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Take me out to the ball game. Can St. John’s support a Pro baseball team

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St Johns interlocking U13 league. Parker Phillips of MP Blazers at bat against Paradise Phantoms .Game a Squires Field MP. © 2021 Pat Cochrane

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…

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Is St John’s a basketball town?

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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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Young athletes should get to choose.

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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…

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School sports and politics

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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

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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

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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…

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