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Runaway Mystery, #6, with driver Harold LeBlanc Jr., left, edged out David Lloyd George, centre, and Keigan Madden in two minutes four second during Saturday's opening day of Northside Downs' 2024 harness racing season. CONTRIBUTED/CHRIS ABBASS

HARNESS RACING: Runaway Mystery upset winner as Northside Downs opens for 2024 season

SaltWire Network |Updated a day ago |2 min read Premium content

Leaving from the outside post six and sent off at the longest win odds could not stop Runaway Mystery from circling the field in capturing the Winners Over in two minutes four seconds on Saturday's opening day of the 2024 harness racing season at ...

Nov 1, 2023; Miami, Florida, USA; A detailed view of the game basketball on the court during the first half between the Miami Heat and the Brooklyn Nets at Kaseya Center. Mandatory Credit: Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY Sports

Courtney Donaldson and Elizabeth Iseyemi lead Lake City 56ers to MWBA win

SaltWire Network |Updated a day ago |1 min read Premium content

Courtney Donaldson and Elizabeth Iseyemi each poured in 23 points as the Lake City 56ers downed the Miramichi Her-Icanes 81-52 in Maritime Women's Basketball League action on Saturday. Andrea Wright added 15 points for the 56ers, who improved to 2-1.

Boston Bruins captain Brad Marchand struggles to get to the bench after being hit during the first period of Game 3 of their Stanley Cup Playoffs second-round series against the Florida Panthers in Boston on Friday night. - Winslow Townson / USA Today Sports

Unhappy birthday: Brad Marchand, who turned 36 on Saturday, out for Game 4 against Florida with upper body injury

Glenn MacDonald · Multimedia Journalist |Updated a day ago |3 min read Premium content

Brad Marchand probably didn’t want to spend his birthday this way. The Boston Bruins captain, who turned 36 on Saturday, was injured during Friday’s Game 3 loss to the Florida Panthers and did not play in Game 4 of their Stanley Cup Playoffs ...

Massimo Ferrin of the Halifax Wanderers is defended by Fraser Aird of Cavalry FC during Canadian Premier League action Saturday afternoon at the Wanderers Grounds. The teams played to a 1-1 draw. - CANADIAN PREMIER LEAGUE

‘One point is better than zero’: After starting season 0-3, Wanderers pick up draw with Cavalry

Glenn MacDonald · Multimedia Journalist |Updated a day ago |4 min read Premium content

It may not have been a victory in the standings but the Halifax Wanderers’ 1-1 draw against visiting Cavalry FC on Saturday afternoon could be deemed a moral victory. Giorgio Probo scored his first Canadian Premier League goal in the 78th minute to ...

Halifax Mooseheads goalie Mathis Rousseau backs up teammate Markus Vidicek's blocked shot by Cape Breton Eagles Cam Squires  during QMJHL action in Halifax Wednesday February 28, 2024.

TIM KROCHAK PHOTO

Mooseheads GM Cam Russell provides update on coaching search, overall team direction

Willy Palov · Multimedia Journalist |Updated May. 10, 2024 |5 min read Premium content

It's pretty clear the Halifax Mooseheads will look vastly different at training camp in August than they did a couple of months ago. Their year ended in harsh disappointment when they fell to the Bathurst Titan in a first-round sweep after a fourth ...

Lacrosse is the summer national sport of Canada, but Harvey MacDonald wonders where the Herald's coverage of this sport is.

Cape Breton lacrosse player named to Team Nova Scotia’s under-15 female team

Jeremy Fraser · Multimedia journalist |Updated May. 10, 2024 |1 min read Premium content

A Cape Breton lacrosse player has been named to Team Nova Scotia for the 2024 season. Sophia Lyle of North Sydney has been named to the province’s under-15 female box lacrosse club. Lyle is the first female player from the Cape Breton Lacrosse ...

Revenant, left, was named the co-horse of the year along with QTS Charlie at Northside Downs during the Cape Breton Horseman’s Association 2023 awards recently. It's expected to be one of the horses to watch during the 2024 harness racing season at Northside Downs. CONTRIBUTED/CHRIS ABBASS.

Northside Downs begins 27 race date harness racing season this weekend in North Sydney

Jeremy Fraser · Multimedia journalist |Updated May. 10, 2024 |6 min read Premium content

The 2024 harness racing season in Cape Breton will kick off this weekend at Northside Downs in North Sydney.  Five months after wrapping up a successful 2023 campaign, the new year will begin with an eight-race event on Saturday at the Regent Street ...

The Cape Breton Warriors will begin their inaugural East Coast Junior ‘B’ Lacrosse League season this weekend on the road in Thorburn. The Warriors will be one of three teams in the newly formed league this season. Members of the Warriors, from left, are Dylan Campbell, Cameron Lagacé and William Hussey. JEREMY FRASER/CAPE BRETON POST

Making history: Cape Breton Warriors to begin inaugural East Coast Junior ‘B’ Lacrosse League season this weekend

Jeremy Fraser · Multimedia journalist |Updated May. 10, 2024 |5 min read Premium content

When Dylan Campbell learned the East Coast Junior Lacrosse League would have a junior ‘B’ league and a team in Cape Breton, he couldn’t have been happier. The Bras d’Or product has been playing in the junior ‘A’ league and was forced to travel four ...

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Cape Breton’s Brad Muise named assistant coach of South Shore Mustangs

Jeremy Fraser · Multimedia journalist |Updated May. 10, 2024 |1 min read Premium content

A Cape Breton native will be coaching in the Nova Scotia Under-18 Major Hockey League next season. Brad Muise, originally of Cheticamp, was recently named an assistant coach for the South Shore Lumberjacks for the 2024-25 season. Muise, who once ...

Football.

Level 1 football officials clinic set for this month in Cape Breton

Jeremy Fraser · Multimedia journalist |Updated May. 10, 2024 |1 min read Premium content

Football Cape Breton will be sponsoring a Level 1 football officials training clinic this month in Sydney. The clinic will take place in the upstairs clubhouse at Open Hearth Park. The clinic will start at 9:30 a.m. and run until 5 p.m.  The morning ...

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