Joey Payeur Stratton native Trevor Bonot came within two wins of qualifying for the men’s provincial curling championship by going 1-3, and then losing a tie-breaker, at the West region qualifier held at the Fort Frances Curling Club over the weekend.
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Joey Payeur Even facing a Grade 12 veteran like Rachael Holm of the Bemidji Lumberjacks wasn’t enough to faze Grade 9 Muskie girls’ rookie goalie Kamryn Sandelovich, who made 38 saves through regulation and overtime to help the black-and-gold earn a 1-1 tie in exhibition action there last Thursday. Jill […]
Joey Payeur Grace Petsnick’s propensity for throwing her competition for a loop is crossing all kinds of borders. The Borderland Judo Club member added to her eye-popping list of achievements by capturing the gold medal in the U16 female-57kg division of the Sask Open judo meet in Regina over the […]
Joey Payeur Miranda Wilson of Gillons’ was able to get the puck past Dryden Predators’ goalie Thomas Ross but shot just wide of the net on this third-period chance in the home squad’s 5-0 victory Friday at the ’52 Canadians Arena.
Joey Payeur Muskie Mikel Ward was stuck playing an uncomfortable game of limbo–with Ben Silander of the Dryden Eagles, left, providing the stick–during Fort High’s 4-2 win in NorWOSSA action last Tuesday at the Ice For Kids Arena.
Staff There’s been little to stop Molly Carlson from making waves in her freshman season with the Florida State Seminoles’ women’s diving team. Some tainted southern cuisine did the trick. The Fort Frances native was forced into a cheerleading role after being unable to compete at a dual meet against […]
George Taylor of the Causeway Cougars had the puck barely bounce over his stick as he tried to convert a pass past Emo Express White goalie Karson Loughrey during the first period of the visitors’ 5-3 victory in Sunday’s gold-medal game at the Ice For Kids Arena.
Staff Jared Virtanen and Dylan Kooner are moving north in the SIJHL scoring race which, not coincidentally, is aiding their team’s cause of moving the same direction in the standings. The Fort Frances Lakers’ “Duo of Destruction” garnered nine points as the three-time defending SIJHL champs won a pair of […]
The Associated PressTim Reynolds MIAMI–Golden State coach Steve Kerr wishes players had taken their voting for the NBA All-Star Game more seriously, calling it a “mockery” after nearly 300 players in the league wound up on at least one ballot. Players had a say in deciding starters for next month’s […]
Joey Payeur Outsiders with no sense of recent history would consider the men’s provincial curling championship merely a coronation ceremony for Brad Jacobs. But don’t count Travis Showalter among that group because he and his rinkmates are proof positive that doesn’t necessarily have to be the case. The Nestor Falls […]
Joey Payeur Heavy described both Tracy Fleury’s last shot and Jenna Walsh’s heart. Fleury’s try at drawing behind cover slid too far to give Thunder Bay’s Krista McCarville a 10-6 win over the Sudbury-based skip Saturday in the final of the 2017 Scotties provincial women’s championship in Nipigon. McCarville successfully […]
The Canadian PressDarrin Bauming WINNIPEG–Ryan Getzlaf has seen the future. And it’s on the power play. Getzlaf’s game-winner last night came on the only successful power play of a penalty-filled game as the Anaheim Ducks edged the Winnipeg Jets 3-2 at MTS Centre. “Special teams is one of the biggest […]
