The local trio of Don Smeeth, Annelise Hawrylak, and Geoffrey Smeeth bowled over the competition at the Master/Bantam tournament here Sunday, earning a berth to the provincial showdown March 11-12 in Thunder Bay. They combined to finish a whopping +403 over their average in the six-game roll-off–well ahead of the […]
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The local KC ‘AA’ PeeWees breezed through the field at a tournament in Sioux Lookout last weekend–often winning in lopsided fashion. That is, until they reached the championship game. The KCs fell just short of the tourney title, losing 2-1 in overtime to the Dryden Apollos, who avenged a 5-2 […]
The local Canadian Tire Bantam ‘A’ team lost 4-2 to Red Lake in the ‘B’ semi-finals of a tournament in Dryden on Sunday. Jamie Krukoski and Dave Starling each scored in the loss. Canadian Tire finished the round-robin with a 2-2 record, opening action Friday morning with a 3-0 shutout […]
Mary Beth Tkachuk fought back from a 2-0 deficit Sunday to beat Connee Badiuk in the best-of-five final of the women’s ‘B’ division at the 13th-annual La Place Rendez-Vous squash tournament here. Tkachuk trailed 7-2 in the third game of the match before charging back. She then won the next […]
The Sioux Hawks ‘AAA’ Bantam team salvaged a split of their weekend series with the Atikokan Voyageurs ‘AA’ thanks to a 9-4 win Sunday. A.J. Tucker, who plays locally for the B•Macs, scored three times to lead the Hawks to victory. Matt Miller and Adam Clark each added a pair […]
West End Motors captured the title of a Tom Thumb tournament in Keewatin on Sunday, nipping Skates & Blades 4-3 in a shootout in an all-Fort Frances championship final. Ben Drazenovich netted the game-winner in the shootout after both teams failed to score in a 3-on-3 five-minute overtime. West End […]
Three local fighters picked up medals at the 2000 Inner City Judo Open at Tec Voc High School in Winnipeg last weekend. Jared Catholique-Bruyere, fighting in the orange/brown class, earned gold in the under-74 kg division after winning both of his fights. Black belt Billy Deschamps picked up silver in […]
It takes a lot of heart to go out and win a NorWOSSA cheerleading championship. So when Muskie coach Chantelle Johnson couldn’t make it to the NorWOSSA showdown in Kenora on Saturday, she decided to give the girls some inspiration–and a heart sticker–to put inside their uniforms. And it worked […]
The Emo Atom Selects could not keep pace with visiting Gillons’ (Fort Frances) in recent minor hockey action, coming out on the short end of a 3-1 score. Andrew Easton (two) and Chad Dustak scored for Gillons’ while Eric Soucy replied for the Selects. But the Emo Esso Leafs had […]
The Fort Frances OPP Midget ‘A’ team fell 5-1 decision to the North End Flames in the ‘B’ final of a tournament in Dryden over the weekend. After a scoreless first period, Dryden scored three times in the second period and then added two more in the third to ice […]
It took Raymond Roy 10 years to make a return appearance to the Northern Ontario men’s playdowns. He’s hoping it won’t take another decade to get there again. “If I have to wait another 10 years, it will probably be in seniors’ curling,” joked Roy, who has made it to […]
The Sunset Country Ford Mustangs were perfect in pool play but then couldn’t get things going offensively in the semi-finals against the NorWest Stars (Thunder Bay) here Sunday morning. The result was a 4-0 loss–and a sudden exit for the hosts of the 10-team Atom ‘AA’ tournament. Andrew Jarvis put […]
