Sports

The U18 Men's Belleville Bulldogs have won the Eastern Ontario Rugby Union division for a berth into the Rugby Ontario Junior Provincial Cup Championship. The Bulldogs finished the regular season with eight wins and two losses and 41 points to lead the Eastern Ontario Rugby Union U18 table. The Rugby Ontario Provincial...

Some hockey seasons are measured in wins and losses. Others are remembered long after the final buzzer because of what a team accomplished together. For the 2025-26 Belleville Bearcats U13AA team, the numbers tell a remarkable story all on their own. Sixty games, 55 wins, a 933 winning percentage, ranked second in all ...

The Lawns We Do 360 Sprint class hit the track for race two of their four race championship at Brighton Speedway. The night also featured Late Models, Canadian Modifieds, Thunder Stocks, and Mini Stocks. Swiernik crowned victor of the SOS sprint night. The 25-Lap 360 Sprint race featuring the Southern Ontario Sprints ...

Quinte Curling is inviting local businesses to take part in a new business league called the Onit Business League. In a release, Quinte Curling says the new league will give local companies an opportunity to combine team building, employee wellness, friendly competition and networking. No curling experience is required...

The U18 Quinte Royals won the EOBA (Eastern Ontario Baseball Association) championship this weekend in Kingston The Royals went 4-0 to capture the title. Danny Veo, Tate Crawford, Seth Martin and Jack Murphy picked up the wins on the mound. Martin pitched a complete game shutout in the semi-final win vs Peterborough an...

The U16 Boys Quinte West Wolverines captured the championship at the 28th Annual Cameron Memorial Tournament this weekend, completing an impressive five-game run on their home turf. The Wolverines opened the tournament Saturday morning against FC Durham, earning a convincing 4-1 victory. John Korver led the scoring wit...

The 2026-'27 schedules for the Wellington Dukes and the Trenton Golden Hawks of the Ontario Junior Hockey League were released on Wednesday. The Dukes will begin their season at home on Friday, September 4 when the Lindsay Muskies make their way to Lehigh Arena. Meanwhile, the Golden Hawks will begin their season with ...

A two-time Stanley Cup champion, a legendary local basketball coach and a professional volleyball player are among this year's inductees into the Belleville Sports Hall of Fame. Five outstanding individuals whose accomplishments have brought distinction to Belleville on provincial, national, and international stages wi...

Two members of the Quinte Legion Lynx Track and Field Club competed at the Ontario Summer Games on the long weekend in Waterloo. Standout thrower Jorja Thompson placed fourth in the U14 shot put, as well as two fifth-place finishes in U14 javelin and discus. Thompson contributed 13 points for the Inner Lakes region tea...

It was a week of celebrating for Madoc's Ben Danford. This week the Toronto Maple Leafs draft pick got an opportunity to celebrate with the AHL championship trophy, known as the Calder Cup. He visited the Belleville fitness facility he utilizes while home, his family construction company, and also spent time with famil...

The Picton Pirates have announced they have hired Lucas Hulton as the team's new general manager. Hulton has served as a scout and analyst with Top Draft Hockey Advisory, specializing in player recruitment, identification, and long term development projection. He is also known for his role as the active Director of Bus...

The Belleville Senators have rounded out their hockey operations support staff ahead of the 2026-'27 AHL season. The team announced in a release on Wednesday that Blake Hatt has joined the club as strength and conditioning coach, while Landon Veenstra has been hired as the team's new assistant athletic therapist. Hatt...

The Trenton Golden Hawks have seen major success over the last dozen years. That success has included multiple Central Canadian Championships (Dudley Hewitt Cup), a pair of league titles (Buckland Cup), regular season crowns, and lots of deep playoff runs. Over that stretch, the Hawks have had six different coaches. Co...

A local swimmer has brought home a neck full of medals from the Ontario Swimming Championships. Twelve-year-old Liv Hunt dominated the breaststroke field, taking gold in the 50-, 100-, and 200-metre races (in her age category). The member of the Belleville Youth Swim Team also won a silver in the 50-metre free and bron...

Anabelle Aucoin-Satri led the way for the Quinte Legion Lynx as she captured gold in U16 Girls Pole Vault at the Athletics Ontario Championships in St. Catharines, jumping 3.05 m. Aucoin-Satri was also sixth in triple jump and eighth in long jump scoring a total of 14 points for the Lynx. Jorja Thompson won bronze in U...

The U14AA Quinte Skyhawks are the winners of the 2026 Sandy Ruckstuhl Cup. The Skyhawks defeated the Guelph Jr. Gryphons at Western University in London on Sunday, by a score of 28-6. The team finished off a season where they ranked first in the east division of the OSFL with a 9-1 record. Highlights from the game can ...