Pascal

It was almost five years ago to the day that I initially penned a column about how the Sudbury soccer community would be far better served if efforts were made towards a greater amalgamation within the youth competitive soccer ranks.

There is something enjoyably unique about the sport of flag football. Sure, some will say that being involved in any high school sport, wearing your school colours, is fundamentally different than most other athletic involvements one might have.

If it seems like Craymer Forth has been part and parcel of the sporting scene in Greater Sudbury forever, it stands to good reason. Last May, Cambrian College bid adieu to the long-time coaching mainstay.

So just how much weight does the “defending champion” title carry when it comes to Sudbury and area high school football? Apparently not enough to sway this columnist.

Samantha Cooper has grown both figuratively and literally this summer. Now stretching into a “built for basketball” 6-1 frame, the soon-to-be Grade 10 student at Lockerby Composite has matured. “I’m more confident now,” Cooper said.

It seems that when it comes to road races, and most notably longer distance events, each and every runner is a story in his or herself.

More than half of the 5,000 plus youngsters who enjoyed a summer of recreational soccer fun, hung up their cleats Sunday evening, as playoff weekends concluded in Nickel Centre, Rayside-Balfour and Valley East.

Team Chiro – it’s a name that, for the past decade or so, has come to symbolize dragon boating excellence in Sudbury and beyond.

I cannot help but to think that there is a touch of irony in the fact that this quote, of which I have been reminded on several occasions in the past month or so, is attributed to Alexander Graham Bell, one of the pioneers of the tele-communication i

Some people might become involved in coaching or administering local sports in part for the notoriety, but it’s a pretty safe bet that wasn’t the case for Alvin Punkkinen.