Leaside’s first athlete of the year, Martha McCabe, has once again won a spot on Canada’s Olympic team. She’ll compete in the 200-meter breaststroke in Rio this summer. McCabe, raised in Bennington Heights and a …more
For the first time anyone can recall, two Leaside Flames teams made their respective provincial championship tournaments this year, representing the Greater Toronto Hockey League (GTHL) against the regional champs from other parts of the …more
On the weekend of March 11-13 Leaside Arena hosted what was likely the largest sports tournament ever held in Leaside. The Toronto Leaside Wildcats girls’ hockey league’s 37th annual March Madness tournament was bigger than …more
Sunnybrook Park plays host once more to Spring Into Action! Walk or Run for Diabetes, an annual event raising money and awareness for diabetes research. Held on Sunday, April 24, organizers hope to raise $40,000 …more
The new second ice rink at Leaside Arena made a big difference this year at the Leaside Hockey Association’s 26th annual Select Invitational. With 2,000 boys from 116 hockey teams playing the weekend of February …more
The mouths of Leaside High School runners of 20 or 30 years ago would drop if they saw their coach Dave Christiani riding after his athletes – on a bike. Christiani was so into the …more
When the current season wraps up in mid-May, the Leaside pool will close for major repairs and not open again until probably next year. “The work is expected to take about six months,” said Henry …more
Sixteen-year-old Reid Humphrey, named Leaside’s Athlete of the Year for 2015, is described by his coach, Ray White: “In my GTHL coaching career spanning 20 years I have never witnessed a player with a better …more
George Armstrong, captain of the 1967 Stanley Cup-winning Maple Leafs, is one of five 2015 inductees into the Leaside Sports Hall of Fame. Armstrong, who has lived in Leaside since 1960, will be honoured at …more
Deadline to nominate someone for induction in the Leaside Sports Hall of Fame and as Leaside’s Athlete of the Year is Friday, June 5. www.LeasideSports.com. The new inductees will be announced in September. The 2015 …more
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