Gord Keesic has such a passion for soccer that he would play it for free–even at the professional level. Keesic, 24, was one of 22 players selected to suit up for the first-year Thunder Bay Chill soccer team, which will compete in the Premier Development League this season. If you […]
Local Sports
Several local gymnasts earned first-place showings during the annual Springfest inter-club competition at the Fort Frances Gymnastics Academy last weekend. Among the boys, John Ans (Beginner aged nine/10) and Travis Hahkala (Advanced aged nine-12) each placed first in their respective divisions while Joshua Stromness (Advanced aged seven/eight) finished third. On […]
The local Kentucky Colonels ‘A’ PeeWees finished with a 1-2 record at a hockey tournament in Thunder Bay last weekend. The Colonels opened action Friday morning with a 3-2 win over the North End Flames (Thunder Bay). They had grabbed a 2-1 lead after two periods on goals by Tanner […]
Some 43 badminton players participated in the Fort Frances Badminton Club Junior Open tournament at the Fort Frances High School on March 18. The athletes ranged from nine to 18 years old. A considerable number of local players was complemented with entries from Kenora, Thunder Bay, and Rainy River. Play […]
Playing a style that got him to the provincial playdowns earlier this year, Raymond Roy used his defensive strategy to perfection Sunday in beating Rob Sinclair Jr. 6-1 in the ‘A’-event final of the annual men’s bonspiel here. Roy never trailed in the game, opening up with a deuce in […]
Muskie head coach Glen Edwards had said before the OFSAA tournament that it didn’t matter how good you were if the bounces didn’t go your way. And it was a bad bounce that jumped up and bit the Muskies in their 3-2 overtime loss to the Upper Canada Blues (Toronto) […]
Chants of “Muskies, Muskies, Muskies” or “Go Muskies Go” shook the walls of the Countryside Arena in Sudbury before the start of the black-and-gold’s quarter-final showdown with the Upper Canada College Blues of Toronto. The cheering grew even louder by the roughly 100 or so Muskie faithful on hand as […]
In past years, Scott Gobeil’s Northern Ontario rink usually came up with the key shot at pivotal times to pull out victories at the national police curling playdowns. But those game-winning shots were nowhere to be found this time around in Halifax. The result was a 6-5 record and an […]
The local Sunset Country Ford Mustangs “AA” Atom hockey team were blanked 4-0 in their final round-robin game by the Volunteer Pool Bearcats (Thunder Bay) at the 28th-annual Elks tournament there. The loss ousted the Mustangs from further contention. The Bearcats grabbed a 3-0 lead after the first period, then […]
The local KC “AA” Peewee hockey team finished with a 4-1 record to place second at a six-team tournament in Fargo, N.D. earlier this month. Their only loss in the five-game round-robin was a 2-1 decision to the Fargo Raiders–this year’s North Dakota state champs. Jamie Davis scored midway through […]
The Fort Frances senior girls’ bowling team, representing Sunset Country, finished fourth at a provincial bowling tournament in Thunder Bay earlier this month. The team of Megan Bale, Allison AmOrde, Carolyn O’Brien, Tina Hyatt, and Cristy Beadle wound up with a four-game total of 3,883 pins–just 133 behind the gold […]
The Muskies overcame an eight-point deficit in the third quarter Monday night to pull out an 81-71 victory over Tagg’s in the championship game of the four-team men’s basketball league here. The black-and-gold elected to go to a more pressing style of defence in the second half, which forced several […]
