Emo Figure Skating Club members as of late have been achieving successful results in testing categories and at the Thunder Bay Open a couple weeks ago, This is especially true of the younger skaters. They’ve been skating their hearts out and making superb accomplishments. The skaters are training Monday, Wednesday […]
Local Sports
When it comes to fishing, Scott Fairbairn isn’t a fan of winter. The professional walleye angler was hoping to take a run on Rainy River if it wasn’t for the recent punch of winter in the area. “That’s too bad about that storm, I was hoping to do a little […]
One would think someone with the wealth of racing experience local oval sledder Steve Arpin has garnered at the age of 18, he would have nothing but aspirations of becoming a world-class pro. Think again. Even after a dizzying array of weekend races on the World Snowmobiling Association circuit, the […]
Shane Katona and Sarah McComb are looking to make a strong run at their respective divisions at the upcoming provincials in Sudbury this weekend because it may be their last. “This is probably my last year of skating competitively,” said the 18-year old Katona while taking a breather on the […]
Trust and confidence are simple ingredients the Borderland Thunder have used throughout a successful regular season. It’s something they hope will help carry towards more success when the inaugural Superior International Junior Hockey League playoffs begin tomorrow. “Our team feels we’re strong enough to go quite a long distance here. […]
Judoka Jared Catholique-Bruyere was the only one of the local contingent to come home with a medal at the Ontario Winter Games in Guelph over the weekend. The 14-year old won the silver medal in the 82+ kg juvenile men’s division yesterday. Meanwhile, the Northwestern eight-player squash team, including five […]
Home sweet home proved to be so once again for the Borderland Thunder when they needed it the most. The Thunder capped off a stellar 17-1-6 campaign at the Ice for Kids arena with a pair of wins over the Feathermen Hawks–6-1 and 5-3–to clinch first-place in the Superior International […]
A large portion of this year’s Northwestern Ontario ‘AAA’ PeeWee rep squad includes seven players from the local Knights of Columbus ‘AA’ team. Preparing for the regional playdowns next weekend in Kenora are centres Tyler Miller and Eric Soucy, wingers Paul Dobransky and Brian White, and defencemen Danny Chapman, Tyson […]
The Allan Cup is on display here today and tomorrow as the centrepiece of a ceremony Friday night to honour the 50th anniversary of the ’52 Canadians’ championship season. Eight surviving team members and seven representatives will be on hand to receive replica Canadians’ jerseys and a banner thanks to […]
The province’s best young athletes, including nine from this district, will meet in Guelph this week for the 2002 Ontario Winter Games. Five squash players—Steve Boileau (under-13), Steve Krag and Megan Canfield (under-17), and Richard Allan and Sarah Noonan (under-19)—make up the lion’s share of the Northwestern Ontario team, which […]
With just one more league game left tomorrow, Gillons’ (91) holds a sizable lead over Scared Hitless (80.5) in the local women’s Thursday night volleyball league standings. Playoffs will be played March 21 and 28, with the final slated April 7 at 7 p.m. at the Fort High gym. Rounding […]
The Emo Devlin Barwick Minor Hockey Association’s annual PeeWee tournament, co-ordinated by co-chairs Cindy Judson and Ellen Brigham, attracted 14 teams. In the ‘A’ event, the Nip-Rock Elks (Nipigon) faced the Kenora Sharks, both teams having emerged without a loss from round-robin play. After jumping out to a 2-1 lead […]
