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Ava Weriasanoron Gabriel has made history yet again, this time by scoring the first-ever goal by a female player in the Ontario Junior Lacrosse League (OJLL).

It’s the debut season for the Junior C Kahnawake Hunters team, but that’s not the squad’s only “first” - featuring Ava Weriasanoron Gabriel, the team is believed to be the only one in league history to play a woman in a position outside of the net.

Team Lucky 7, an all-women team featuring Kahnawake pool players Missy Montour and Darleen Sylvestre-Thompson, will be heading to Las Vegas, Nevada later this year to compete in the American Poolplayers Association (APA)

The next class of the North American Indigenous Athletics Hall of Fame (NAIAHF) has been announced, and Waneek Horn-Miller will be one of the honoured inductees of this year’s class.

A beating drum that followed the Haudenosaunee Nationals everywhere thundered in the stands of the Utica University Nexus Center as England saw a close game at the half slip away into a drubbing.

Kahnawa’kehró:non Konwatsitsawi M. Meloche said she was honoured that Skate Canada, the governing body for figure skating in Canada, invited her to open each day of the 2025 Canadian Championships in Laval, from January 14-19.

For the first time in their history, the United States won back-to-back gold medals at the World Junior Hockey Championships on January 5, defeating Team Finland 4-3 in overtime to do so at the Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa.

Kanien’kehá:ka forward Carey Terrance of Akwesasne has won his second straight gold medal with Team USA at the 2025 World Junior Hockey Championships.

Sports are an integral part of life here in Kahnawake. Whether it’s an important home game at the Sports Complex or hospital field, winning medals in a tournament, or even proudly representing the community at the international level, Kahnawa’kehró:non of all disciplines and walks of life had a busy 2024.

At this year’s World Lacrosse Box Championships in Utica, New York, local lacrosse star Ava Weriasanoron Gabriel played for a hometown crowd, even signing autographs for the young Kanehsata’kehró:non athletes who travelled hours and hours to cheer her on.