Laura Young
SudburyStar
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Personal Best: Future of Laurentian University's pool still uncertain
If LU wants to assure the community that it’s looking to a brighter future, re-opening Jeno Tihanyi Olympic Gold Pool would be morale boost → Read More
Personal Best: Kickboxing coach takes own advice, takes on role with Team Canada
Dawn Rae Culgin was head coach at Panam event in Brazil → Read More
Laurentian b-ballers battle hard in losses to Ottawa, Carleton
Voyageurs open home side of OUA schedule Ben Avery gym → Read More
Personal Best: Houle’s unique approach to sporting life wins award
Special Olympics community co-ordinator Lynne Houle is volunteer of year on roster of 2022 provincial award winners → Read More
Personal Best: New ARC owners want to rebuild community
ARC Flash bouldering event is back this Friday, Sept. 30. Ladies Night is back in October. → Read More
Personal Best: Have poles, will travel — local urban polers rebounding from pandemic
When urban polers take up their activity for the first time, they fall hard. → Read More
Personal Best: Commitment leads to more medals for Sudbury paddler
True North athlete claims three golds in world dragonboat finals → Read More
And he’s off: Matthieu Bonin begins swimming journey for MS research
Circumnavigating Manitoulin Island to raise $100,000 → Read More
Sudbury’s Williams heading to historic U18 female tackle football nationals
She started playing six months ago and fell in love with the game → Read More
Personal Best: A way of life - Sudbury kickboxers take ring lessons to their lives
As remarkable as it may sound, the COVID-19 pandemic has taught us all resilience. → Read More
Personal Best: Skiers ready for city high school alpine finals
Knowing sport is back — even as the bitter Canadian winter holds fast — is a great feeling for all high school athletes. → Read More
Dunk champ Kilganon to make video game appearance
Sudbury’s professional dunker will be featured as a character in Blacktop Hoops, the first competitive VR Streetball game from Oculus Quest. → Read More
Olympic soccer gold should inspire grassroots, says Sudburnia director
Victory will be 'huge' for the game in Sudbury and across Canada, Brian Ashton says → Read More
The future is now: GSSC soccer sees growth, gratitude on the pitch
Article content The U21 women of the Ontario Women’s Soccer League are in action this weekend, as are the U16 girls of the Central Soccer League – all at James Jerome fields. And for the U14 boys of the Greater Sudbury Soccer Club (GSSC), it’s off to Toronto, another weekend on the road. Braxton Ragogna, 14, doesn’t recall learning to play soccer. He has been playing his whole life, he says. “I… → Read More
Of blueberries and snowshoes: Trail riders build momentum despite COVID-19 challenges
As anyone in sport during the COVID-19 global pandemic knows, everyone has been forced to adapt to keep their favourite activity going. → Read More
Personal Best: Swim groups worry about future for young swimmers
Those leading Canadian swimming, from beginner lessons to the Olympics, are concerned for the post-pandemic future of young people — specifically those from… → Read More
Pool closure ‘a tragedy’ Swimming Canada director says
The high-performance director of Swimming Canada calls pool closures a hit to the community and the young people who use them. → Read More
Personal Best: Challenges and silver linings — how can you forget about a global pandemic?
As the pandemic marches on, the Brazilian, British and South African variants join the parade. → Read More
Personal Best: Swim league, gratitude help varsity team cope
As music thundered throughout the pool area at Valley East’s Howard Armstrong Recreation Centre, masked swimmers marched out bundled in parkas before they… → Read More
Personal Best: Gougeon-Irving continues ride towards Tokyo
For equestrienne Jill Gougeon-Irving, the show must go on. Even it means she’s feeling a bit lonely. The Sudbury native and New Brunswick resident continues her work towards qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics, currently set for next July. She’s nestled safely in her equestrian bubble in Wellington, Fla. “Riders are very aware of the fact […] → Read More