Three local bowlers will compete at the Ontario Winter Games in Sault Ste. Marie in March after the Sunset Country mixed team was the top one from the Northwestern region at the 2000 Provincial Youth Challenge in Haileybury earlier this month. Richard Comeau and the sister duo of Jennifer and […]
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Michael Richards scored with 2:32 to go in the third period to lift the Kenora Thistles to a 3-2 victory Sunday over the local B•Macs ‘AA’ Bantams in the semi-finals of a six-team tournament in Dryden. The teams were tied 1-1 after the first period and 2-2 at the end […]
The Muskie junior girls’ volleyball team shook off some early-season woes in a big way over the weekend en route to a silver-medal showing at a tournament in Dryden. They finished second in the round-robin portion, earning 14 out of a possible 20 points in 10 matches, but later succumbed […]
Mary Beth Tkachuk once again dominated the field at the annual ladies’ “Toothpick” squash tournament here last weekend, capping things off with a 3-0 win over Patti Boileau in the ‘A/B’ final. Tkachuk swept the best-of-five match by scores of 9-5, 9-6, and 9-5. She also was unbeatable in the […]
The Emo Cowboys used a strong defensive game to edge the Fort Frances Oddfellows 3-2 there Sunday to win a four-team Bantam ‘A’ tournament. The Ear Falls Eagles dumped the Emo Panthers 8-2 in the ‘B’-final. Jason Webb got both Emo goals. Jeremy Hyatt opened the scoring for the Cowboys […]
Who says the Muskies can’t beat American teams? For the second time in five days, the black-and-gold showed they can skate with–and beat–a team from south of the border after edging the Baudette Bears 2-1 there last night. Ross Anderson, NorWOSSA’s leading scorer, tallied the game-winner midway through the third […]
The Emo Novice Rockets edged visiting West End Motors (Fort Frances) 3-1 on goals by Luke Judson (two) and Derek Sigurdson in recent minor hockey action. The Rockets had been working on a shutout when Curtis Watkins flashed the light for West End Motors with less than a minute left […]
The Emo Bandits (Tweens) ringette team captured the gold medal at a four-team tournament in Atikokan over the weekend, doubling Dryden #2 4-2 in the championship game. Sarah Barton led the Bandits with two goals while Jayme Strachan and Stephanie Strachan netted one apiece. Emo opened the tournament with a […]
Nothing beats a fast start. When the Muskie senior boys’ basketball team gets off to one, which they’ve done in their past few league games, they’re to be tough to beat. Just ask the Dryden Eagles. The black-and-gold roared out to a commanding 15-2 lead after the first quarter, and […]
Going into her third-straight appearance at the Ontario Scott Tournament of Hearts later this month in Timmins, Kathie Jackson’s mindset has changed over the past year. In her first two visits, the Fort Frances skip’s goal was to simply make the playoffs. But this time around, her sights are set […]
Who says you need to have a team together all the time to produce a winning rink? Take Don DeBenedet’s foursome of third Tim Nordin, second Kevin Busch, and lead Dave Bondett. Thrown together for the express purpose of playing at the Zone 7 qualifier in Stratton last weekend, the […]
Playing against the likes of former world champ Lorraine Lang, and other top rinks like Kathie Jackson and Peggy Taylor, was nothing new for Jackie Bonot’s Stratton rink. But going up against them in the Northwestern women’s playdowns was for the young foursome whose skip, at just 21 years old, […]
