Local Sports

Team Canada U18 centre Denver Barkey visited kids at a Newmarket summer camp fresh off a gold-medal win at the Hlinka Gretzky Cup

Newmarket-born boxer Mark Smither successfully defended his Canadian Super Lightweight title

'We always had to make sure we were the hardest working team, and we were,' coach says

U22 AAA team 1 of only 2 Ontario teams competing for national title Aug. 3 to 8; first time since 2015 the local baseball association has sent a team to nationals

Joining John Tavares at the Aug. 3 game will be Hockey Hall of Fame inductee Mike Gartner, free-agent Sam Gagner, former power forward Gary Roberts, Dallas Stars centre Tyler Seguin, and more

Seven from Aurora dance studio competing in Germany this fall

Thousands of athletes across 16 different sports, including Newmarketers, earned medals in games held in Mississauga

Local rep team loses 15-8 in friendly lacrosse game against St. George's School U18 team from Harpenden, England

14 teams with more than 300 players from Ontario played in the Aurora King Baseball Association (AKBA) tournament last weekend

'We’re grinders. Our kids know how to grind,' says coach, with local football talent playing for Team Ontario in national-level U16, U18 games