goodwill of volunteering and sticking around but when they stay running organizations for more than a decade after their kids have grown and moved…
SSNL needs to start ranking
By Jason Pike ST. John’s, NL – Many years ago, when high school sports was called the Newfoundland High School athletics Association, the way schools competed were drafted out by the population of your school. Leap ahead several decades the name has changed but the structure has stayed the same! 1A through 4A still compete based on school size as they did from the very beginning, and yes, this is often the proper way to do things, because more students, gives you more players to choose from, and a greater chance of having the strongest team available to you. But…
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…
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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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