Although the Sunset Country team didn’t bowl over their competition at last weekend’s “Youth Challenge” at Plaza Lanes here, local bowlers Allison AmOrde and John Smith finished near the top of their respective divisions.
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In a sport where one or two breaks can change the outcome of a game, Kathie Jackson’s Fort Frances rink definitely benefited from a few “lucky” ones at the Northwestern Ontario ladies’ curling playdowns in Dryden last week. And they transformed that good fortune into a tie for top spot […]
The Muskie junior girls’ volleyball team overcame a 12-3 deficit in the second game to sweep the St. Pat’s Saints 15-3, 15-12 in the final of an 11-team tournament in Dryden last weekend. After opening with a 2-1 loss to the Thomas Aquinas Saints (Kenora), the Muskies never lost another […]
Josh Sigurdson scored the game-winner just 30 seconds into overtime to lift the MEC Bulldogs to a 1-0 win over Dryden Esso in the ‘B’ final of an Atom ‘A’ tournament up there last weekend. Andrew Lundy drew the assist. MEC reached the final with a 4-3 shootout win over […]
It wasn’t the weekend the Emo Bunnies ringette squad was hoping for, recording only one win against three losses against some tough opposition. Emo only could muster two goals from the stick of B. Galusha in the first half as they fell 11-2 to Steinbach. S. Piche led the onslaught […]
The Muskie senior boys’ basketball team dropped a tight 90-84 decision to the host Churchill Bulldogs in the championship game of a six-team tournament in Winnipeg last weekend. The Muskies came out flying in the final–outscoring the Bulldogs 12-2 to open the game–but then watched as Churchill fought back with […]
As good as the Muskies were in the first half of the season, compiling a league-leading 8-1 record along the way, head coach Glen Edwards is hoping his team continues to make great strides when they open the second half Friday night in Kenora. The Muskies looked impressive throughout much […]
The Mine Centre grade eight girls’ volleyball team knows it will face an uphill battle at the Eastern Ontario Bantam Volleyball Championships in Ottawa later this month. The first hurdle was to drum up the necessary funds to cover the almost $6,000 price tag for the trip (supported largely by […]
Although Emo minor hockey teams lost three exhibition encounters against Warroad and International Falls this past week, the rest of the circuit tasted several victories against two ties. The Emo Atom Selects went up against the Fort Frances Atom girls and skated away with an easy 15-1 victory. Jake Gill […]
The Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship will run from Thursday to Saturday instead of Friday to Sunday when it takes to the water for the fifth time in July. The change was made to better accommodate the anglers, said Ray Engelbertink, media relations spokesman for the FFCBC, adding many of […]
The Bantam “AA” B•Macs doubled a team from Omaha, Neb. 4-2 yesterday afternoon to pull within one victory of capturing the International Falls Invitational tournament. The 3-0 Fort squad closed out the five-team, round-robin showdown against Hibbing at noon today (the score was not available as of press time). The […]
After an eight-day layoff, the Muskies will be looking to burn off those extra Christmas calories when they travel to Mesabi for a pair of exhibition games. The black-and-gold will square off against Mesabi East tonight, then take on Austin tomorrow. While the Muskies are gunning to improve their 1-3 […]
