It may not have had all the drama as the Scott Tournament of Hearts final Sunday afternoon but the ‘A’ showdown of the annual Fort Frances ladies’ bonspiel also came down to the last rock. And it was the Kathie Jackson foursome who came away the winners, edging the Bonnie […]
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The Muskie junior boys’ basketball and girls’ volleyball squads enjoyed a golden finish to their NorWOSSA seasons last Friday in Dryden. The hoopsters, who had earned a bye to the final after finishing the regular season in top spot with a 7-1 record, jumped out to a 28-16 halftime lead […]
Emo minor hockey teams had a good week on home ice, winning four of six games played there. In PeeWee action, the Emo Predators split their games, opening with a 4-1 win over the Emo Thunderbolts. Ryan Mutz, Kevin Friesen, Kyle Kuzyk and Craig McTavish all scored for the Predators […]
Two Fort Frances teams claimed the ‘A’ and ‘B’ titles at the 14-team Atom hockey tournament in Emo last weekend. The Gillons’ Sharks captured the championship with a 5-0 whitewash over the Zellers Hounds in the ‘A’ final Sunday afternoon. After a scoreless first period, Lucas McMahon (Curtis Logue) and […]
Steve Arpin wrapped up the snowmobile racing season on a winning note Sunday, taking the checkered flag in the Champ 440 division at the “World Series of Racing” in Eganville, Ont. “He was racing against the best in the world,” noted his brother, Chuck Arpin Jr. “It was pretty unreal. […]
The Muskie court teams made history last Friday in Dryden as all four won NorWOSSA gold in their respective finals–with both the senior boys’ basketball team and girls’ volleyball teams advancing to NWOSSAA. After watching the three other teams take gold, the pressure was on the senior girls’ team to […]
It wasn’t a good weekend for the local Tagg’s Bantam rep squad at the eight-team Tournament of Champions in Brandon, Man. “They could have beat any team there if they would have played well,” manager Ron Bridgeman remarked. Tagg’s had opened the tournament with 5-5 decision against the Northwest Stars, […]
“S-P-A-R-E, S-P-A-R-E. That’s what we wanna see!” That chant echoed its way around Plaza Lanes here last weekend as more than a 100 youth bowlers from across the region competed in the zone round of the “Four Steps to Stardom” tournament. And both the local junior boys’ and girls’ teams […]
The 14th-annual La Place Rendez-Vous squash tournament here last weekend was about the competition, the mind games, and, of course, the good times. Rod Tyreman of Red Lake noted it was awesome to see so many of the best-of-five matches go the distance. “It was hard squash and the draw […]
The Muskie girls’ hockey team had a real barn-burner in Dryden on Monday night but they came away on the short end of a 3-2 score. “It was a good game,” remarked co-coach Jim McMahon. “We were slow in the first period but we outplayed them in the second and […]
The Muskies senior boys’ basketball team had a tough time at the Oak Park tournament in Winnipeg last weekend, coming home with a 1-2 record. “We had a tough weekend,” noted co-coach Mike Busch. “Every team ends up with an injury, we just ended up with the ’flu.” Still, Busch […]
The local K of Cs ‘AA’ PeeWee rep team dropped four of five games at a tournament in Brandon, Man. last week but still managed to come home as the ‘B’ side runners-up. After coming up flat in round-robin play, losing all three of their games, the team picked up […]
