Staff With the season officially in the books, it was time to dish out some hardware. The Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association held its annual awards night on Sunday in the auditorium of the Memorial Sports Centre. Here is a list of the winners: Novice •Most Valuable Player–Drake Bodnar •Most […]
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Press Release The Border Skating Club sent four of its skaters off to Mississauga to compete in the Skate Ontario Provincial Championship back on March 7-10, with excellent results. Greta Fedoruk, Montana Plasky, Samantha Halliday, and Awnley Jacobsen joined 493 skaters from 110 different Ontario clubs to compete for the […]
Staff The Muskie and Rainy River Owls’ badminton teams were able to shake off any rust they may have had yesterday at an exhibition tournament in Atikokan. Jackson Arpin of the Owls had the best showing of both teams, finishing first in senior boys’ singles with a perfect 8-0 record. […]
Staff Brendan Gillis capitalized on a two-on-one chance 9:38 into the second overtime to lift the top-ranked Thunder Bay North Stars to a dramatic 3-2 win over the fourth-ranked Dryden GM Ice Dogs on Monday night in Game 4 of their best-of-seven semi-final playoff series in Dryden. The North Stars […]
Staff Keegan Tiringer scored twice, including the eventual game-winner six-and-a-half minutes into the third period, as the second-place Red Lake Miners pulled out a 3-2 victory over the third-place Thief River Falls Norskies on Monday night in Game 3 of their best-of-seven semi-final playoff series at the Ralph Engelstad Arena. […]
Staff The Northern Lights School of Skating successfully completed its first year of operation and honoured its skaters at its inaugural achievements and awards gala on Friday night at the Little Beaver Cultural Centre. The winners included: CANPOWERSKATE Most Improved Speed Drill Time Awards Hanging Medals–Black Holder •Female–Isabella Foster •Male–Will […]
Jamie Mountain How sweet the taste of redemption is. Just over a year removed from a tough 86-52 loss to Sunset Landscaping in their first crack at a championship, the fifth-place Revco Renegades weren’t going to be denied on their second attempt as they rolled to a 59-47 win over […]
Staff The Emo-Devlin-Barwick Minor Hockey Association honoured the cream of this year’s crop at its annual awards banquet on Saturday night at the Emo Arena. Isabella Foster received the Tony Bliss Appreciation Award for most improved player on the Emo Express Novice girls while Bennett McQuaker took home the honour […]
Jamie Mountain The high school badminton season is short, so both the Muskies and Rainy River Owls are looking to hit the ground running today at an exhibition tournament in Atikokan. With such a small window to get in solid practice time, Muskie head coach Brian Church noted that his […]
Jamie Mountain Kim Beaudry’s rink worked hard and represented Northern Ontario with class. The squad, which also featured Barb Roy (third), Wendy Brunetta (second), and Kris Sinclair (lead), narrowly missed out on advancing to the semi-finals at the Everest Canadian Senior Curling Championships held March 22-28 in Chilliwack, B.C. as […]
Staff Hudson Mann put his talent on full display at the Tec Team Freestyle and Greco Open in West Fargo, N.D. on Sunday. The Grade 8 wrestler, who originally is from Fort Frances, went undefeated in both Freestyle and Greco. Mann’s Greco looked great and he hit two big four-point […]
Press Release The SIJHL announced Monday that Brock Aiken of the Thunder Bay North Stars earned the league’s Top Goaltender Award for the 2018-19 season. Aiken picked up the honour over fellow nominees Zach Willms (Red Lake Miners) and Bailey Schmitz (Thief River Falls Norskies). The winner was determined in […]
