The familiar confines of Fort High’s “Fish Tank” and Rainy River Community College across the river in International Falls may be mere kilometres apart but for first-year hoopsters John Sivonen and Sarah Noonan, the change from high school to college has taken some adjusting. “I have a completely different role […]
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The local Tagg’s ‘AA’ Bantams allowed four-straight goals in the third period to lose 5-3 to War-road in the ‘A’ final of a hockey tournament in Roseau, Mn. last weekend. They had led 3-0 after the first period on goals by Jamie Davis (two) and Andrew Perrault. But it was […]
The Emo Belle, Tween and Novice Bandits had gold on their minds as they participated in the 23rd-annual Lake of the Woods ringette tournament earlier this month in Kenora. And the Novice squad did not disappoint—dumping a Thunder Bay team 10-4 in the final to earn top honours at a […]
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 […]
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 […]
