The Rainy River Rebels claimed the PeeWee hockey tournament in Emo last weekend with 2-1 overtime victory over Kenora Blue Esso in the final Sunday afteroon. After a scoreless first and second frame, both teams poured on the power in the final stanza–with Kenora drawing first blood when Brandon Speight […]
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The Aquanauts continue to excel in the pool this season, with five more club records smashed at the Manitoba/Saskatchewan Open short course provincial swim meet last weekend in Winnipeg. Karli McKinnon, 10, led the way with three new club records in her age group, including a time of 3:04.69 in […]
With their largest contingent travelling to an out-of-town competition this season, the Fort Frances Judo Club also had one of their most successful–with four different judokas bringing home gold medals. Paul Dobransky continued his medal count by earning gold in the under-30 kg division and a silver in the under-34 […]
The Border Figure Skating Club skated to several top finishes at the Thunder Bay Open competition last weekend, bringing home 12 gold medals in all. Sarah McComb led the way with three golds, topping the junior silver compulsory, singles, and spins events. She was coming off a solid performance at […]
Emo Predators challenged Emo Cowboys in Bantam action recently and came out on the short end of a 3-1 score. Matt Meyers started the ball rolling for the Cowboys midway through the first but David Pollard replied for the Predators just two minutes later. The Cowboys took over the second […]
The local Sunset Country “AA” Ford Atom Mustangs dumped St. Paul, M. 8-1 on Sunday to capture the championship of a four-team tournament in Duluth. Cody Dittaro scored twice to give the Mustangs a 2-1 lead after two periods. Then the floodgates opened in the third as David Pierce scored […]
Doug Kitowski Trucking of here lost 5-0 to Marquette, Mich. in the consolation final of the Twin Ports Senior Women’s Invitational hockey tournament in Duluth on Sunday. The Fort Frances squad reached the consolation final with a 4-1 win over Buffalo, Mn. on Saturday. Barb Galusha led the way with […]
The Fort Frances Canadians, a ‘AA’ Midget team comprised mainly of 16 and 17-year-olds, have been very respectable in their first season under former pro player and NHL coach Dave Allison. The brainchild of Tom Koski, the new Midget ‘AA’ team has compiled an impressive 18-9 record so far this […]
The Muskie senior boys’ basketball team had been on fire all season, playing a brand of wide-open, exciting basketball that produced more than its fair share of wins. But when the black-and-gold needed a win the most, in the NorWOSSA final last Friday against the Kenora Broncos up there, the […]
The Muskie senior girls’ volleyball team had the Kenora Broncos on the ropes in the NorWOSSA final there last Friday but they couldn’t deliver the knockout blow. After winning the first two games of the best-of-five match 15-8 and 15-13, passing well, setting near perfection, and hitting the ball with […]
John Lundon beat out 24 other riders to take the checkered flag in the 500 cc division of a snowcross race in Grand Rapids, Mn. last weekend. Lundon, 19, of here raced to four first-place finishes, a third, and a fifth on Saturday to qualify for Sunday’s semi-final, where he […]
It was oh so close. Trailing 38-35 in the NorWOSSA semi-final against the Dryden Eagles last Friday in Kenora, the Muskies elected to put the ball in the hands of their hottest shooter, Facial Cheblaoui, to try a game-tying three-pointer. And why not? He had made a long-range shot with […]
