Friday night Thunder revs up
OHSWEKEN – For the 19th summer, the sound of roaring high performance engines will be in the air as drivers from the area and beyond open the 2014 racing season, this coming Friday night, May 16th.
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Regals fall under weight of Rebels offense
SIX NATIONS – Is it possible to have too good of a lacrosse team? If so, the Six Nations Rebels are guilty as charged. Many lacrosse insiders believe that at this point in the season, the Jr. B Rebels would beat most Jr. A clubs anywhere in Canada.
Six Nations boxer wins championship
BRANTFORD – “I feel I am getting stronger,” says up an coming amateur boxer, Six Nations’ Cher Obediah-Blasdell after winning the United Golden Gloves Championship belt last weekend at the Hershey Centre in Mississauga.
Corvairs win Sutherland Cup
CALEDONIA – To a man, there was great relief coupled with euphoria and exhaustion when the final buzzer rang out at the Haldimand Centre Saturday night. The Corvairs had won Game #7 by a score of 3-1 over the tough St. Catharines Falcons to take the game and the Sutherland Cup.
Rebels blowing away the competition
SIX NATIONS – The Six Nations Rebels – winners of the national Founders Cup for the past three years – are already threatening another assault on the league record book this Ontario Lacrosse Association (OLA) Jr. B season.
Rivermen split double home opener
OHSWEKEN – The Six Nations Rivermen skinned the Sarnia Beavers 18-6 at the Gaylord Powless Arena, Sunday, afternoon after being doubled up on by the Ennismore James Gang 10-5 in Friday night’s home opener, also at the GPA.
NLL enters playoffs for Champions Cup
ROCHESTER – While the Rochester Knighthawks earned a buy in the first round of the NLL playoffs, the 9-9 Buffalo Bandits will be duking it…
Corvairs can almost taste the Sutherland Cup
CALEDONIA – The Caledonia Pro-Fit Corvairs are so close to the Sutherland Cup they can almost taste it, leading their series against the St. Catharines Falcons two games to one, heading into Game #4, Tuesday night in St Kitts.
Corvairs enter Sutherland Cup without Captain Quilty
CALEDONIA – The last leg of the Caledonia Pro-Fit Corvairs quest for the Jr. B Holy Grail, the Sutherland Cup, begins Wednesday night, April 23rd, at the Haldimand Centre Arena in Caledonia against the St. Catharines Falcons, beginning at 7:30 pm.
McCoys win Allan Cup
DUNDAS – The Brantford Blast’s hopes for another Allan Cup were dashed by last year’s Cup winners, the Bentley Generals, in the quarterfinals Thursday night at the Grightmire Arena in Dundas.
Knighthawks and Bandits close NLL season play
BUFFALO – The Rochester Knighthawks and the Buffalo Bandits end the regular season this coming Saturday night at the First Niagara Centre in Buffalo. Heading into the last week of the regular National Lacrosse League season the Knighthawks are in first place in the East with a record of 13 wins against four losses, while the Bandits hold down second place with eight wins and nine losses.
Sr. B Rivermen ready for Friday’s home opener
OHSWEKEN – GM’s and coaches for four of this year’s Ontario Lacrosse Association Sr. B franchises got an opportunity to watch this year’s hopefuls in…
CLax all-star game, just for fun
WILMOT, ON – It was more like a lacrosse jam session than a game, but the fans still got a show at the Canadian Lacrosse League’s All-Star game, which was played in Wilmot, Ontario, Saturday afternoon.
Corvairs one step away from the Cup
WATERLOO/CALEDONIA – The Caledonia Pro-Fit Corvairs went to Waterloo Sunday afternoon, confident that they were about to sweep the Siskins in Game 4 of the GOJHL semi-finals at the Waterloo Recreation Complex. But the Siskins weren’t quite ready yet to hang up the blades for the summer and beat the Corvairs 3-1 to stay alive, at least until Wednesday when the series continues with Game 5, in Caledonia.
2014 Rebels looking for more history
WILMOT, ON – The OLA Jr. B season is still a couple of weeks away, but if the Six Nations Rebels exhibition game against the Guelph Regals in Wilmot, Sunday afternoon is any indicator at all, the other teams in the league, as well as the record book, are in deep trouble.