Ontario Native Basketball Invitational 2024 announced by ISWO to partner with Rez Hoops

By TRT Staff with notes from onbi.iswo.ca   MISSISSAUGA – on January 25, Indigenous Sport & Wellness Ontario (ISWO) unveiled the Ontario Native Basketball Invitational…

National Truth and Reconciliation Day with the Toronto Blue Jays

TORONTO — On September 30, the Rogers Centre lit up with orange shirts as the Toronto Blue Jays hosted a ceremony for National Truth and…

Elementary 3-pitch tournament sees Oliver M. Smith students in the winning brackets

By TRT Staff OHSWEKEN — Both the Junior and Intermediate 3-Pitch tournaments for Six Nations and Mississauga of the Credit elementary schools finalized this week…

All-Ontario Native Fastball Tournament returns to Ohsweken

OHSWEKEN — This past weekend brought together over 30 Indigenous fastball teams to the Ohsweken Ball Diamonds as they competed for provincial titles in five…

ISC Ontario Challenge Cup bringing fastpitch to Ohsweken

OHSWEKEN — On August 5, The International Softball Congress (ISC) was pleased to announce that, in partnership with the Ohsweken Redmen, the 2022 Ontario Challenge…

Womens Fastball team from Six Nations wins at Canadian Native Fastball Championships

BRITISH COLUMBIA — Prince George hosted the 2022 Canadian Native Fastball Championships between July 29 to July 31, a return held off by the pandemic.…

Local youth fundraising to participate in national baseball combine

By TRT Staff with notes from donorbox.org ONTARIO — Kaleb Thomas, 18, of Six Nations has been selected to participate in the prestigious New Balance…

Master Batters take home first Six Nations Slo-Pitch League Iroquois Cup

OHSWEKEN — As outdoor sports re-entered the sphere, in the month on September, the shortened season for the Six Nations Slo-Pitch League began with ten…

CWOSSA promises championships this year

As students returned back to school for the first time in months, the Central Western Ontario Secondary Schools Association Executive Council shared the return of…

Kaleb Thomas commits to D1 Baseball in Missouri State

Kaleb Thomas, a right-hander from Six Nations of the Grand River made a verbal commitment to attend NCAA Division I Missouri State University to play…

Last weekend, SN Softball fans filled the stands for the first time in two seasons

SIX NATIONS — On Saturday, September 11, the Six Nations Agricultural Society offered a Fall Gathering at the Six Nations Fairgrounds and brought with it,…

A closer look at Hall of Fame pitcher – “Chief” Bender

Last week we looked at only a few Native Americans who broke the “Red Barrier” in Baseball in the 1890’s and early 1900s. There are…

Lou Sockalexis: The original Cleveland “Indian”

The first Indigenous player to break baseball’s “Red Barrier” was Louis Sockalexis, a 25-year-old member of the Penobscot Nation of Maine. He learned the game…

Blue Jays debut for 2021

TORONTO – The 2021 edition of the Toronto Blue Jays debuted a lot of new faces and some favourites from last season this past weekend.…

Angelina Bomberry truly excited about winning Wendy Cathcart Bursary

Last November was a magical time for McMaster University Marauders women’s fastpitch player Angelina Bomberry. Bomberry, who began her softball career in 2009, with the…