Weekend Sports Roundup

Mar 25, 2024 | Sports

The Antigonish Bulldogs are the U11 AA Fundy Highlands North Champions with a 7-2 win over Pictou White.  The Bulldogs will compete next week for the Hockey Nova Scotia North Conference Championship against Cape Breton County Islanders.

The Quad County Whitecaps Teal are Female U13 A provincial champions! The Whitecaps defeated the Metro East Inferno 2-1 in a shootout to win Nova Scotia provincial gold Sunday afternoon.

Isla Gillies scored the lone goal and Abigail Reid earned the shutout as the Quad County Whitecaps defeated the Metro West Force Avalanche in Sunday morning’s championship final to win the Nova Scotia Female U15 AA provincial title

The Fundy Highland Stars on won the Female U11 A provincial championship Sunday morning at the Hector Arena in Pictou.

The Stars shut out the Quad County Whitecaps Black in a hard-fought 2-0 final.

 

The Cape Breton Blizzard scored four unanswered goals Sunday morning to defeat the Quad County Whitecaps Teal 4-1 in the championship final to win the Female U15 A provincial championship

Kayla MacLeod scored in the second overtime this afternoon as the Metro East Inferno topped the Quad County Whitecaps 4-3 in the Female U18 A gold medal game to win the provincial championship

 

At the School Sport Nova Scotia Provincial Curling Championship in Digby:

Bronze Medal Game

Dr, JHG stole two in the eighth end to break a 7-7 tie and win over Citadel 9-7.

Gold Medal Game

Baddeck scored 3 in the last end to edge Millwood 5-4 and claim the Provincial Banner.

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Canadian Radio Awards: 989 XFM Small Market Station of The Year

Broadcast Dialogue has announced the winners of the inaugural Canadian Radio Awards, which we’ve dubbed “The Howards” after our publisher emeritus Howard Christensen.

When Howard, a radio veteran and one of the original Broadcast News anchors, founded Broadcast Dialogue in 1992, he saw a need for both timely delivery of Canadian broadcast industry news, but also recognized the importance of creating a sense of community.

989 XFM is very proud to be the winner of the 2020 Station of Year – Small Market award.