Sports & Recreation

VanWychen Wins Soccer Award

17-year-old Isaac VanWychen received the 2022 Male Youth Performance Player of the Year award at the Soccer NS Night of Excellence. VanWychen, who lives in Middle Musquodoboit, will be playing soccer this fall on a soccer scholarship at St. Francis Xavier University. He was a member of the NS Canada Games Soccer team that represented Nova Scotia at the Summer Canada Games in Niagara in August of last year. Van Wychen also plays table tennis and will be representing Nova Scotia at the Canada Winter Games in February 2023 as a Table Tennis athlete.

January 23, 2023

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Second Annual Halloween Trick or Treat Trail Wal

The second annual “Halloween Trick or Treat Trail Walk” will take place on Saturday, October 29, 2022 from 1-3 pm hosted by SATA Trails Society. The festivities will be on the Gaetz Brook Greenway Trail from East Chezzetcook to the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 161 (3-4km). Rain date will be Sunday October 30, 2022. It’s an accessible event, open to people of all ages and their four-legged friends.

October 06, 2022

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Good Year for Gold Sox Teams

By Richard Bell The Eastern Shore-based Gold Sox girls fast-pitch softball teams had a good year. Co-presidents Steve Wentzell and Meghan Doucette took over the old Gold Diggers in January, changing the name to Gold Sox.

October 06, 2022

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Local Boxer Expands Outside the Ring

By Thomas Scott Coming off his most recent victory on July 16 at the Fists of Fury at the Halifax Forum, pro boxer Kyle ‘Real Deal’ McNeil has much more going on than just his boxing career.

August 31, 2022

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Lacrosse Succeeding on the Shore

By Thomas Scott With the lifting of Covid restrictions, the new lacrosse league on the Eastern Shore has been growing fast. The Eastern Shore Breakers have lacrosse teams ranging from 6U to 21U, featuring co-ed and girls’ teams.

August 30, 2022

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Pushing the Boundaries of Order and Chaos

By Jennifer Deacon Christopher Mathers was an avid kite surfer when he moved from Toronto to Halifax fourteen years ago to attend Dalhousie University. He discovered the surfing world in Lawrencetown, and it changed his life. "I was on track to engage in the architecture program,” Mathers said in a recent interview. “I decided that's not for me. I just took my creativity and applied it to my new-found love of surfing."

July 08, 2022

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It’s competition time!

By Nathalie Green After two years of cancellation and delay, the eleventh annual Sambea National Jumper Festival is taking place on June 18th at Sambea Farm 24 Conrad Road, Lawrencetown. The event hosts riders and their horses eager to test their skills against curated jumping courses. The competition starts at 8:30 am.

June 15, 2022

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Dragon Boats Return to Porters Lake

By Richard Bell Narrows 9 Dragons will be launching their three 40-foot-long Dragon Boats into Porters Lake again this summer, opening on May 5.

April 01, 2022

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Hannah Kent Steps Up Her Game

By Emily Sawchyn Hannah Kent will be taking a major step forward in her lacrosse career in the fall of 2021, when the 17-year old joins Niagara University’s Purple Eagles women’s lacrosse team. Niagara offered Kent a scholarship to play in the U.S. National Collegiate Athletic Association’s top college division, and she is committed to the 2022 season.

January 18, 2021

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Mourning the Olympics

Mackenzie Myatt When I first heard about the new coronavirus, it was in China and it really didn’t affect me—if you have live meat markets, I remember thinking, you’re probably going to catch something from time to time

March 28, 2020

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