MANISTIQUE — Several area cross-country runners gave chase, but it was the leaders from the Eastern Upper Peninsula who occupied the top spots in the Manistique Emerald Invitational here Wednesday. Sault Ste. Marie swept both titles, with the girls scoring 45 points, followed by Munising with 63, Rudyard with 74, […]
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Eagles skate past Thunderbirds in preseason finale
SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. – A Jeremy Schroeder goal with seven and a half minutes remaining in regulation proved to be the game-winner as the Soo Eagles went on to defeat the Soo Thunderbirds 4-2 Wednesday night at John Rhodes Community Centre in the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League’s final preseason […]
NOJHL announces 2026 Showcase schedule
SUDBURY, Ont. – The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League (NOJHL) announced Tuesday the game schedule for its annual Showcase event, which runs October 6-7, at Gerry McCrory Countryside Sports Complex, in Sudbury. Joining the 11 NOJHL member clubs at the two-day event will once again be St. Andrew’s College Prep School, […]
Five takeaways from Michigan State football’s opening win over Toledo
It’s kind of a strange thing when a team covers the spread, wins by 10 and you still leave the game feeling a little wary about the future. But I think that’s the case following Michigan State football’s win over Toledo on Friday night. The Spartans actually trailed for a few minutes in […]
Michigan didn’t steal its miracle win from Western Michigan
At what point does time lose its meaning? Physicists point to the speed of light or the edge of a black hole, but for the Big Ten, the boundary is apparently a national television broadcast. It turns out the clock ticking on your screen and the official timing utilized by […]
NOJHL Team Previews: Soo Eagles
SUDBURY, Ont. – The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League’s Soo Eagles will be looking for a solid start to their 2026-27 campaign and secure a playoff berth for a third consecutive year. After beginning last season winless in their first nine games, the Eagles rebounded from there to comfortably secure a […]
ONTARIO MEN’S JUNIOR HOCKEY DEVELOPMENT PILOT APPROVED FOR 2026-27 SEASON
TORONTO, Ontario – Hockey Canada has announced that its board of directors has approved an Ontario Men’s Junior Hockey Development pilot project for the 2026-27 season that will benefit players across junior leagues in the province. The pilot is designed to test a more consistent approach to men’s junior hockey in […]
NOJHL announces preseason schedule
SUDBURY, Ont. – The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League (NOJHL) announced Tuesday its current preseason schedule. The 11-game exhibition slate is scheduled to begin Friday, Aug. 28 as the Kirkland Lake Gold Miners host the Iroquois Falls Storm in a 7 p.m. start at the Joe Mavrinac Community Complex. Nine of […]
Local Lads in Soo Eagles’ Net
Soo Eagles are staying in their own neck of the woods when it comes to two of the three goalies who will tend twine for the Michigan-based Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League team come the looming ’26-27 season. Eagles president and general manager Bruno Bragagnolo told Hockey News North that “we will […]
The Rise of Kenny Belanger
He has gone from a player who as a youngster was unceremoniously cut from a AAA program in his hometown of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. to become a productive performer at the junior A and Ontario university levels. And now, as he nears his 22nd birthday, Kenny Belanger has signed […]












