Staff Northern Ontario is now one win away from national glory. The Ron Rosengren-skipped rink from Thunder Bay, with Devlin native Jenna Enge playing second, beat Saskatchewan 7-5 in the 1 vs. 2 Page playoff game yesterday at the 2015 Canadian Postal Employees Curling Classic in Winnipeg. That assured them […]
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Joey Payeur It’s a numbers game that simply didn’t add up for the Dryden GM Ice Dogs. Six different goal scorers, and 12 players getting at least one point each, carried the Fort Frances Lakers to a 6-2 win over the Ice Dogs in Game 1 of the best-of-seven SIJHL […]
Staff The Muskie badminton contingent will be a one-man band next week. Aaron Bujold made his birth certificate irrelevant as the Grade 9 student cruised to gold in the senior boys’ singles division with a 5-0 record at the NorWOSSA finals yesterday in Sioux Lookout. Bujold, who didn’t drop a […]
Staff Jenny Hammond has assumed the leadership role on the Muskie track-and-field team this season. So far, she’s set a shining example for the rest to follow. The Grade 12 student collected a gold and two bronze yesterday as part of a nine-medal haul for the Muskies at the Bronco […]
Staff With its leading scorer held off the sheet, Main Street Mayhem turned to some alternate offensive sources to get the job done. Nicole Renberg and Katie Stearns each scored twice as the Mayhem took a 5-0 mercy rule win over the U15 Borderland Lightning in Fort Frances Women’s Indoor […]
Staff It’s getting down to the wire in the Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League. The top six teams from the regular season will square off tonight in playoff action at Fort High, with only two moving on to battle in the final next Thursday (April 16). Top-seeded One Hit Wonders […]
Staff Jenna Enge and her rink have yet to mail it in. The Devlin native, playing second for Northern Ontario under Thunder Bay skip Ron Rosengren, already knew after last night that her team had first place locked up at the 2015 Canadian Postal Employees Curling Classic in Winnipeg. Northern […]
Staff There will be more games for both teams after this series. But the SIJHL final will be far from meaningless for the Fort Frances Lakers and Dryden GM Ice Dogs. The best-of-seven showdown for the Bill Salonen Cup gets underway tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the Ice For Kids […]
Joey Payeur If body checking in high school boys’ hockey in Ontario goes the way of the dinosaur, high school boys’ hockey in this area won’t be far behind. That’s the stance of Muskie head coach Jamie Davis in light of a motion to remove intentional body contact from that […]
Staff The Sunset Country men’s team brought home the silver medal from the annual Open provincial championships held April 1-4 in Sudbury. Featuring local bowlers Mike Behan and Jeff Watts, along with Kevin Blake (Kenora) and Dryden bowlers Tim Gadd, Darryl Rollins, and Jason Rousseau (formerly of Fort Frances), the […]
Joey Payeur Cole Tymkin prides himself on keeping his focus while in the heat of on-ice competition. But he’ll be dealing with an understandable distraction this weekend when he hopes to become an official Major Junior hockey player. The Fort Frances resident, who turned 16 on Sunday, is eligible for […]
Joey Payeur The Thunder Bay North Stars’ endless parade through sick bay this season concluded with the Fort Frances Lakers pulling the plug on their title hopes. Colton Spicer and Nolan Ross each scored twice, and Cody Antonini chalked up five assists, as the Lakers rolled to an 8-3 win […]
