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 […]
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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, […]
As a group of young squash hopefuls took to the court here for a three-day clinic last week, they had a chance to bang racquets with a pretty good junior player. In fact, having Rob Nigro–the top-ranked junior player in Canada–among those giving lessons isn’t too bad of a deal. […]
Several Fort Frances minor hockey teams took part in the ninth-annual Hockey Classic in Thunder Bay. Here is a team-by-team review as to how each one fared at the tournament, which attracted some 110 teams and more than 2,000 players and coaches. < *c>Skates & Blades < *c>(Novice Minor) Skates […]
The Emo Bandits Tweens ringette team lost 5-3 to Park City (Winnipeg) in the bronze-medal game at a Keewatin-Kenora tournament Sunday. Sarah Barton scored twice for Emo while Stephanie Strachan netted the other marker. The Bandits opened with an 11-2 defeat to host Kenora to open the tournament Friday, then […]
The Muskie senior boys’ basketball team improved their NorWOSSA leading record to 3-0 with a dominating 57-33 win over the visiting Kenora Broncos yesterday afternoon. The black-and-gold continued right where they had left off before the Christmas break, jumping out to commanding 16-4 lead in the first quarter. Kenora managed […]
A pair of Fort Frances teams won titles at the nine-team Bantam ‘A’ hockey tournament here over the weekend. The Oddfellows captured the ‘B’-side crown with a 4-3 overtime victory over the Dryden Leafs while Canadian Tire dumped Kenora Legion 5-3 to win the ‘C’ title. The Kenora Predators won […]
The Rockford IceHogs of the United Hockey League announced last week former Muskie Wayne Strachan has joined the team for the rest of this season. Strachan, 27, originally had signed with the IceHogs during the off-season as the team moved to Rockford from Thunder Bay. But he failed to report […]
