Tagg’s (Fort Frances) took top honours in the Bantam division at the annual Falls PeeWee/Bantam Invitational Tournament over the weekend. Meanwhile, the local K of C PeeWees went 2-0 in pool play but lost 6-1 to Kenora in the final. Playing in a round-robin format in the five-team affair, Tagg’s […]
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The Fort Frances ‘AA’ Rangers came away with second place after losing 3-0 in the Novice final Sunday afternoon at the Elks Tom Thumb Atom hockey tournament in Thunder Bay. T.J. Pocock earned the nod as the best goalie in the tourney. After a scoreless first period, the Norwest Stars […]
The local Sunset Country Ford Mustangs Atom ‘AA’ team also took part in the Elks Tom Thumb Atom hockey tournament in Thunder Bay last weekend, coming home with a 1-1-2 record. The Mustangs opened action Friday morning with a 6-1 loss to the Marathon Mercs, with Dan Chapman (Brian Glavish/Kyle […]
Ever since their loss to Upper Canada College in the quarter-finals of last year’s OFSAA tournament in Sudbury, the Muskies had been looking forward to evening the score. But a change in format, and some misunderstanding, prevented that from happening–at least in 2001. Instead, the black-and-gold easily captured the inaugural […]
Rising to the top of the 44-rink field, the Scott Gobeil foursome captured the ‘A’ event of the annual Fort Frances men’s bonspiel here Sunday afternoon. Gobeil–whose team included Don Robertson, Ron Eyolfson, and Daryl Eyolfson–cruised to a 7-4 victory over the Rob Sinclair rink. “The competition was pretty tough. […]
With a new ice surface, a new backdrop, and, of course, a new theme, the Border Figure Skating Club is gearing up for its annual ice show. About 90 skaters aged of three to 18 will hit the ice at the Memorial Sports Centre this Saturday evening and again Sunday […]
Tagg’s was unstoppable last weekend as they won the ‘A’ title of the annual Tom Thumb tournament here. The local squad faced-off against Skates and Blades (Fort Frances) on Sunday afternoon and skated away with a 4-2 win. “They played great,” enthused Tagg’s coach Gord McCabe. “That is the first […]
The Muskie girls’ soccer team is getting ready to hit the pitch in hopes of having another successful season. Head coach Struchan Gilson said Monday he’s expecting to have about 18-20 players back from last year’s squad, which competed at the all-Ontario’s here last June as the host team. “It […]
Forty-four teams will compete in the 53rd-annual Fort Frances men’s bonspiel, which will gets underway here late tomorrow afternoon. Rick Grenda, who is helping organize the bonspiel, said local rinks will be vying for top honours in the ‘A,’ ‘B,’ ‘C,’ and ‘D’ events with ones from Dryden, Kenora, Sioux […]
Goalie Jamie Booth and his teammates were not fazed by their 20-hour bus ride here from Fort Frances as they won their first two pool games yesterday at the all-Ontario ‘A/AA’ hockey championship. After opening with a 9-1 win over 16th-ranked Sacred Heart (Stittsville), the top-ranked Muskies skated to hard-fought […]
The Fort Frances ‘AA’ PeeWee hockey team travelled across the river to face the International Falls Broncos last weekend and came home with a 3-0 win. David Pierce (assisted by Tyler Miller and Larry Pham) opened up the scoring in the first period. After a scoreless second, Pham and Alex […]
Local figure skater Sarah McComb went to Fort Erie for the provincial competition over the weekend and finished seventh out of the top 12 skaters in Ontario. “It was a good experience. She missed a couple of jumps that if she would have landed would have made her score higher,” […]
