Wednesday August 4, 2021
TOKYO - Celina Toth missed advancing to the semifinal of the women's individual 10-metre platform early Wednesday at the Toyko Olympics.
Toth finished 23rd with 261.40 points. Only the top 18 divers advanced to the next round.
A low scoring opening dive hurt Toth's chances of moving on. The 29-year old scored just 28 points on her first of five dives.
Toth, who spent her youth in St. Thomas before moving Victoria, won the Canadian trials to qualify for the Games.
Teammate Meaghan Benfeito, who won a bronze medal in the event in 2016, advanced to the semifinals.

Sunday, August 1, 2021
ST. THOMAS - Only one team could defeat the St. Thomas Tomcats and the Mississauga North Tigers were a team loaded with veteran talent.
The Tigers completed an undefeated 5-0 run to capture the Ontario Baseball 22U AAA tournament, edging the host team in extra innings, 5-4, at Emslie Field.
Mississauga North scored in the top of the eighth, an extra inning for seven inning tournament games, and then held off St. Thomas, for the one run victory.
The Tomcats finished with a 3-2 record, losing twice to the Tigers, in the final and 8-4 on Saturday.

Sunday, August 1, 2021
TORONTO, Ont. - Nineteen year old Michael Roth won the men's 200-metre dash, in a new personal best time of 21.359 seconds, this afternoon, at Athletics Ontario Open championships.
Roth edged Eliezer Adjibi by a thousandth of a second for the gold medal.
Roth was one of three athletes representing St. Thomas Legion Club.
Hallee Knelsen, 18, finished fifth in the women's 800-metre run, in a personal best time of 2:07.44
Tayah DeSousa, 18, placed ninth in women's high jump (1.55 metres).

Saturday, July 31, 2021
ST. THOMAS - It is on to Sunday for the St. Thomas Tomcats.
The host team is one of the four still standing at the Baseball Ontario 22U AAA tournament in St. Thomas.
The Tomcats face Oshawa at 10 a.m. Sunday in an elimination game for both 1-1 teams.
Pitcher Connor Ambrogio Connor tossed a complete game for the Tomcats, late Saturday afternoon, scattering seven hits and a pair of walks over seven innings, in a 3-2 win over Halton Hills.
St. Thomas faced elimination after dropping an 8-4 contest to Mississauga North earlier in the day.
Mississauga North defeated Oshawa, 8-4, Saturday evening, to remain the lone undefeated team, at 3-0. Mississauga North faces Newmarket at 10 a.m. Sunday.
Follow results at Baseball Ontario's 22U AAA tournament

Saturday, July 31, 2021
TORONTO, Ont. - Nineteen year old Michael Roth won a silver medal in the men's 400 metre run, blitzing the oval in a personal best time of 46.70 seconds, this evening, at Athletics Ontario Open championships.
Thirty-one year old Philip Osei won gold in 46.39 seconds.
The St. Thomas native who trains with St. Thomas Legion Club, is heading to the World Athletics U20 championships in late August.
Roth has the 200-metre dash on Sunday.
Hallee Knelsen won a bronze medal in the women's 1500-metre run, finishing in 4:30.81, this morning.
The 18-year old Knelsen was just off her personal best time of 4:28.8, placing behind winner Ashley Taylor (4:29.54) and silver medalist Kate Current (4:30.61).
Knelsen has the 800-metre run Sunday.
Tayah DeSousa, with St. Thomas Legion Club, takes a bronze medal, in women's long jump (5.50 metres) and places sixth in the 100m hurdles.
Jadyn Luna, of Thorndale, with London Western Club, took the silver medal, in the U18 women's heptathlon, with 3657 pts.
The grade 12 student at Medway High school, won shot put and the 800-metre run, placed second in javelin, high jump and the 200-metre dash and was third in long jump.
Para athlete Madison Wilson-Walker placed ninth, in women's long jump, with a best effort of 4.08 metres.

Friday, July 30, 2021
ST. THOMAS - It was anticlimactic finish for the St. Thomas Tomcats in extra innings.
Tied at three in the bottom of eighth inning Alex Liem looked at four pitches for balls and took a walk to first base, to give the Tomcats a 4-3 win over Newmarket, in both team's opening game to Baseball Ontario's 22U AAA tournament, at Emslie Field.
St. Thomas trailed 3-0, going into the bottom of the third inning. Josh Hare put the 'Cats on the board with a RBI single.
Down 3-1 in the fifth innning, Jackson Van Bakel delivered a two-out two-run double, tying the game at three.
The Tomcats return to the Emslie for their second game against Mississauga North, Saturday at 1 p.m.
Follow results at Baseball Ontario's 22U AAA tournament

Sunday, July 25, 2021
TORONTO, Ont. - No one should ever count out Michael Roth.
The St. Thomas Legion Club athlete had one memorable meet, winning the men's 200-metre dash, a day after taking gold in the men's 400-metre dash, today at the Athletics Ontario Under-20 championships, at the Toronto Track and Field Centre.
For both distances, Roth qualifies for the 2021 World Athletics U20 (junior) championships, in Kenya, next month.
However, the best for the 2020 graduate of Parkside Collegiate may have been in the men's 4x400-metre relay race.
Taking the baton for the final leg, with St. Thomas in second place, Roth was 25 metres behind Ottawa Lions' anchor runner, David Moulongou. It appeared Roth would have to be content on a silver medal, but the 19-year old had other ideas.
With 200 metres to go, Roth found another gear and incredibly closed the gap on Moulongou.
Roth gave St. Thomas the gold medal, edging Moulongou at the finish line, in a time of 3:24.65.
Hallee Knelsen won her second gold medal of the meet, taking the women's 800-metre run in 2:09. Unfortunately, Knelsen missed the qualifying time for junior worlds.
St. Thomas Legion Club finished fourth in combined team scores, bringing home six gold medals and one bronze from the two day meet.

Saturday, July 24, 2021
TORONTO, Ont. - A steady rain failed to slow Michael Roth.
The St. Thomas Legion Club athlete set a personal best time of 47.35 seconds winning the men's 400-metre dash, at Athletics Ontario Under-20 championships, at the Toronto Track and Field Centre.
Roth was one of three St. Thomas Legion athletes to win gold today.
Tayah DeSousa lowered her PB time to 14.32 seconds, taking the women's 100-metre hurdles gold. DeSouas later placed seventh in long jump.
Hallee Knelsen won the women's 1500-metre run in 4:34.03.
The champions were part of a nine member team representing St. Thomas Legion.
Justin Cole took a bronze medal in the men's 3000-metre steeplechase.
A.J. Stanat was fourth in men's discus with a best throw of 43.82 metres.
Dylen Belanger placed 17th, in the men's 400-metre dash (51.52 sec.)
Mason Basson was 19th (4:09.68), in the men's 1500 metres, followed by Harrison Belanger, 21st (4:10.7) and Vincent Moore, 27th (4:14.71).
Brothers Aiden and Tristan Coles, from St. Thomas, who train with London-Western club, finished second (3:53.71) and fourth (3:56.62), respectively, in the men's 1500.
The twin brothers then helped London-Western win the men's 4x800-metre relay race in 8:11.40

Friday, July 23, 2021
ST. THOMAS - Alex Fishback helped the St. Thomas Tomcats hook a comeback victory.
The second baseman had three RBIs, including a two-run double giving the Tomcats a 5-3 lead in the fifth inning, on their way to defeating the Guelph Silvercreeks, 7-3, in Junior Intercounty Baseball at Emslie Field.
Guelph led 3-1 after four innings, capitalizing on a couple St. Thomas errors.
Tomcats' pitcher Eric Pettipiece picked up the win, in relief of starter Alex Pettipiece.
St. Thomas moves to 4-2 in league action, at least a share of first place, depending out of town results.

Sunday, July 18, 2021
TORONTO, Ont. - Two years ago Tayah DeSousa was an OFSAA champion winning the junior women's 80-metre hurdles gold.
DeSousa may have lost both of her senior years in high school due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but the St. Thomas native showed she still has the golden touch.
Competing for St. Thomas Legion Club, DeSousa won the senior women's 100-metre hurdles, today at the NXTCHAMP Invitational track and field meet.
Shortly later, DeSousa took fifth place in senior women's long jump.
Dorchester's Hannah McIntyre won the junior women's 3000 metre run, her first time competing in the event.
Aiden Coles, of St. Thomas, with London-Western Club, finished second in the senior men's 3000-metre run. Tristan Coles was third.
Lexi Stanat, with St. Thomas Legion, took silver in novice women's shot put. Her brother, A.J., was fifth, in senior men's shot put.
Emma Westbrook, St. Thomas Legion, grabbed bronze, in the novice women's 80-metre hurdles.
Hallee Knelsen, St. Thomas Legion, finished sixth, in the senior women's 400-metre run.
Madie Wilson-Walker, of Avon, just missed qualifying for the Paralympics, in women's long jump.

Saturday, July 17, 2021
TORONTO, Ont. - Aiden Coles, Hallee Knelsen and Fox Gray struck gold today.
Coles, in the senior men's 1500-metres, Knelsen, in the senior women's 1500 metres and Gray, in the junior 100-metre sprint, won their respective races, at the NXTCHAMP Invitational meet, at the Toronto Track and Field Centre.
Hannah McIntyre took home silver, in the junior women's 1500 metres.
Lexi Stanat won silver, in the novice women's discus throw. Her brother, A.J., was sixth in senior men's discus.
Brianna Rand, of Dorchester, finished sixth, in the senior women's 400-metre hurdles.
The three day meet concludes on Sunday.

Friday, July 16, 2021
TORONTO, Ont. - Hallee Knelsen won the senior women's 800-metre run by over three seconds, in 2:08.60, this evening, at the 2021 NXTCHAMP Invitational track and field meet, at York University.
Knelsen who trains with St. Thomas Legion Club, is aiming to eclipse 2:07.2, to qualify for the World Jr. championships.
Club mate Lexi Stanat won Novice women's javelin with a personal best throw of 34.28 metres.
Gray Fox placed second in the junior men's 200-metre sprint (23.48 seconds.
Mason Basson was fifth in the senior men's 800-metre run (1:55.71).

Thursday, July 15, 2021
ST. THOMAS - The St. Thomas boys of summer are back.
Nearly two years without a pitch at Emslie Field, the St. Thomas Tomcats are returning to the historic ball park Sunday noon for their home opener.
It will be the beginning of a lot of baseball until mid August, including hosting the Baseball Ontario provincial 22U championship, on the August long weekend.
For this season, it's 22U instead of 21U, allowing players born in 1999 to play a final season, after last year was cancelled.
The Tomcats are 2-1 over the opening week in their return to the Junior Intercounty Baseball League.
After several seasons in the Southwestern Senior Men's League, the Tomcats have returned to the league the team won in 2006, rejoining old rivals Guelph Silvercreeks, Kitchener Panthers, Brantford Jr. Red Sox and Stratford Nationals. The Welland Jackfish and Hamilton Jr. Cardinals complete the seven team circuit..

Thursday, July 15, 2021
LASALLE, Ont. - In the end Megan Peacock showed her comeback colours.
Peacock drove in the winning run, as the D1 Revolution rallied in their final at bat, to edge the LaSalle Athletics, 3-2, in a Provincial Women's Softball Association U16 West bracket playoff game Wednesday.
LaSalle led 2-0 going into the seventh and final inning, after scoring a run in the first and sixth innings.
Peacock who won her marathon nine pitch at bat with a line drive two run single, reached base three times in four at bats.

Wednesday, July 14, 2021
ST. THOMAS - Celina Toth's Olympic dream has become reality.
The 29-year old from St. Thomas now living in Victoria B.C. is heading to the Tokyo Summer Games for the women's 10-metre platform diving competition.
Toth qualified for the Games winning her event during the Canadian Diving Olympic Trials, at the Pan Am Sports Centre, in Toronto, June 29-July 1.

Saturday, July 11, 2021
ST. THOMAS - After almost two years of silence on the local pitch, the St. Thomas premier men returned to action.
The players happy to be back in action, didn't get the result they desired, dropping their season opener in the Western Ontario Soccer League, 3-0 to London Croatia, at Athletic Park.

Sunday, July 4, 2021
BOLTON, Ont. - There were lots of fireworks Sunday but it had nothing to with the ones exploding in the night sky.
The offence for the D1 Revolution U16 girls fastball team sparkled on the diamond, taking both games of a double-header against UTM GTA North, 16-5 and 4-1.
Karlee Curran had a RBI double and RBI triple to lead the Revolution, in the opening game 4-1 win.
In game two, the Revolution rocketed out to a 11-1 lead after two innings, highlighted by a Zoe Fishback two-run triple. Fishback would return with another triple in the fifth inning.

Saturday, July 3, 2021
CHATHAM, Ont. - The D1 Revolution opened their 2021 U19 girls' fastball season in a positive way.
The Revolution had a win and tie over the Chatham Eagles in exhibition double-header action Saturday.
Mallory Collins (photo on left) launched a two-run homer and Emma Diegel drove in two runs, leading the D1 Revolution to a 9-1 rout in game one.
In game two, the Revolution came back from down 5-2 in the fourth inning to knot the score. Tied at two, Chatham scored three runs in the fourth inning.
The D1 Revolution is an elite fastball association created by Mark McCallum and Courtney Gilbert.

Friday, July 2, 2021
TORONTO, Ont. - Celina Toth is heading to the Olympic Summer Games in Toyko.
The 29-year old from St. Thomas, now living in Victoria, British Columbia, will be making her Olyimpic debut, after earning a spot in the women's open platform (10-metre) competition with an Olympic qualifying score of 659.55, Thursday, at the Canadian Diving Trials.
Toth placed ninth at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. She has three International University Sports Federation (FISU) Games medals.
In 2020, she had a silver medal and fourth place on tower at the first two FINA Grand Prix diving events.
Toth completed her undergrad in psychology at the University of Victoria in 2019 and plans to pursue her Masters in social work.
Her first international medal was a bronze in the women's 10-metre at the 2015 Spain Grand Prix.
Toth is a four time Senior National champion at 10 metres and was a Junior National champion in 2008.

Saturday, June 19, 2021
OSTRAVA, Czech Republic. - James Dunn, of Wallacetown, had the first of two power play goals in the second period, as Canada edged the USA, 2-1, in their opening game at the 2021 IPC World Para Hockey Championship.
Tyler McGregor, of Forest, Ontario, also scored giving Canada a 2-0 lead mid second period.
It was the Canadian team's first game action in 16 months.
Canada faces Korea early Sunday morning.

Saturday, June 12, 2021
WINDSOR, Ont. - Hallee Knelsen (pictured on left) finished third in the women's 1500-metre run at the Johnny Loaring Classic, the second of four Athletics Ontario high performance outdoor track and field meets this month.
The East Elgin secondary school student who trains with St. Thomas Legion Club, ran a personal best time of 4:31.37, four seconds faster than her previous fastest time.
Para-athlete Madie Wilson-Walker (pictured on right), of Avon, placed fourth, in women's long jump, with a best effort of 4.32 metres.
Jordan Young, who attended St. Joseph's high school for grades nine and 10, won the men's discus throw with a measurement of 60.71 metres.
Young, who still holds the OFSAA high school record for midget men's discus, at 70.79 metres, set in 2009, trains with SISU Throws Club based in Toronto.
After St. Joe's, Young finished high school at Vincent Massey in Windsor. A collegiate career took Young to the University of Arizona and the University of Virginia.

Wednesday, June 10, 2021
ST. THOMAS - Brittany Howard is making strides building a career in hockey.
Whether it is skating with the Professional Women's Hockey Players Association (PWHPA) in the Canadian leg of their Dream Gap tour, or teaching the skills of the sport, Howard is helping to create a better future for women's hockey.
The 25-year old from St. Thomas is aiming on having the game a part of her every day life.

Saturday, June 5, 2021
OTTAWA, Ont. - The excitement for two local female track and field stars was simply getting out to compete.
Following several months of limited activity, both Madison Wilson-Walker, pictured on left, and Hallee Knelsen, attended their first meet of the year, the Ottawa High Performance Weekend, June 5.
The meet is the first of four of the Athletics Ontario High Performance Series, also a qualifier for the Toyko Games.
Wilson-Walker who continues to works towards her goal of competing in long jump at the Paralympic Games, had a best leap of 4.21 metres, in women's long jump
The 2016 graduate of Lord Dorchester secondary school, will be attending the second high performance meet in Windsor, June 12.
Knelsen, who will be attending Western University this September, lowered her personal best time in the women's 800-metre run, from 2:09.54 to 2:08.10.
Over recent months Knelsen kept in shape with one on one training with St. Thomas Legion track and field club coach Harry Stantsos and a few time trials.
The grade 12 student at East Elgin secondary school is aiming to shave more time off her PB to eclipse 2:07.20, the standard time required for the World U20 track and field championships in late August.

Wednesday, May 26, 2021
CALGARY, Alberta - Brittany Howard scored a hat trick in an 8-3 Team Sonnet (Toronto) win over Team Scotiabank (Calgary), part of the Secret Dream Gap women's hockey tournament.
The 25-year old right winger from St. Thomas batted a puck out of the air for goal number one, then buried one on a breakaway and finished a three on one break off by sniping one home for her hattie.
It was team Sonnet's first game of the week long three showcase of the Professional Women's Hockey Players Association (PWHPA).
A bittersweet day for Howard, a graduate of Robert Morris University, as the NCAA school announced today the cancellation of both their men and women's hockey programs.
Howard, a Parkside Collegiate alumni, is the daughter of Scott and Ann Howard.
Three teams of 20 players in the Professional Women's Hockey Players' Association's three Canadian hubs of Calgary, Toronto and Montreal are playing to hoist the Secret Cup trophy Sunday at Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary.
The PWHPA is a movement arising from the collapse of the Canadian Women's Hockey League two years ago. Their goal is a sustainable league with a living wage and the competitive support similar to men's professional leagues.
The three teams play each other twice in a round robin with results augmented by a points system.
A win is worth two points, an overtime win 1.5, a shootout win one point, and half a point for an overtime or shootout loss. A short-handed goal, hat trick, shutout, or scoring five goals or more in a game is each worth one additional point. The two teams with the most points at the end of the round robin Saturday advance to Sunday's final.

Monday, May 23, 2021
LANSING, Mich. - Tyler Mosher is a league champion.
Mosher and his Davenport Panther teammates won the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conferenc (GLIAC) men's baseball championship, taking care of Grand Valley State, 9-1, in the final. Davenport beat Saginaw Valley State, Northwood and Ashland to advance to title game.
The Dutton native attended West Elgin Secondary School and is in his freshman year majoring in accounting, at the university in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Davenport begins their NCAA Division II Midwest Regional against Lindenwood University, Friday, May 28, in St. Charles, Missouri.

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.