Moose FM CFSF 99.3 - Sturgeon Falls

Although it was a much closer game than the previous night's 9-2 loss, the Lumberjacks made it five losses in a row on Friday night by falling to Temiscaming 1-0.  Jacks goalie Ethan Loo made 39 saves in the loss to earn 2nd star of the game.  Jacks are back in action Friday night at home as they play host to the Toronto Attack before hitting the road for Bracebridge on Saturday.

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North Bay's Matt Walters returns from Mandeville, Jamaica with a silver medal that Canada's Senior Men's XC team earned at the North America, Central America and Caribbean countries (NACAC) Cross Country Championships.  The Canadian team finished four points behind first place USA and 52 points ahead of third place Jamaica.  The West Ferris Secondary School graduate finished in 12th place in the race that is seen as a tune up for the World  XC Championships in Poland in March.  Matt returns to the University of Windsor to resume training for the CIS Indoor Track Championships where he is the defending national champion in the 1500m and the 3000m events.

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A mighty group of North Bay Titans swimmers attended the Jeno Tihanyi Long Course Championships this past weekend in Sudbury and brought home several top three finishes as well many personal best achievements.

Noah Swain (15) shaved 18 seconds off his time to capture a gold medal in the 400m freestyle event, while also bringing home a silver in the 200m butterfly event.  He now qualifies him to participate at the Age Group National Championship being held in Calgary in late July.  He will now join 4 other Titans at the National level event.  Swain also swam to bronze medals in the 200m IM, 400m IM and 100m butterfly events on the weekend.

Jaydan Jackson (17) captured gold in the 200m backstroke event while Renee Gagnon (16) landed first place in the 800m freestyle swim.  Jackson also swam to a second place finish with a new personal best time in the 400m freestyle and Gagnon swam to a new personal best time in the 100m backstroke event giving her a silver medal as well.

Silver medals were also achieved by Grace Liritzis (13) in the 200m butterfly, Connor Montgomery (15) in the 200m breaststroke, Sierra McCourt (18) in the 200m butterfly and 200m breaststroke, Brittany Pask (17) in the 100m butterfly and 400m IM events.

Dylan Jackson (20) swam to bronze in the 100m and 50m freestyle.

Other Titan swimmers age 13 and over participating in finals were Keltan Baran, Anisha Bhattacharyya, Angelina Racine, Jacob Brost, Steve Cholette, Caitlyn Jones, Kaytlin Legris, Kayley Niemela, Jeremy Sallie, Savanah Thibeault, Katie Tripp, and Regine Wyss.

Personal best times were also achieved by Abbey Krajc and Quinn Schroeder in the 13 and over age categories at the meet.

12 and Under

The Titans also sent a small group of age 12 and under swimmers to the Championship meet in Sudbury.

Chris Uys (12) took home a bronze medal in the 100m butterfly event while brother Bernard Uys swam to fourth place finishes in the 200m IM and 200m backstroke events.

Personal best times went to Olivia Gagnon, Rayna Costello, Evan Kilroy, Emma Lodge, Sheila MacDougall and Hailey Passmore.

As the season comes to an end for most of the swimmers, a small group will continue to train as they will be attending Senior Nationals being held in Edmonton and Age Group Nationals in Calgary.  Both meets take place in July.

It was a barn burner and sweet revenge last night in GMHL action as the number 2 Sturgeon Falls Lumberjacks toppled the number 1 Timiskaming Titans 10 to 8 in Timiskaming. It took a team effort to defeat the Titans as 16 of the Jacks 20 skaters had at least 1 point with Joel Senecal leading the way with 2 goals and 1 assist. The Jacks are back in action Saturday night as they host the Elliot Lake Bobcats - game time is 7:30. Food donations will be accepted at the game on behalf of West Nipissing Food Bank.