Lorne Jackson (Fort Frances) improved to 2-1 record at the 16-rink Northwestern Ontario men’s playdowns in Atikokan. He beat Jeff Zechner (Nipigon) 9-4 in this afternoon’s sixth draw. If Jackson can win his game tonight versus John Salo (Fort William), he will advance to the double-knockout round. Jackson, whose rink […]
Local Sports
A run at a NorWOSSA playoff spot begins tonight as the cellar-dwelling Muskie boys’ hockey team host the Beaver Brae Broncos in hopes of avoiding the program’s first-ever last-place finish. Since the inception of the present playoff system in 1986, which sees four of five teams qualify for the post-season, […]
The local Knights of Columbus ‘AA’ PeeWee hockey team will get their chance to shine this weekend as their annual 12-team invitational tournament gets underway here tomorrow morning. Other teams competing here include the Red Lake Rockets, Kenora Thistles, Ignace Sharks, Dryden Apollos, Atikokan Flyers, and six Thunder Bay teams […]
Five Aquanauts are heading to a swim meet in Regina, Sask. on Jan. 25-26 in hopes of qualifying for Junior Provincial Championships in Brantford, Ont. in early March. The five are Boyd Badiuk, Heather and Rachel Dutton, Alyssa Holliday, and Karli McKinnon. They and the rest of the Aquanauts also […]
It was anything but a happy ending in Bryan Bonot’s quest for the provincial senior men’s curling title last week at the Granite Club in North Bay. The Stratton-based rink, including third Terry Lee, second Ron Martinuk, and lead Ted Stewart, finished last with a 1-4 record in the six-team […]
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 […]
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 […]
