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Weeks Major Midgets eye home stretch

January 22, 2020January 22, 2020Steve Goodwin

The Pictou County Weeks Major Midgets are trying to close their regular season strong. Pictou County has a good chance to do so with a series of games against teams below them in the Nova Scotia Major Midget Hockey League schedule. The list includes their 6-1 victory over the Cape Breton West Islanders last Saturday...

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Leonard Thompson’s No. 39 retired

September 11, 2019September 10, 2019Steve Goodwin

STELLARTON — It was a rare opportunity last Thursday to honour an accomplished athlete and employee when Leonard Thompson’s No. 39 was officially retired at Proudfoot’s Home Hardware Building Centre in Stellarton. The number signifies the 39 years he worked with the building centre’s locations in New Glasgow and Pictou before his last years at...

Blue Eagles to gather at East Pictou closure

July 17, 2019July 16, 2019Steve Goodwin

SUTHERLANDS RIVER – Many of the great athletes who wore the East Pictou Blue Eagles’ blue and gold colours will be saluted on Saturday as part of the celebration of East Pictou Rural High School and Middle School. The school is closing as middle school students move into the Frank H. MacDonald school located next...

Local skaters at Canada Games

February 27, 2019February 28, 2019Steve Goodwin

NEW GLASGOW — Three Pictou County figure skaters have been taking part in the 2019 Canada Winter Games in Red Deer, Alta. Brooke Pennington and Cameron Boulter were named in the pre-novice division and Jailyn Elliott is a pre-novice dancer. They are members of the Mariposa East Figure Skating Club whose coach, Angela Coady-Pennington, was...

Fraser drops bronze medal in boxing

February 23, 2019Steve Goodwin

RED DEER, Alta. – Matt Fraser is coming home without a Canada Winter Games medal. Fraser, a resident of Antigonish and a member of the Albion Amateur Boxing Cub in Trenton, fought in the 56-kg bronze medal bout on Wednesday but lost a unanimous decision to Jawad Miakhail of Manitoba. Fraser defeated Carter Butler of...

Gibbon, Melanson earn Major Midget awards

February 13, 2019February 12, 2019Steve Goodwin

Two members of the Pictou County Weeks Major Midgets received awards on Sunday at the Pictou County Wellness Centre. Goaltender Ben Gibbon was named to the Nova Scotia Major Midget Hockey League’s first all-star team, while Jacob Melanson is this season’s rookie of the year. Gibbon, who is from Truro, has a 3.00 goals against...

Weeks Major Midgets take leap ahead

October 24, 2018October 23, 2018Steve Goodwin

A milestone win for the Pictou County Weeks Major Midgets has given the team a lift and raised its expectations. Head coach Kyle MacLennan said he was pleased with the way Pictou County played on Sunday en route to a 5-1 victory over the Steele Subaru Major Midgets from Dartmouth in Nova Scotia Major Midget...

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