Saturday, May 15, 2021
GENEVA, Ohio - Rebecca Chouinard, senior with DePaul University in Chicago, repeated as the women's hammer throw champion, with a personal throw of 60.8 metres, at the NCAA Big East Conference outdoor track and field championships, May 14.
Rebecca is with the St. Thomas Legion track and field club and a graduate of St. Joseph's high school.
Chouinard also won the event in 2019, with a best throw of 56.05m. Last year's meet was cancelled.
Today, Chouinard placed 13th in shot put (35.50m).
Earlier this season, Chouinard won the hammer at the Marquette Invitational meet, with a distance of 60.40 metres.
At three other invitational meets, Chouinard brought back bronze medals in the hammer throw.

Thursday, May 6, 2021
FRISCO, Texas - It is gold for Dorchester's Brett Harrison and Team Canada, at the IIHF U18 men's world championships.
Canada beat Russia, 5-3, tonight in the gold medal game, competing a perfect 10-0-0 run through the 10 team tournament.
It is Canada's first gold since 2013.
Tied 2-2 after one period, Brennan Othmann and Logan Stankoven gave Canada a 4-2 lead.
Shane Wright, with his second goal of the game, an empty netter, secured the victory in the third period.
Connor Bedard opened Canada's scoring in the first period.
Harrison finished the tournament with two goals.

Sunday, May 2, 2021
CULLOWHEE, N.C. - Megan Dunn is the NCAA Southern Conference women's heptathlon champion.
The Wofford College heptathlete from Dorchester, amassed a personal best 5,013 points, to capture the gold medal, this morning, at the SOCON outdoor track and field championships, hosted by Western Carolina University.
Dunn, who led after day one, took command today by winning both the javelin throw (37.99 metres) and the 800-metre run (2:23.68).
Wofford teammate Netanya Linares pulled to within three points of Dunn, winning long jump (5.33m), the first event today. Dunn placed third with a best leap of 5.25 metres.
Then Dunn flexed her muscle, in javelin, her strongest event in heptathlon and winning the 800, perhaps her second best event.
Dunn took over first place in the standings, after winning the fourth and final event on day one, the 200-metre sprint in 25.47 seconds.
The senior started day one with a second place finish in the 100-metre hurdles (14.78 seconds), followed by a fourth place in high jump (1.57 metres) and third, in shot put (10.55m).

Saturday, May 1, 2021 (updated)
CULLOWHEE, N.C. - Megan Dunn has the lead after day one of the women's heptathlon.
The Wofford College heptathlete from Dorchester, accumulated 2,982 points from four events, today at the NCAA Southern Conference (SOCON) outdoor track and field championships, at Western Carolina University.
Dunn took over first place in the standings, after winning the 200-metre sprint in 25.47 seconds, the fourth event of the day.
The senior's day started with a second place finish in the 100-metre hurdles (14.78 seconds), followed by a fourth in high jump (1.57 metres) and third in shot put (10.55m).
Day two events tomorrow are long jump, javelin and the 800-metre run.
Earlier this season, Dunn set a personal best total in the heptathlon with 4,938.
Dunn is aiming for 5000 points at this meet.
As a junior in 2019, Dunn took home the conference silver medal, accumulating 4798 points.
Dunn warmed up her javelin this evening following the heptathlon, by placing fourth in the open women's event with a best throw of 35.47 metres.

Thursday, April 29, 2021
SPARTANBURG, N.C. - Megan Dunn is chasing 5000.
The Wofford College heptathlete from Dorchester will be aiming for the point total, at the NCAA Southern Conference (SOCON) outdoor track and field championships, May 1-2, in Cullowhee, North Carolina.
Heptathlon is a multi event contest competed over two days, featuring the 100-metre hurdles, high jump, shot put, the 200-metre sprint, long jump, javelin throw and the 800-metre run.
Earlier this season, Dunn set a personal best (PB) total in the heptathlon with 4,938.
As a junior in 2019, Dunn took home the conference silver medal, accumulating 4798 points.

Saturday, April 24, 2021
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Ally Carr had her NCAA beach volleyball career end without losing a match at the Southland Conference championship.
Her New Orleans Privateers lost three games to one to Houston Baptist University, eliminating the Division One school from the competition.
In NCAA beach playoffs, a winner is determined when a school wins three matches. Even if two players go undefeated for the losing school, they do not advance.
Twice Carr and partner Maxine Walsh had their match called during the tournament, due to the opposing school winning three matches.
The Privateers' number two team was one point away from match victory against Houston Baptist (21-18, 20-18), when their opponent won a third match on another court.
Carr and Walsh opened the double elimination tournament defeating Central Arkansas, 21-8, 21-19.
After dropping game one to host and top seeded Texas A&M Corpus Christi, in the second round, Carr and Walsh were leading game two, 18-14, when it was called.
Carr finishes her collegiate career with 40 match wins, fourth best all-time at New Orleans.

Friday, April 23, 2021
COLUMBIA, S.C. - It was a battle against the top ranked men's baseball team in the NCAA for Dorchester's David Mendham.
His South Carolina Gamecocks, ranked 11th coming into the series, took one of three games from the Arkansas Razorbacks, winning the first game of a double-header today.
South Carolina's 6-2 win was sandwich by a pair of Arkansas victories, 6-1, Thursday and 5-1, tonight.
Mendham went two-for-10 and drew a pair of walks over the three games. He also made a superb defensive play, stretching to catch a throw from the second baseman for an out in the 6-2 win.
The first baseman is batting .273 on the season, with 22 RBIs and four home runs.

Wednesday, April 21, 2021
NEW ORLEANS, La. - A two year wait is over.
After being cancelled last year due to the covid-19 pandemic, Ally Carr is looking forward to this year's NCAA Southland Conference women's beach volleyball championship, a three day event starting Friday, in Corpus Christi, Texas.
The Privateers' team, seeded fifth, opens the double elimination tournament taking on number four seeded Central Arkansas, at 11 a.m. Friday. The winner advances to face top seeded A&M Corpus Christi, at 1 p.m.
Carr ranks fourth all-time at New Orleans with 39 career wins.

Monday, April 19, 2021
VANCOUVER, B.C. - Scoring the game winning goal Bo Horvat lifts the Vancouver Canucks over Toronto, 3-2, in overtime, Sunday night.
The Canucks' captain from Rodney finished with two goals and an assist, in his team's first game since March 24, due to a COVID-19 outbreak.
Vancouver had 21 players, including Horvat and four staff, test positive for COVID-19. The Canucks hadn't played a game in over three weeks.
Horvat has 16 goals and 14 assists in 40 games this season.

Saturday, April 17, 2021
CULLOWHEE, N.C. - Megan Dunn took home the bronze medal in women's javelin (37.99 meters), at the Catamount Classic, a track and field meet at Western Carolina University.
The Wofford College athlete followed up her medal won on Friday, with two more top 10 results today.
Dunn placed fifth in the women's 200-metre dash (25.76 seconds) and 10th in women's shot put (10.22m).
The Dorchester native won silver in javelin at a meet on April 2, throwing the spear 39.40 meters.
Dunn is preparing for women's heptathlon at the NCAA Southern Conference championships, May 1-2.

Tuesday, April 13, 2021
COLUMBIA, S.C. - David Mendham belted his third home run of the season, driving a 3-2 pitch down the left field line, as South Carolina shutout Charleston Southern, 9-0 tonight.
The Dorchester native finished the game three for five, including his seventh double of the season.
Two days earlier on Sunday, Mendham helped South Carolina improve to 21-9, beating Missouri, 13-4, chipping in with a two run single and sac fly RBI.
The South Carolina first baseman is batting .266, with 20 RBIs this season.

Monday, April 12, 2021
CALEDONIA, Mich. - Tyler Mosher made his debut with the Davenport Panthers' baseball team this past weekend.
The Dutton native who attended West Elgin Secondary School, is in his freshman year, majoring in accounting, at the NCAA Division II university in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Mosher went one for three, a RBI single and was hit by a pitch, in his first game, a win over Ashland University, April 9. Mosher was also caught stealing. Playing second, Mosher had three putouts and two assists.
Following two hitless games (0-for-5, with one base on balls) on April 10, Mosher was one-for-two, during a win against Ashland, April 11.
Mosher played with the Great Lake Canadians, batting .328 over three seasons.
The Davenport Panthers play in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. Teams are located throughout the states of Michigan, Indiana, Ohio and Wisconsin.

Wednesday, April 7, 2021
AVON, Ont. - Working towards making the Canadian Paralympic team, Madie Wilson-Walker started 2021 off with her best jump to open an outdoor season.
At a recent meet in Guelph, Wilson-Walker leaped 4.22 metres, just shy of her personal best distance of 4.29 metres.
"I was pleased with that," said Wilson-Walker, a Team Canada hopeful in women's long jump for the Toyko Summer Paralympics.
The bi-lateral amputee athlete splits her time between jump training at Farquharson Arena, in London and workouts at her home gym in Avon.
Briefly the world record holder for the T62 long jump, the blade runner continues to perfect her technique.
"Mainly focusing on my takeoff and hang position and just saying as consistent as I can," said the 23-year old, who has two meets in May.
At 2019 Parapan-Am Games, in Lima Peru, Wilson-Walker placed fourth in both the women's long jump (T42-44/T61-63) and the 100-metre dash T64 final.
Wilson-Walker is an alumni of Lord Dorchester Secondary school, currently studying at Western University in London. She won multiple gold medals at OFSAA, the high school provincial championships, while at LDSS.

Saturday, April 3, 2021
CHICAGO, Ill. - Dorchester's Nicole Benati set up Emilie Hill's goal, as Evansville University blanks Loyola Chicago, 1-0, in NCAA Missouri Valley Conference women's soccer action.
It is Benati's first assist with Evansville, after transferring from the University of Buffalo, following her sophomore year.
Benati had one of Evansville's five shots against Loyola, as the Aces improved their overall record to 2-2-2.
Benati has played 515 minutes this season over Evanville's six games.
Morgan Blair, a graduate of East Elgin Secondary school, now a senior at Evansville, led the Aces' defence.

Friday, April 2, 2021
ST. THOMAS - Tayah DeSousa is taking her track spikes to the bright lights of the City of Angels.
The Grade 12 student athlete at Central Elgin Collegiate, will head to California (CAL) State University Long Beach in Los Angeles, this August on scholarship.
DeSousa will be focusing on hurdles, sprints, long jump and multi event competitions such as the pentathlon, while studying criminal justice, at the NCAA Division One school in the Big West Conference.

Friday, March 26, 2021
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Kaila Novak has her first career NCAA goal.
The freshman from St. Thomas gave the UCLA Bruins women's soccer team a 1-0 lead against Arizona State, 16:41 into the first half.
A ball kicked by teammate Mia Fishel hit the left post and Novak quickly jumped on the rebound 10 feet outside of the keeper's box, depositing the ball into the right ride of the net.
Arizona won 2-1 in double overtime handing UCLA their first loss of the year (8-1-1).
Over nine games in the UCLA lineup, Novak has played 460 minutes, recording a goal, two assists, six shots in total with three on net.

Thursday, March 25, 2021
EVANSVILLE, Ind. - The University of Evansville women's soccer team, aka Aces, boasts three players from the local area.
Senior defender Morgan Blair (left photo) hails from Aylmer and attended East Elgin Secondary school. The recently turned 22 year old played in all 16 of the Aces matches last season and started 12 of 15 matches in her second year.
Junior midfielder Nicole Benati (right photo) is a Lord Dorchester alumni who spent the past two years at the University of Buffalo.
Freshman forward Rachel Rosborough is from Mt. Brydges and attended Strathroy District last year.
The Aces are 1-1-2 in the Missouri Valley Conference, following a scoreless tie with Valparaiso. Benati had one shot.
Evansville is a private university in the city of the same name, in southern Indiana.

Thursday, March 18, 2021
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Kaila Novak is becoming more prominent in games with the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Bruins women's soccer team.
The freshman forward from St. Thomas had the second assist on a goal by Reilyn Turner that tied the game against the University of Southern California (USC), at two goals each late in the second half.
Novak's beauty cross found Delanie Sheehan, who passed it back to Turner for the goal.
The game finished tied at two.
Novak, who now has assists in back to back games, played a season high 81 minutes. The Bruins' number seven has four shots this season, two shots on net.

Thursday, March 18, 2021
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Greg McKegg scored his first goal as a Boston Bruin, tipping home a Matt Grzelcyk shot, to open the scoring against the Buffalo Sabres.
The St. Thomas native had 10:20 of ice time in his second game wearing a Bruins' jersey. McKegg stepped in to the lineup in place of Sean Kuraly, out due to COVID-19 protocol.
McKegg has 19 goals and 15 assists over 187 career games with seven NHL teams.

Friday, March 5, 2021
NEW ORLEANS, La. - Ally Carr has a renewed appreciation and love for playing in the sand.
The 21-year old from Shedden has played beach volleyball for nearly a decade, but following a year away from the sport due to the pandmic, the junior with the New Orleans Privateers' women's team, was eager to feel sand under her feet.
"Being able to put my jersey on, step out on the court representing my team and school again was a dream come true," Carr said, following New Orleans' first matches of 2021. "I feel extremely grateful that I have the opportunity to play and hope that everyone in the St Thomas area has the chance to again soon."
"Beach volleyball is more than a sport for me, it's my happy place."

Tuesday, March 2, 2021
HAMDEN, Conn. - Lexie Adzija has led the University of Quinnipiac Bobcats' women's hockey team in scoring for a second consecutive season.
The junior from St. Thomas had 17 points over 15 games, with six goals and 17 assists. Adzija finished with 63 shots on net, a plus 11 and won 66 per cent of faceoffs.
Her linemates Renee Saltness and Taylor Girard, each had 15 points. Girard had a team high seven goals.
Last season, Adzija lead the Bobcats with 11 goals and 18 assists in 34 games. As a freshman Adzija tallied seven goals and 11 assists in 36 games, fourth highest on the team.
The Bobcats had a shortened schedule due to the pandemic and had seven games cancelled or postponed. No fans are permitted in arenas but most games are televised, or fans can follow on the school's social media platform.
Quinnipiac finished 10-5-0 overall and were 4-5 against Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) teams, Clarkson, Colgate and St. Lawrence.
The ECAC single game semifinals are Friday, with the Bobcats traveling to play Colgate.

Saturday, February 27, 2021
LEXINGTON, Va. - For the second consecutive year, Megan Dunn is the NCAA Southern Conference's (SoCon) women's pentathlon champion.
The senior at Wofford University school won the five event contest with 3,604 points, breaking her own school record, at the SoCon indoor track and field championships.
Dunn sat second overall heading into the 800-metre run, the fifth and final event, trailing Wofford teammate Netanya Linares by 25 points.
In a photo finish, Dunn finished the 800 in third place, but six seconds ahead of Linares, who placed fourth.
Dunn won shot put, with a personal best throw of 10.83 metres, placed second in long jump (5.51m PB) and high jump (1.62m PB) and third in the 80-metre hurdles.

Sunday, February 21, 2021
SPARTANBURG, S.C. - Megan Dunn won the women's pentathlon breaking her Wofford University school record at the Bob Pollock Invitational indoor track and field meet at Clemson University.
That was followed by the senior from Dorchester being named the NCAA Southern Conference (SOCON) women's field athlete of the month for January.
It is Dunn's first athlete of the month honour and just the second for a Wofford women's field athlete in school history (Georgia McDevitt, January 2020). The graduate of Lord Dorchester Secondary School has been a SOCON athlete of the week twice.
Dunn's pentathlon total leads the SoCon this season and ranks 30th on the NCAA Division One Indoor Qualifying List.

Thursday, December 17, 2020
AYLMER, Ont. - One of the premier middle distance runners in Canada is staying close to home.
Hallee Knelsen, a Grade 12 student at East Elgin secondary school in Aylmer, received numerous offers, but in the end chose Western University, in London, to continue her education and running career.
Knelsen will be enrolling in the Health Science program, with the plan to attend med school and will be running both cross country and track for the Mustangs.
Following the 2019-2020 indoor track season in February, Knelsen ranked number one in Canada, for the under-18 women's 400, 600 and 800 metre runs and second for the 1500-metre run.

Monday, December 14, 2020
ST. THOMAS - It was a weekend the St. Thomas community scored.
Over this past weekend, the St. Thomas Stars and the St. Thomas Professional Firefighter’s Association (STPFA), along with Santa, collected donations for Christmas Care, walking the streets of the Railway City.
The team hit Dalewood Meadows in north St. Thomas on Saturday and were throughout Orchard Park in the southeast on Sunday.
Santa jingled his way around, not on a sleigh pulled by reindeer, but a 1951 Bickle Seagrave fire truck. A modern working fire truck also made the rounds.

Friday, December 12, 2020
DORCHESTER, Ont. - Usually every autumn school gymnasiums are busy with the sounds of youth practicing and playing various sports.
Not this year thanks to the grinch named COVID-19 pandemic.
Enter Curt Pollard, Dorchester resident and coach at Lord Dorchester Secondary school.
Since September Pollard has been hosting skill development sessions, in basketball, volleyball and badminton, for elementary and high school students, at the Flight Exec Centre.

Friday, December 11, 2020
DORCHESTER, Ont. - David Mendham is Canadian Baseball Network’s 2020 Canadian college player of the year.
The six-foot three native of Dorchester received 54 of the 62 first place votes, from ballots cast by a CBN panel. Mendham was also named to CBN’s all-Canadian team at third base.
During a spring season shortened by the COVID-19 pandemic, the left-handed hitting sophomore batted .493 with 36 hits and 26 RBIs in 21 games for the Connors State Cowboys, a division one college, in Warner, Okla.
His 36 hits led all Canadian college players and Mendham finished second in doubles (10) and third in RBIs (26) and on base plus slugging percentage (1.401) and scored 31 runs and stole six bases.

Saturday, November 14, 2020
LONDON, Ont. - Cross country runners from across western Ontario had an opportunity to race.
Cross country meets, including the entire high school season, have been a casualty of Covid-19, leaving time trials and virtual races as the only options, under provincial health regulations.
Usually one meet for the entire province, Athletics Ontario had to divide their annual championship into three regionals, West, East and Central.
Fanshawe Golf Club, the site of the cancelled OFSAA high school provincial meet, hosted the AO West Region championships.
Athletes were placed in waves of no more than eight runners each, based on seed times.
Aiden Coles, of St. Thomas, running with London-Western club, had the top result of runners from the Elgin County and Dorchester area, placing sixth in the Under-18 boys' six kilometre race (20:00).
Hallee Knelsen, of Aylmer, running with St. Thomas Legion Club, was seventh (23:48) in the U18 girls' six kilometre event.
Hannah McIntyre, of Dorchester, placed eighth (16:49) in the Under-16 four kilometre race.

Sunday, November 8, 2020
LONDON, Ont. - It was St. Thomas Hawks down on the final day of flag football.
The Hawks fell in both of their respective Under-10 and U14 divisional finals, for the London Minor Football Association, Sunday, at City Wide Fields.
The Cobras scored in overtime to edge the Hawks, 24-18, in the U14 divisional final.
Gavin, Cole Surmacz and Gage Lincoln scored touchdowns for St. Thomas.
In a back and forth U10 in final, the Rams held off the Hawks, 28-24. Tiernan DesRosiers with two touchdowns, Jaden Hinde and Max Boldt, scored touchdowns for the Hawks.

Sunday, November 1, 2020
LONDON, Ont. - Thanks to a pair of touchdowns from Gage Lincoln, the St. Thomas Hawks are heading to the London Minor Football Association Under-14 flag football pod A final.
The Hawks held off the Cobras A team, 27-24, in the first of two semifinals. The Hawks remain undefeated, after posting a 7-0 regular season record.
St. Thomas faces the Cobras A team in the U14 final, Sunday, November 8th, 12:30 p.m. at City Wide Fields.
A year ago, the Hawks won the peewee title, renamed U14 this season. In 2018, St. Thomas captured the atom (U12) championship.
The Hawks are also in the U10 final, earning a bye following an 8-1 regular season.

Tuesday, October 27, 2020
ST. THOMAS - The St. Thomas Hawks finished first in two divisions in the London Minor Football Association.
Due to COVID-19 restrictions, there is no tackling this season, so it's flag football.
The Hawks finished first in their Under-10 pod with a 8-1 record. This feat earns the Hawks a bye to their final at City Wide Fields in London, Sunday, November 8th, at 10:45 a.m.
St. Thomas has two teams in the U14 division. The A squad won their pod going undefeated at 7-0, while the B Hawks finished 2-5.
Both U14 teams have semifinals, this Sunday. The U14 Hawks (A team) face Cobras B in a semifinal, this Sunday at 10:30 a.m. The U14 Hawks B take on Cobras B, at 11:45 am.
The U12 Hawks are 3-3 and conclude their regular season this weekend. The Hawks need to finish top two in their pod to advance to the final, on November 8th.

Thursday, October 15, 2020
SURREY, B.C. - Kayleigh Trowman captured her second event on the B.C. rivalry series, shooting a two-over 74, to win by one stroke, at the Northview Golf and Country club..
The third year arts major at the University of B.C. Okanagan campus in Kelowna, has two wins, a fourth and a ninth place finish after four of eight events.
Trowman from Port Stanley is a graduate of Parkside Collegiate.

Saturday, September 12, 2020
HAGERSVILLE, Ont. - D.J. Kennington wraps up the 2020 NASCAR Pintys season with the checkered flag.
In the final race of the season for the series, the Pintys 125, Kennington in his Castrol Edge Dodge won by four seconds. This is Kennington's first race win since the 2018 season finale.
The St. Thomas native finishes third in the 2020 points standings, behind champion Jason Hathaway and runner-up Kevin Lacroix.
In six races, Kennington had five top five finishes, including a fourth place in the Motormaster 125, raced earlier today.
Hathaway, from St. Thomas, now residing in Stouffville, had three wins and five podium appearances this year.
Six races at three tracks over three weekends replaced the 2020 NASCAR Pinty's Series championship season.

Saturday, September 12, 2020
ST. THOMAS - Athletes have returned to track and field meets across the province, including those from St. Thomas Legion.
Meet size is a major difference in COVID-19 times, with only a handful of events at each site.
Despite the lack of training over the summer compared to normal years, St. Thomas athletes are posting solid results in the first outdoor meets of the year.
Hallee Knelsen won the open women's 800 metre run, at the Back to Track Meet three, at the Terry Fox Stadium, in Brampton.
Arthur Stanat brought home gold medals in both the 16-17 year old men's shot put, winning by two metres (15.10 metres) and discus (45.84m), at the Southwest Throws Invitational, at College Avenue school, in Woodstock.
Stanat's sister, Lexi, won the 14-15 year old women's javelin (33.55m) event and placed second in shot put (12.15m).

Saturday, September 5, 2020
ST. THOMAS - Tayven Barned, Luke Thomas and Aaron Dyke, each drove in two runs to lead the St. Thomas Cardinals to a 7-4 win over the Brantford Jr. Red Sox, in the ICBA bracket A 12U final, at the Tarry Complex..
Barned also starred on the mound, tossing a one hit shutout over four innings, striking out nine batters and walking three.
The Cardinals built a 5-0 lead, before the Red Sox pulled within a run, scoring four times in the sixth inning. The home team responded with a pair of runs in the bottom half of the inning, securing victory.