Zion Lutheran Church in International Falls captured the 34th-annual Church bonspiel yesterday at the Fort Frances Curling Club. John Cann, Bob Peterson, Steve Oswald and Doug Anderson prevailed in the 12-team event after being the runners-up last year. Taking second place this year–and earning the dubious honour of organizing next […]
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The Muskie senior boys’ basketball team continued their domination on the court here yesterday with an 81-40 exhibition win over the St. Thomas Aquinas Saints (Kenora). John Sivonen led the offensive onslaught with 20 points, followed by Evan Woodland (17), Dan Poperechny and Roy Tighe (eight each), and Jamie Algie […]
A contingent of 17 local squashers travelled to Winnipeg last weekend to compete in the 2001 Manitoba Open, and four of the women topped their respective divisions. Mary-Beth Tkachuk took the ladies’ ‘C’ crown after blanking Marcie Theissen (Winnipeg) and Aurelia Mogan (Winnipeg) 3-0, and Melissa Lee (Minneapolis) 3-1. Sarah […]
For all of you who enjoyed watching the sno-cross races here last weekend but didn’t know exactly what the difference was between each class and event, here you go. The 440, 600, and Open are the sizes of engines the snowmachines are using in each class. The 440 CC can […]
Although the racers are long gone, the buzz of last weekend’s second-annual international sno-cross event here, hosted by the Sunset Country Snowmobile Club, is still lingering. “It went very well,” enthused Daryl Begin of Badiuk Equipment, who helped organize the weekend of racing. “All the racers were impressed with the […]
With just a few i’s to dot and t’s to cross, it looks like Junior ‘A’ hockey will hit the ice in Fort Frances for the 2001/02 season. The seven-team Superior International Junior Hockey League, including the Borderland Thunder, was unveiled Friday morning during a press conference at the Valhalla […]
In an all-Fort Frances final, Skates and Blades blanked Tagg’s 3-0 on Sunday afternoon to capture top honours at a 10-team novice tournament in Emo. Blake Wepruk put the victors up 1-0 in the first with an unassisted goal. Then after a scoreless second, Zach McCool and Cody McCool tallied […]
Kevin Webb certainly had a night to remember. Webb scored seven times, leaving him just three shy of Gib Tucker’s team record for most goals in a season, as the Muskies embarrassed the Dryden Eagles 14-0 here last night. The onslaught started less than a minute into the game as […]
The Muskie junior boys’ basketball team suffered a tough 46-45 loss to the St. Thomas Aquinas Saints (Kenora) in exhibition action here yesterday afternoon. “It was an unbelievable game–probably the most exciting game all year. It went right down to the last second,” noted head coach Dave Ashworth. Kevin Gemmell […]
Just over 30 skaters from the Border and Emo figure skating clubs attended the 28th-annual Sunset Country Interclub Competition in Ignace on the last weekend in January. There were 218 skaters registered for the event from clubs from across Northwestern Ontario, including Atikokan, Dryden, Eagle Lake, Ear Falls, Ignace, Keewatin, […]
Cheers echoed through the arena yesterday afternoon after the Muskie girls’ hockey team nipped the visiting St. Thomas Aquinas Saints (Kenora) 2-1. “They needed this win, it boosted them,” noted head coach Pat Dittaro. “The goaltending was great.” Dittaro stressed the girls learn and grow a little bit each game. […]
Tagg’s lost out in the ‘B’ quarter-finals at the Thunder Bay Kings hockey tournament last weekend. The team opened action with a tough 3-1 loss to the Nor-West Stars. Scott Bridgeman, assisted by Cody Mosbeck, netted their lone goal. Then they battled to a 2-2 tie with the Thunder Bay […]
