Kyle Herr scored the game-winning goal with about four minutes left to lift the Foodtown Fury to a narrow 1-0 victory over the Red Lake Diggers on Sunday in the final of a 20-team tournament in Dryden. Ryan Faragher, who was spectacular in goal for the Fury all weekend, earned […]
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Emo minor hockey teams certainly weren’t gracious hosts over the past week, winning five of their seven games. In Atom action, Maverick Judson scored with just six seconds left to lift the Emo Esso Leafs to a narrow 4-3 win over Gillons’ (Fort Frances). The Leafs were down 2-1 after […]
After making quick work of the Dryden Eagles in the best-of-three NorWOSSA final last weekend, winning 9-1 here Friday and then 6-1 there Sunday, the Muskies feel they’re in good shape for the all-Ontarios in Sudbury later this month. Jeff Savage, who scored twice in the first period of Friday’s […]
The tears on the Muskie faces after the match told the story. In a gruelling best-of-three showdown with the St. Ignatius Falcons here, it was the visitors who were jumping for joy Saturday after winning NWOSSAA gold and a trip to the all-Ontarios in Ottawa this week. No one could […]
Considered the best high school basketball player in Northwestern Ontario, Hammarskjold’s Scott Seeley lived up to that billing as he led the Vikings to a sweep of the Muskies in the best-of-three NWOSSAA senior boys’ basketball final here last weekend. Seeley was unstoppable in Hammarskjold’s 57-41 win Saturday to clinch […]
The Fort Frances Visserettes & Boys Gymnastics Club had a great meet in Thunder Bay last weekend. Travis Hahkala, Karly Cameron, Jill Howarth, Cara Yellowega, Lisa Edwards, Chelsea Green, and Samantha Loveday all came home with gold medals. Claire Crichton took the silver in her category and Michelle McFayden won […]
The Muskies should find out early next week where they’ll be seeded at the all-Ontarios and what their schedule will be. “It depends on who’s doing the seeding and what they think of the Muskie program,” noted Muskie head coach Glen Edwards, whose team was ranked ninth at OFSAA last […]
“Go Beaner!” That was the loudest cry from the audience at the second-annual Northwestern Ontario armwrestling championships Saturday in Rainy River–and it was for local favourite Allan Hartnell. It must have worked. Hartnell, who finished third at the world championships two years ago, earned top honours in both the right […]
Despite finishing in last place at the Northern Ontario regional cheerleading championships in Thunder Bay last weekend, Muskie head coach Joyce Scott said the squad deserved a big cheer for their season. “They performed very well in Thunder Bay,” Scott said yesterday morning. “Thunder Bay was really strong this year. […]
The B•Macs Bantam “AA” hockey team blanked Grand Forks 5-0 in the championship game Sunday of an eight-team tournament in Park Rapids, Mn. Ian Lockman, assisted by A.J. Tucker, opened the scoring with 3:24 left in the first period. Then they stretched that lead to 3-0 after two periods on […]
Under sunny skies and with temperatures soaring into the teens Celsius, the first-ever Canadian Kitty Cat championships here Saturday almost fell victim to spring. In fact, the modified races, where machines often top 35 mph, had to be held at 10:30 a.m.–much earlier than organizers wanted to–in order to avoid […]
Jared Baker scored all three goals as the Emo Wings earned a 3-3 tie with the Emo Rockets in recent Novice minor hockey action. The Rockets had led 3-1 after two periods on goals by Charlie DeBungee, Luke Judson, and Ryan Witherspoon but they couldn’t hold off the Wings in […]
