Sports

Tourney winners – The Minto Mad Dogs U15 Rep team won a tournament in Palmerston on Dec. 4…

Tournament champions – The Maryborough Public School team won the North Wellington school volleyball tournament on Dec. 7 at Victoria Cross Public School in Mount Forest.

Hurry hard – The Fergus Curling Club has an active roster on Wednesday afternoons for its seniors…

ELORA – The Ontario Lacrosse Association (OLA) has presented an Elora lacrosse trainer with an award in recognition of 40 years of leadership and volunteerism.

MINTO – A local minor hockey coach was selected as November’s Coach of the Month through an Ontario Minor Hockey Association (OMHA) recognition program.

From Scotland to Canada – Scottish curlers came to Ontario to exchange ideas and play a game at…

Dojo – October was a special month for the Gorge Karate Dojo and other members of the…

Season’s first – The Fergus Curling Club had its first bonspiel on Nov. 12. This one is named…

HARRISTON – “I still don’t think it has sunk in that I ran the New York City Marathon (NYCM), and in a year that will probably go down in history,” said Harriston resident Amanda Bulmer, who participated in the prestigious run through all five NYC boroughs on Nov. 6.

Jersey presentation – On Nov. 10 at the Fergus sportsplex the children from the Fun1 league of…

PALMERSTON – Renovated recreation facilities were officially opened here by the Town of Minto on Nov. 12. The $2-million project includes additional and renovated dressing rooms at the Palmerston arena, a new ball diamond and upgraded LED ball field lighting for existing diamonds.

ERIN – Erin District High School students Emma Warren and Lauren Bailey have accepted scholarships to Division I universities in the U.S. Warren will play soccer at the University of Vermont and Bailey will play lacrosse at Lindenwood University in Missouri. 

PALMERSTON – A hockey tournament at the Palmerston arena on Nov. 5 raised $16,000 for Ken and Carolyn Brubacher as their 12-year-old son Trevor awaits a kidney transplant. Innovative, Whispering Meadows Family Farms and Martin’s Family Fruit Farm sponsored the event.

MINTO – The Minto Selects are on top of the broomball world. The team won the Men’s division at the World Broomball Championships held in Kingston from Oct. 31 to Nov. 5.