The Emo Belles ringette team got their season off to a perfect start by capturing the gold medal at the recent Rainy River Tween/Belle tournament. In their opening match, the Belles outskated host Rainy River 13-4. Tara Lloyd led the way with five goals while Stacey Angus had a hat […]
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Steven Krag of Fort Frances swept Cindy Arpin 3-0 in the final of the junior novice event at the Northwestern Squash Open in Thunder Bay last Sunday. Krag advanced to the final after going 2-0 in round-robin play (sweeping each best-of-three match in two straight games). Playing in his first […]
After opening with a pair of wins at the junior men’s Northwestern playdowns in Sioux Lookout last week, Chris Matheson’s Fort Frances rink looked to be in good shape. But that’s when the road to the provincials took a big detour. Matheson’s crew proceeded to lose their last four games–three […]
The Emo Atom Selects, led by Betty Meyers’ two goals, upended MEC (Fort Frances) 5-4 in recent minor hockey action. Tyson Romyn, Ryan Mutz, and Richy Wieringa also scored for the Selects while Andrew Lundy (two), Josh Sigurson, and Pierre Jourdain replied for the visitors. Meanwhile, Nathan DeBungee had four […]
The Muskies already have shown they are a formidable squad on home ice, indicative of their three-straight blowout wins against NorWOSSA opponents within the confines of Memorial Arena. Now after Monday night’s 12-3 romp over the Kenora Broncos up there, the black-and-gold have served notice they can be dominating on […]
While their past accomplishments are quite impressive, Raymond Roy’s rink knows full well that you can throw all that out the window as they prepare for the provincial mixed curling playdowns here this weekend. The team’s second, Wayne Beacham, was runner-up at the national mixed playdowns in 1988 while Roy […]
Aquanauts Karli McKinnon, 10, and Boyd Badiuk, nine, combined for three silver medals and a bronze in their age group at the 18th-annual Prairie Winter Invitational meet in Winnipeg last weekend. McKinnon raced to second-place finishes in the 200m free and 50m free events while also taking third in the […]
While playing at the provincial level is nothing new for Angela Lee, what has changed for the new Northwestern Ontario junior ladies’ champ is her responsibility on the ice. Having played at the past two junior provincial playdowns for the Jackie Bonot rink, Lee got the chance to skip her […]
Tom Grant scored three goals to pace the Dryden Hornets to a 4-2 win over the Fort Frances B•Macs “AA” hockey team in the championship game of the Pizza Hut tournament in Thunder Bay on Sunday. The Hornets jumped out to a 3-0 first-period lead before Kevin Webb, assisted by […]
In Novice action, visiting Rainy River nipped the Emo Wings 3-2, scoring twice in the third period to steal the win. Bryce Marmus (two) and Kalan Ewald tallied for Rainy River while Tristan Mose and Jordan Davis replied for Emo. The Emo OPP fared a little better against the Times […]
St. Francis School captured the Region 1 Bantam volleyball crown here Saturday with a 15-9 and 15-13 win over Mine Centre and earned a berth to the all-Ontario showdown. St. Francis finished the four-team, double round-robin with a 4-2 record to earn a bye into the final. Thomas Aquinas, which […]
If there was any question the Muskies would be one of the dominant teams in NorWOSSA this season, that question was answered with an exclamation mark after a weekend series against Sioux Lookout here. The black-and-gold cruised to a 11-2 victory Friday night, then followed that up with a 10-3 […]
