Something will have to give Friday night as the second-place Borderland Thunder, unbeaten in 11-straight games, host the fourth-place Thunder Bay KC Bulldogs, who have gone without a loss in their past seven. “It’s going to be a hard fought battle,” Thunder coach Wayne Strachan said. “Out of the top […]
Local Sports
With more hockey than ever being played at the Memorial Sports Centre, with both the ’52 Canadians and Ice for Kids arenas seeing use, town council Monday night approved a request by Community Services manager George Bell to buy a new zamboni. The cost of the $62,340 machine was offset […]
The absence of a men’s zone playdowns last month has opened the doors for two local rinks to make a run at one of three provincial berths up for grabs at the 16-rink district playdowns, which get underway Thursday morning in Atikokan. Lorne Jackson and Mike Kjerulf will be leading […]
The local Wado Kai’s “Sidekicks” program for young karate beginners returns in full form later this month. Registration goes today from 5-6:30 p.m. at the St. Francis School gym, where regular classes will be run until April. “This is a format to get kids interested in the real program with […]
The Borderland Thunder extended their season-high unbeaten streak to 11 games after a 7-3 win and 1-1 tie against the Northwest Wisconsin Knights in Spooner over the weekend. The road trip improved the Thunder’s record to 15-7-8, but they still trail the Dryden Ice Dogs (16-8-7) by one point for […]
Bryan Bonot of Stratton fell out of contention very quickly en route to a last-place 1-4 finish at the six-rink Northern Ontario senior men’s curling playdowns in North Bay. The foursome—including third Terry Lee, second Ron Martinuk, and lead Ted Stewart—closed out round-robin play with a 7-3 loss to Bill […]
The Muskie senior boys’ basketball team lost 68-56 to the Kelvin Clippers in the consolation final at the John Taylor Classic in Winnipeg, finishing 1-2 at the eight-team event. Forward Jamie Algie led the Muskie attack with 19 points but the team lost the lead for good in the second […]
The local Sunset Country Ford Atom ‘AA’ Mustangs opened action at the Robin’s Donuts Invitational in Thunder Bay last night with a 2-1 win over the Norwest Stars. Jordan Davis and Kyle Herr scored for the Mustangs while Ryan Faragher earned up the win in goal. The Mustangs played their […]
The Muskie senior boys’ basketball team opened play at the John Taylor Classic tournament in Winnipeg last night with a 77-57 loss against Dakota Collegiate. The loss dropped the black-and-gold to the consolation round, where they were to face Miles-McDonald this afternoon. “It was a much better game for us […]
The Borderland Thunder made another move to acquire veteran talent on the blueline Wednesday, acquiring defenceman Troy Arnold from the Iron Range Yellow Jackets for future considerations. Arnold joined the team immediately and will be in the lineup for the Thunder’s two-game set against the Northwest Wisconsin Knights on Friday […]
Bryan Bonot (Stratton) has limped out to an 0-3 start at the Northern Ontario senior men’s curling playdowns in North Bay. Bill McKelvey (Kirkland Lake) jumped out to a 6-1 lead against Bonot after four ends and then held on for a 9-7 win in this morning’s draw. Bonot, whose […]
Borderland Thunder backup goalie Tom Iwaniec only needed one strong game to capture Superior International Junior Hockey League player-of-the-week honours. In his lone appearance of the week, Iwaniec made 37 saves in blanking the Thunder Bay Snowplowing Wolves 5-0 in a game played Jan. 6 in Atikokan. His league-leading third […]
