Both Jim Brow and Pat Giles first got their start in swimming by taking a keen interest in their children’s activities many years ago. Now, that interest has culminated in both finding themselves at the Pan Am Games in Winnipeg this week as official timers for swimming events. Both stressed […]
Local Sports
Tristen and Jackson Lippert don’t know much about the Allan Cup but there is one thing they do know–their grandfather’s name is on it. The boys and their parents travelled here from Kitchener, Ont. just to attend the A&A hockey camp (named for Mike and Dave Allison) at Memorial Arena […]
Mike Lang has seen his share of gymnasts over the years, and has incurred a bevy of experiences along the way. He likes to look over the past 25 years with a sense of satisfaction at having established a good rapport with both the athletes and their parents. For Lang, […]
After being cancelled late last week, the women’s local soccer tournament is on again as part of this weekend’s “Borderland Ball Blast ’99” with the surprise addition of a Dryden team. But organizer Caroline Spencer warned as quickly as the tournament was reinstated, it can be axed again if Dryden […]
With several new coaches and a brand new system in place, the Muskie football program will undergo plenty of changes this coming season. But what the coaching staff hopes won’t change is their ability to win. Just 25 players from last year’s squad, which compiled an impressive 5-1 record (including […]
Having a flair for the dramatics, the Emo Bulldogs repeated as champs of Kakabeka Falls fastball tournament Sunday afternoon with a thrilling 5-4 victory over the Dryden Husky. Catcher Wayne Strachan delivered the game-winning hit–and RBI single that scored Warren Voth from second–in the bottom of the seventh inning. Voth, […]
Playing against a strong field of golfers at the annual Smokey Bear tournament in International Falls last weekend, Greg Ross knew it would be tough to repeat as champion. He would have to play solid golf all weekend–and hope to benefit from a few breaks along the way. To his […]
After dominating much of their game against Dryden at a soccer tournament there Saturday, the Fort Frances Diamondbacks ran into some injury troubles. First Carolyn Spencer went down with a knee injury, then Karma Chudobiak got a bloody nose from an errant ball, which left the Fort Frances squad–made up […]
For most people, taking up golf for the first time can be a very frustrating experience. Not so for local golfer Mike Dick, a 50-year-old drywaller from Devlin who never seriously took up the game until just eight years ago. Yet he’s preparing to make his first appearance in the […]
The inaugural “AA” developmental hockey camp hasn’t even taken to the ice yet and already co-owner Mike Allison is looking ahead to next year. Allison said he would like to incorporate a goalie clinic as well as a women’s camp that would run separately from the main one next year. […]
Despite the fact the local judo season wrapped up months ago, Jared Catholique-Bruyere continued to train with his sights set on winning a medal at the Junior Olympic Championships in Toronto. And all that hard work paid off as Catholique-Bruyere, 12, slammed his way to a bronze medal against six […]
Dryden Husky staved off a late rally to down the Emo Bulldogs 6-4 on Sunday in the final of the annual Barwick fastball tournament. Trailing 6-0 heading into the seventh inning, Emo’s bats finally came alive–scoring four runs (highlighted by a two-run homer by Warren Voth) and having runners on […]
