All three Muskie curling teams dominated the first NorWOSSA qualifier last Thursday in Kenora, making it a clean sweep in the boys, girls and mixed divisions. The boys’ team, led by skip Bill Crewson and including Chris Matheson (third), Tyler Bell (second), Matt Gushulak (lead), and Joel Perron (fifth), cruised […]
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Derek Jackson scored two in the eighth end Sunday to snap a 5-5 tie against Don DeBenedet in the final game of the Zone Seven tankard in Stratton. Jackson’s 7-5 victory earned his rink the second and last berth to the Northwestern men’s playdowns Jan. 23-25 in Longlac. Trailing 4-3 […]
Emo Novice teams raked up a 3-0 record during minor hockey action over the past week, including a 7-3 win by the Emo OPP over visiting West End Motors (Fort Frances). Tyler Kinnear netted two goals for Emo while Chris Strachan, Jordan Davis, Matthew Beck, Ian Lougheed, and R.J. Roen […]
Kathie Jackson is hoping the third time’s the charm as she prepares for yet another trip to the all-Ontario ladies’ curling playdowns Jan. 26-Feb. 1 in Kenora. At stake at the 10-rink field is a trip to the Scott Tournament of Hearts in Regina. Playing at the provincial level is […]
The Muskie senior boys’ basketball team controlled almost the entire game against the Kenora Broncos here yesterday afternoon. Unfortunately, the visitors controlled the final two minutes, which proved to be the difference in a 47-40 comeback win over the black-and-gold. The Muskies stormed out to a 15-7 lead in the […]
It looked like something out of “Robin Hood,” only no one was wearing tights. That was the sight above Kitchen and Bath Plus here last Wednesday as three archers–Brian Mueller, Jeff Johnston and Wade Karchuk–simultaneously drew back on their bows and aimed for the centre of the coloured rings 20 […]
Although the Northwest Ontario all-star ringette team lost 9-2 to a Thunder Bay ‘AAA’ senior team there Sunday, team member Stacey Angus of Stratton said the game was beneficial to the squad as it gears up for the Ontario Winter Games. As a prelude to the Winter Games, slated March […]
The KC PeeWee ‘AA’ rep hockey team won all four of its games last weekend, including a 6-5 victory over Grand Forks in the final, to win a 16-team tournament in Bemidji. The KCs had picked up second-place finishes at tournaments in Warroad and Kenora earlier this season. “We’ve been […]
The Ministry of Natural Resources once again has extended the deadline for public input into proposed cuts to fish limits–this time to give sportsmen’s clubs a chance to reassess “new, more accurate information.” Scott Lockhart, an area biologist with the MNR in Kenora, said yesterday that people now have until […]
The IBEW Lightning (Fort Frances) lost only one game in capturing the ‘A’ title of the Emo Bantam hockey tournament, beating the previously undefeated Emo Cowboys 3-1 in the final. After going scoreless in the first two periods, the Lightning got on the board when Kevin Webb converted a perfect […]
The Emo Wings scored a late goal to earn a 2-2 tie with their town rivals, the Emo OPP, in novice hockey action there last week. Richy Wieringa kept the Wings flying with two goals while T.J. Roen and Tyler Kinnear replied for the OPP. In Atom play, S. Rea […]
The Border Figure Skating Club staged a three-hour exhibition here last Sunday to give local skaters a chance to perform their solos in front of an audience for the first time. The exhibition, which featured about 35 skaters, helped them gain valuable experience leading up to the 25th-annual Sunset Country […]
