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 […]
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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 […]
Former Muskie Aaron Grynol netted a hat trick to help the Thunder Bay Flyers to a season-ending 7-4 victory over the Dubuque Fighting Saints in United States Hockey League action last Saturday. Grynol, 18, was the Flyers leading goal scorer this season, finishing with 22. His 34 points put him […]
The local MEC Bulldogs blanked Kroppy’s Hawks (Kenora) 6-0 to win the ‘B’ consolation final at a 12-team tournament in Keewatin last weekend. Brent Lindberg paced the Bulldogs with a hat trick while Kevin Bobczynski, Alex Wepruk, and Ghislain Godin added singles. Aaron Kadikoff earned the shutout in goal. MEC […]
Kyle Turgeon’s second goal of the game with 2:27 to go lifted Skates & Blades to a 2-1 victory over Food Town Fury in the ‘A’ final of a 12-team Tom Thumb tournament here Sunday afternoon. Matt DePeiro had given the Fury a 1-0 lead with 6:35 left in the […]
The Border Figure Skating Club’s precision team (aged 11-14) won the gold medal Saturday at the eighth-annual Crocus synchronized skating competition in Winnipeg. The squad defeated the Tiger Hill and Hazelridge teams from Manitoba. The team includes Kate Basaraba, Monique Bekesi, Rilee Blasky, Paige Chambers, Jenna Cousineau, Julia Florek, Sasha […]
Jared Catholique-Bruyere won the bronze medal in the under 74-kg division in judo at the Ontario Winter Games in Sault Ste. Marie last week. Catholique-Bruyere, 13, one of the top judokas in the region, won one match against two losses. He beat Chris Weatherby (Northern team) but then lost to […]
In a light week on the Emo minor hockey circuit, Emo Gillons’ stopped the visiting Kentucky Colonels (Fort Frances) 4-1 in PeeWee action. Tied 1-1 after one, Gillons’ scored once in the second and then iced the game with two third-period markers. Craig McTavish, Scott Galusha, Matt Redford, and Jamie […]
Former Muskie Rustyn Dolyny backhanded a rebound at 7:11 of the second period Saturday to help the Michigan State Spartans capture the CCHA championship with a 6-0 romp over Nebraska-Omaha. It was Dolyny’s second goal in as many nights as the Spartans won their second CCHA title in three years. […]
