Sports

By Richard Coffin Monday, Nov. 18th, 2024 Algonquin girls’ basketball team won the NOSSA ‘A’ championship on the weekend, with a 59-55 overtime win over Val Caron’s Horizon. The Barons are heading to Kitchener for the OFSAA championship later this week (Nov 21-23). West Ferris, meantime, is the host

Owen Van Steensel’s second goal of the game, at 3:02 of overtime, lifted the North Bay Battalion to a 6-5 victory Sunday over the Sudbury Wolves in a fiercely contested Ontario Hockey League game. Ethan Procyszyn scored one goal and earned three assists, and Jacob LeBlanc had one

Voodoos slip past Eagles in OT A Justin Rousseau marker, less than a minute into overtime, lifted the Powassan Voodoos to a narrow 2-1 win over the Soo Eagles Saturday in a hard-fought Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League affair at the Powassan Sportsplex. The Voodoos took the lead 15 minutes

A Mathieu Comeau marker, 29 seconds into overtime, was the difference as the visiting Hearst Lumberjacks pulled out a 4-3 victory over the Powassan Voodoos Friday in Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League play at the Powassan Sportsplex. The Voodoos did take flight 8:20 into the contest after pressuring a

It took a week, but the Windsor Spitfires avenged a home-ice loss to the North Bay Battalion. Ryan Abraham scored one goal and added two assists as Windsor defeated North Bay 5-3 in an Ontario Hockey League game Thursday night, building a 4-0 first-period edge and leading 5-2 in the

The North Bay Battalion, after splitting a pair of road games, has two home dates this week, starting with a visit by the Windsor Spitfires at 7 p.m. Thursday. It’s a rematch of the Battalion’s 5-4 victory at Windsor last Thursday night, which was followed by a

The Canadore College men's basketball team put forth a determined effort but ultimately fell short against the visiting Fanshawe Falcons, losing 81-72, Saturday at the Education Centre Gymnasium. Leading the way for the Canadore Panthers was Ty Huxtable, who delivered a standout performance with 24 points on 10-of-13

This Thursday, City Council will be presented final design and pricing options for North Bay’s new Community and Recreation Centre project. EllisDon Corporation, leading the design team, is proposing a guaranteed maximum price of $62.5 million. While this figure is above the original $59.5 million target, it

The Nipissing University Lakers women’s soccer team won the USports national consolation final on Saturday. Tori Patterson scored at the 90-minute mark to give Nipissing a 1-0 win over BC’s Trinity Western. The Lakers entered the tournament as the fifth seed and finish fifth overall in the country.

A Clark Furman go ahead goal with three and a half minutes remaining in regulation was the game-winner as the Blind River Beavers pulled out a narrow 2-1 triumph over the Powassan Voodoos Sunday afternoon in a Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League contest at the Blind River Recreation Centre. Blind