Sports

CARLETON PLACE – A leader in his first year playing Junior A hockey for the Carleton Place Canadians, Kinburn’s Finn Barton was named the Central Canada Hockey League’s (CCHL) 2024-2025 Top Rookie.

OTTAWA – The University of Ottawa Gee-Gees men’s hockey team are University Cup champions, and a Carp native helped make the historic run happen.

SUMMERSIDE – The Huntley Curling Club’s amazing women’s U18 team, Team Frlan, is on their way to Prince Edward Island for another crack at a national championship.

DUNROBIN – Dunrobin Shore’s Caily-Grace Lemmex, 15, has done it again, winning the Canadian Snowboard Cross Jr. National Championship this month, capping off an incredible season for the young athlete.

SASKATOON – Huntley Curling Club’s Team Frlan is coming back to Carp as the third best U18 women’s curling team in Canada.

CARP – Last Saturday (Feb. 22) the country celebrated Curling Day in Canada, and at the Huntley Curling Club, that meant participating in Canada’s Big Shootout and a free Give Curling a Try community workshop.

ARNPRIOR – Last Friday (Feb. 21) the Arnprior Rivermen advanced to round two of the Eastern Ontario Super Hockey League (EOSHL) playoffs, and less than 24 hours later played their first game of the second round against the North Dundas Rockets.

ARNPRIOR – It was an up and down regular season for the Arnprior Rivermen, but that’s ancient history and now it’s time to focus on the 2025 Eastern Ontario Super Hockey League (EOSHL).

CARP – Fast pitch isn’t just for the boys, and a new women’s league is coming to Carp this summer.

CARP – The beautiful Carp Classic trophy, donated by Carp’s Rump family, is heading downtown (probably more figuratively than literally) following the Rideau Curling Club’s Team Lewis victory at this year’s $12,000 Carp Classic.