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HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP: Dartmouth, Halifax West advance in Capital Region girls' hoop playoffs

Sami Russell dropped 25 points as the Dartmouth Spartans downed the Auburn Drive Eagles 102-42 in Capital Region high school girls’ quarter-final basketball playoff action on Tuesday night. Denez Beals and Paris Melanson each added 16 for → Read More

Kian Bell named Nova Scotia Under-18 Hockey League MVP

Halifax McDonalds place five players on all-star teams → Read More

HIGH SCHOOL: Russell, Beals lead Dartmouth win

Sami Russell netted 21 points and Denez Beals 16 as the Dartmouth Spartans topped the Citadel Phoenix 70-52 in metro high school girls’ basketball action on Tuesday. Jenaiya Fraser added 10 for the Spartans. Mercy Olugu scored → Read More

Nova Scotia's Karlee Jones and Bryce Everist to compete at Canadian mixed doubles bubble

Karlee Jones and Bryce Everist will represent Nova Scotia at the Canadian mixed doubles curling championship that begins Thursday in Calgary. The mixed doubles will be the third national championship to be hosted by Curling Canada in a bubble → Read More

Dan Ige talkes out Gavin Tucker in 22 seconds in UFC fight

Dan Ige needed only 22 seconds to knock out Gavin Tucker in a featherweight bout at UFC 259 on Saturday night in Las Vegas. Ige, a top contender in the featherweight division, improved to 15-3 overall and 8-2 in the UFC. Tucker, a Ship → Read More

Pittsburgh Penguins' Sidney Crosby on NHL's COVID protocol list, will miss game

The Pittsburgh Penguins announced that captain Sidney Crosby has been placed on the National Hockey League’s COVID list on Tuesday. The superstar forward will miss Tuesday’s game against the Philadelphia Flyers, but how many more games → Read More

Nova Scotia's Jill Brothers rink ready for Scotties Tournament of Hearts

Jill Brothers won’t get to add a fourth diamond to her Scotties Tournament of Hearts pendant when she arrives in Calgary this week, but she’s okay with that. The Mayflower skip will take the trip to the national championship in search → Read More

Nova Scotia's Dwight Corbin named interim president of Pan American Canoe Confederation

Dwight Corbin said he has been working on his Spanish-speaking skills and that will come in handy in his new role as the interim president of the Pan American Canoe Confederation (COPAC). The Lake Echo native has taken the helm of the COPAC → Read More

Nova Scotia's Jill Brothers rink to open against Alberta at Scotties Tournament of Hearts

Nova Scotia’s Jill Brothers rink will play Alberta’s Laura Walker in the opening round of the Scotties Tournament of Hearts on Friday, Feb. 19 in Calgary. Brothers and her team of third Eric Carmody, second Jenn Brine, lead Emma → Read More

Dalhousie's Isabel Sarty, Matt Coolen earn Top-8 Academic honours

Dalhousie University’s Isabel Sarty and Matt Coolen have been selected as Top-8 Academic All-Canadians for the 2019-20 season. Sarty was named the AUS female swimmer of the year and was also the 2020 AUS championship swimmer of the → Read More

Scotties, Tankard among cancelled curling events

Murphy rink accepts Brier invite, skip opts out; Brothers to decide on Scotties → Read More

Dalhousie women's volleyball team finding ways to make it fun in lost season

Veteran Dalhousie coach Rick Scott is doing his best to bring some routine to his women’s volleyball team during a time when normalcy has gone out the window. With university sports competitions across the country shut down for the year, not → Read More

Professional football player Brett Lauther hopes to kick COVID-19

The opening of presents on Christmas Day can bring many surprises. But for Brett Lauther surprise turned to shock when he opened an email from the Alberta Health Services with the news that he tested positive for COVID-19. The → Read More

Senna Peeters to join Mooseheads after world juniors

Forward Senna Peeters will rejoin the Halifax Mooseheads when the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League season resumes in January. Mooseheads general manager Cam Russell announced the move on Thursday. The 18-year-old is in Edmonton as a member → Read More

Gavin Tucker takes unanimous decision in UFC 256 fight

Gavin Tucker won a three-round unanimous decision over Billy Quarantillo in a featherweight bout on the undercard of UFC 256 in Las Vegas on Saturday night. Tucker, a Ship Cove, N.L., native who trains out of Halifax, was a 30-27 winner on all → Read More

Nova Scotia curling changes format, dates for provincial events

Nova Scotia Curling is making some sweeping changes to the provincial championship calendar. The provincial organization’s board decided to skip the qualifying tournaments for both the men’s Tankard and women’s Scotties → Read More

Brad Gushue cleans house at Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic

Brad Gushue is making the most of his travel in the Atlantic Bubble. For the second time in two weeks, the Newfoundland and Labrador rink captured a major cashspiel in Halifax. On Sunday, Gushue downed Matt Manuel 6-2 to capture the Stu Sells → Read More

Ben Williams leads Amherst Ramblers' win

Ben Williams scored a pair of goals as the Amherst Ramblers edged the Valley Wildcats 3-1 in Maritime Junior Hockey League action on Sunday. Aiden MacIntosh added a single for the Ramblers while Aaron Brown replied for the Wildcats. On → Read More

Keegan Gauthier nets overtime winner for Antigonish Bulldogs

Keegan Gauthier's second goal of the game was the overtime winner as the Antigonish Bulldogs edged the Kameron Jr. Miners 5-4 in Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League action on Saturday. Fearghus MacDonald, Ryan MacLellan and Craig Landry also → Read More

Thunderbirds re-sign high-scoring forward Austin Shanks

The Halifax Thunderbirds re-signed high-scoring forward Austin Shanks to a three-year contract on Tuesday. Shanks had 32 points (16 goals, 16 assists) in nine games for the Thunderbirds last season. In three National Lacrosse League seasons, he → Read More