St. John’s Women’s Intermediate Soccer League has two games at Mount Pearl Field Saturday. The first game at four has QVB Rocktown playing Atlantic Offshore. The six o’clock game has Royals FC meeting Grass Kickers.…
S U N D A Y FC Strikers came away with a 3-nothing win over St. Lawrence in Challenge Cup Soccer play Sunday. Mitch King and Kyle Ryan with the goals for the winners. S A T U R D A Y Paradise and Holy Cross Saturday played to a 3-3 tie in Challenge Cup play Saturday Laith Alzghoul, Mark Mackey and Evan Myles scored for the Paradise squad. Owen Sheppard had a pair of goals for the Crusaders and Colin Connors added a single. St. Lawrence beat CBS Strikers 2-1. Brent Hennebury…
This is a photo of the Guards 1964 Boyle Trophy St. John’s senior hockey champions. In memory of Murray Chaplin who passed away this past weekend. 1964 Boyle Trophy Champs. Front Row (L-R) Dave Fleming, Dick Yabsley, Eg Billard, Bob Badcock, Bill Coultas, Ed Vatcher. Middle Row. Don Warr, Bert Warr, Don Wells, Rollie Clarke, MURRAY CHAPLIN, Dave Butler, Max Howell, Raynor Lamb. Back Row. Dave Kendall, Charlie Pollock, Haig Scott (Chair GAA), Frank Brocklehurst, Howie Meeker (Coach), Dave Pollock (Prop Mgr), Orin Carver, Wils Wiseman, Bill Pie (Asst Coach), Geoff Campbell, Derm Connolly. SUBMITTED…
The 2020 Provincial Boys under 13 AA Eastern Baseball Championships begin Friday in Conception Bay South at Stoney Hill Field. C-B-S Raiders, St. John’s Capitals, Mount Pearl Blazers, Paradise Phantoms and St. John’s Under 16 Girls are the teams entered. S A T U R D A Y Paradise 14– Mount Pearl 3 F R I D A Y 17-2 CBS Raiders over Mount Pearl Blazers. St. John’s Caps 6– Paradise Phantoms 5 in 9 innings.…
The Newfoundland Growlers, say that the club has signed defenceman Miles Gendron to a Standard Player Contract (SPC) for the upcoming 2020-21 ECHL season. Gendron, a 24-year-old left-shooting defenseman, will be playing in his second professional season. In 2019-20, his first full season in the professional ranks, he appeared in 32 ECHL contests with Brampton, Reading and Newfoundland and scored four goals and added 11 assists for 15 total points. He also played in one game for the AHL’s Belleville Senators. The 70th overall selection in the 2014 NHL Entry Draft, Gendron played one year of junior in the…
1889 – Boxer Jack “Nonpareil” Dempsey was defeated for the first time of his career by George LaBlanche. 1921 – The owner of Acme Packing Company bought a pro football team for Green Bay, WI. J.E. Clair paid tribute to those who worked in his plant by naming the team the Green Bay Packers. 1986 – Nolan Ryan, while with the Houston Astros, earned his 250th career win against the Chicago Cubs.…