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• Who you gonna call?
  Bill Hogan is one sportsman who seldom has to wait long for the inevitable phone call or-e-mail requesting his services in an officials or ...
• The Rock are champions, for all the country to see
  There may have been only five players from The Rock named to Canada’s Selects team, but there are 22 who are probably still celebrating what head ...
• The Rock, Wolf Pack vie for national title
  Prairie Wolf Pack head coach Mike Shelley backpedalled a little Thursday from his controversial remarks a few weeks ago about The Rock rugby ...
• Some bulletin-board material for The Rock
  If The Rock was looking for ammunition as they reload for the Canadian Rugby Championship (CRC) final Saturday, they’ve got it.Last week, the ...
• Taking it to the limit
  Donna Phelan has been all over the world, but unlike the average tourist, she has to push her body to the limit wherever she goes.The 38-year-old ...
• Little in the way of Cross examination
  Members of Challenge Cup champion Holy Cross Kirby Group partied in head coach Jake Stanford’s backyard Monday, but the talk among the Holy Cross ...
• First spot on the line today
  Rock coach Pat Parfrey’s final note to his players as they prepared to take on Prairie Wolf Pack in today’s match to decide who will get to host ...
• Still dangerous, just in a different way
  He was once one of the most feared goal scorers in the Molson Challenge Cup Soccer League, but Jon Hawco’s game has changed, even if his ...
• West Side, 3Cheers both have double playoff lives
  West Side Charlies joined their Newfoundland buddies on 3Cheers Pub/Bud Light with a double playoff life following completion of round-robin play ...
• Double life for 3 Cheers, West Side close to it
  Newfoundland’s No.1 team in the national tournament improved its second-place record 6-1, while West Side Charlies, Newfoundland's No.2 team, is ...
• Two more wins for 3Cheers
  3Cheers, Newfoundland’s No.1 team in the tournament, was led by veteran Colin Abbott, as it edged the Owen Sound, Ont., Selects 6-5 and ...
• Keep some, lose some
  A half dozen potential Memorial Sea-Hawk players have opted to go outside the province this fall. Gonzaga’s Rebecca Langmead, Amy Gough of ...
• Western United forfeits its last two games
  Corner Brook Challenge Cup Association director Bill Avery, in an e-mail to Newfoundland and Labrador Soccer Association (NLSA) senior men’s ...
• Field of dreams
  With that in mind, the two had a dream to build an indoor FieldTurf facility that would allow athletes and teams to train all year ...
• Crusaders extend first place lead
  However, while the first-place Crusaders hold a 13-point lead on runner-up St. Lawrence Labatt Laurentians, coach Jake Stanford bristled at the ...
• He’s got a great shot at stardom
  Seguin’s goal from close range over goalie Olivier Roy’s shoulder showed the sort of scoring touch around the net the Boston Bruins were hoping ...
• Blazers look to keep the Capitals' brooms in the closet
  “It’s going to be hard road, but I don’t think we’re out of it yet,” said Joe Wadden of his Mount Pearl Blazers, who are about to embark on ...
• For Oates, m5 is all about family
  “My daughter has always been kidded about being Eddie Oates’ daughter. Well, she’s not Eddie Oates’ daughter today. I’m Kim Oates’ dad,” said the ...
• New champions top podium
  M5, which came within two seconds of the half-course record in the first female race of the day, captured the women’s championship and the Kim ...
• A time for confidence
  At least that’s what Amanda Hancock believes is possible. Hancock is the No. 3 oar for the m5 team, whose lineup also includes stroke Katie ...
• McNicholas's toe points Rock in the right direction
  Then, as the fans held their breath, he cooly hit it through the uprights to break a stalemate and send the Newfoundland Rock to a 13-10 victory ...
• Junior Rock wins national rugby championship
  McNicholas kicked a pair of penalties and converted Zac Coughlan's try for Newfoundland which picked up its first win ever against a B.C. ...
• Hunt's always willing to step up to the plate
  The Telegram unsung heroes - Like most people who want to help others, Brian Hunt doesn't volunteer for praise or recognition. That doesn't mean ...
• Resolute Rock earn right to host national under-20...
  As Junior Rock players raised their arms at the final whistle after upsetting Niagara Thunder 20-8 at Swilers Complex Saturday, the coach of ...
• Rock, Thunder get ready to rumble
  Junior Rock rugby coach Simon Blanks and his under-20 team have a difficult undertaking Saturday when they goes up against a more experienced ...
• Award honours Williams' inspirational attitude
  When Patricia Williams thinks about her dad, what immediately comes to mind is that "everybody loved him and thought he was a wonderful fellow." ...
• Putt's play earns point for Pearl
  Goalkeeper Tyler Putt admits he has a little more incentive when Mount Pearl plays Holy Cross these days. "I always get up for these games a bit ...
• Road to redemption
  Junior Edwards can't quite put his finger on it, but he says, in some ways, 35-year-old striker Mike Howlett has never looked better. And the St. ...
• Crosbie's rugby work knows no bounds
  Three years ago, just after the national rugby festival bronze medals were handed to the Newfoundland's under 16 team, coach Bas Crosbie tore off ...
• This lefty has the right stuff
  Veteran baseball coach Joe Wadden calls Greg Barry "an old-time ball player," and that's as good a compliment as it gets for local baseball these ...