Memorial’s men’s curling team finished second at the Atlantic Universities Curling championships Sunday. The team of skip Greg Blyde, Daniel Bruce, Ryan McNeil Lambswood and Ben Stringer lost 9-2 to Dalhousie in the final. The Blyde team however does qualify for the CIAU championships next month in Portage LaPraire Manitoba. …
Keith Ryan and his Labrador City Curling team of Dennis Langdon, Barry Edwards and Mike Ryan are the 2020 Newfoundland and Labrador senior men’s curling champions. The Ryan team defeated Alex Smith 3-1 scoring twice in the ninth end to win the title. They now will head to Chilliwack BC March 22 to 28th for the Canadian championships. …
Carl English has made it official. He is retiring from the game of basketball.The official ceremony is set for Feb 23rd at Mile One. English played for and helped bring a professional basketball team to St. John’s The Edge is a team he signed with on November 15th 2017. In Patrick’s Cove-Angels Cove, English practiced basketball on a makeshift hoop built by his uncle beside Route 100, a two-lane highway in front of their house. He often played with his brothers when they visited. In eighth grade, English was the starting point guard for Fatima Academy in the nearby…
The West Coast Senior Hockey League had a pair of games on the schedule this weekend. The Friday night between the Corner Book Royals and Port aux Basques has been postponed due to the impeding snow storm on the west coast. The Saturday night the Mariners were to go to Deer Lake to play the Red Wings at 7:30 but the game has been postponed . TEAMS GP W L OTL PTS 11 9 2 0 18 10 5 4 1 11 9 1 8 0 2…
S A T U R D A Y The Clarenville Caribous scored five second period goals and go on to beat the St.John’s Caps 8-5 Saturday night in Clarenville. Jeremy Masters, and Rod Mahoney tallied twice for the Caribous with single markers from Chad Earle, Chris Sparkes, Dustin Russell and Dakota Warren. Kyle McGrath had three Caps markers and Terry Ryan and Joe Trenholm had the singles. Period Scores 1 2 3 FINAL 1 2 2 5 2 5 1 8 F R I D A Y The CB Blues got seven goals from seven…
SUNDAY The Growler made it three weekend wins Sunday with a 4-2 win over Worcester Railers. The Growlers get four goals from four different players. Garrett Johnston, Colt Conrad, Dylan Vander Esch and Justin Brazeau shared in the scoring. Period Scores 1 2 3 FINAL 1 3 0 4 1 0 1 2 S A T U R D A Y The Newfoundland Growlers scored four unanswered goals in a come-from-behind 4-2 victory over Adirondack Thunder Saturday night in Glens Falls, New York. The Adirondack Thunder opened the scoring 17:20 into the first period after Casey…