Minor hockey action was shortened at Emo-La Vallee Community Centre last weekend due to the Bantam/Midget tournament. In one of the first games played, Emo Hawks scored with less than two minutes to play to earn a 3-3 tie with the Emo Selects in Atom action. Mike Badiuk led the […]
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The Fort Frances ‘AA’ Bantam hockey team will host a nine-team tournament that gets underway Friday morning and wraps up Sunday afternoon. Fort Frances–who will play in Pool ‘A’ against the Maroons, Beavers, North End, and Dryden–will open action Friday at 11 a.m., with their second game at 5 p.m. […]
Since she started collecting pledges in mid-October, Cathy Kowal has been aiming to raise $5,000 to make it to a marathon run for arthritis in Florida in January. Now, a little over a month later, it looks like she will be going to Walt Disney World given she’s exceeded her […]
The Muskie girls’ hockey team hasn’t had much success against the Broncos from Kenora so far this season but they fared much better against the Broncos from International Falls here Friday night. The black-and-gold blanked the Falls squad 3-0 for their first win of the season but then fell 1-0 […]
Despite not claiming the NWOSSAA crown, and missing a berth at the all-Ontarios in Chatham later this month, the general vibe from members of the Muskie senior girls’ basketball team is that they’re pleased they made it as far as they did. “I am doing better today,” captain Sarah Noonan […]
The Fort Frances Aquanauts travelled to Kenora last weekend to compete in their first swim meet of the season and everyone was pleased with their showing. “It was a terrific meet for us,” co-coach John Dutton enthused Monday. “It is great to get this many personal bests this early. It […]
The annual Sun Life 60+ senior men’s bonspiel wrapped up here last Wednesday afternoon with Thunder Bay rinks dominating the 32-team field. But then again, it was all just for fun. “[I like] everything about curling,” enthused Jerry Whittaker of the Earl Connors quartet from Thunder Bay, which won the […]
The Fort Frances Visserettes & Boys Gymnastics Club has been very busy preparing for the first provincial qualifier, which is being held Dec. 2-3 in Thunder Bay. Some 22 gymnasts will be representing Fort Frances there. Head coach Mike Lang said it’s still early in the season but the girls […]
The Muskie boys’ hockey team opened their NorWOSSA season with a bang here last night, thumping the Kenora Broncos 10-2 at the Ice for Kids Arena. Kevin Webb, assisted by Ross Anderson, put the black-and-gold in front just 16 seconds into the game. Then Tom Rose, from Adam McTavish and […]
It could have been a case of nerves, or perhaps a lack of experience, but the inaugural Muskie girls’ hockey team came out on the short end of a 2-0 score against the visiting Kenora Broncos in their home-opener last Friday night. Kenora scored early in the game on a […]
Kurtis Hill scored two first-period goals to help the Emo Rockets blank Emo OPP in recent Novice minor hockey action. Meanwhile, visiting West End Motors (Fort Frances) scored once in each period to squeak past the Emo Wings 3-2. Shane Beck, Nathan Calder, and Jordan Sinclair tallied for the winners […]
West End Motors took top honours in the ‘C’ division of a Tom Thumb (novice) hockey tournament in Kenora last weekend, beating the KFC Colonels 6-1 in the final. The Fort scored four times in the first period, then added two more in the second frame to seal the victory. […]
