Staff After suffering back-to-back setbacks in local men’s basketball league action, Boston Pizza returned to the win column this past Wednesday night thanks to a 75-63 win over the Rendez-Vous. Rob McGinnis led the way for Boston Pizza, which improved to 8-4, with 23 points. Toby Munro, meanwhile, had 17 […]
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Lucas Punkari With a pair of back-and-forth playoff games already in the books, the stage seemingly was set for a classic series-deciding contest between the Muskie girls’ hockey team and the Dryden Eagles on Tuesday night. Instead, the third-and-deciding game of their NorWOSSA semi-final proved to be an one-sided affair […]
Staff Donovan Taylor made Muskie history yesterday in Etobicoke when he captured Fort High’s first-ever swimming gold medal at the all-Ontarios. Taylor finished first in the 200m I.M. with a time of 2:06.08, which once again was fast enough to give him a qualifying time for the nationals for that […]
Staff With their seasons on the line last night, the two Muskie hockey teams had different outcomes. The Muskie boys advanced to the NorWOSSA final after downing the visiting Red Lake Rams 6-2 in the third-and-deciding game of their semi-final series. Nick Jourdain led the way with two goals and […]
Lucas Punkari Having already won tournaments in Emo and Dryden earlier this season, the local Lakewood Tire Eagles PeeWee girls’ hockey team was looking to complete a trifecta of first-place finishes this past weekend on home ice. But after a quick start, the Eagles ran into a brick wall in […]
Joey Payeur A plan to deliver some payback turned out to be as good as gold for the St. Francis Sentinels girls’ basketball team. The Sentinels downed the Riverview Royals (Rainy River) 17-12 in the final of the Rainy River District Athletic Association Grade 8 girls’ regional basketball championship Saturday […]
Joey Payeur And the Academy Award for best performance in a cliffhanger is . . . Well, the voters probably could call it a tie. But the St. Francis Sentinels were far less concerned about winning an Oscar than defending a championship. Showing a little true grit of their own, […]
Staff The Fort Frances Thunderhawks were in Kenora on the weekend to take on the host Thistles in a pair of games as both teams gear up for this year’s Allan Cup there next month. Unfortunately for the T’hawks, they came out on the losing end in both contests—falling 5-1 […]
Staff Fort Frances Aquanauts Donovan Taylor and Adam Stromberg came away with medals around their necks at the 2011 Short Course Provincial Championships last weekend in Nepean (near Ottawa). Participating in his first-ever provincial swim meet, Stromberg earned silver in the boy’s 12-and-under 50m freestyle event. He also nabbed bronze […]
Staff A Stanley Cup champion will be vying for a different trophy here this summer. Atlanta Thrashers’ defenceman Dustin Byfuglien, who won Lord Stanley’s mug last season as a member of the Chicago Blackhawks, this week entered the annual Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship coming up in July. Born in […]
Staff A Stanley Cup champion will be vying for a different trophy here this summer. Atlanta Thrashers’ defenceman Dustin Byfuglien, who won Lord Stanley’s mug last season as a member of the Chicago Blackhawks, this week entered the annual Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship coming up in July. Born in […]
Lucas Punkari It wasn’t the results they wanted but the experience of vying for a provincial crown on home ice was something Judy LaBelle and Roz Broman certainly will remember. Competing in the 2011 Cameco senior provincial playdowns at the Fort Frances Curling Club last week, Broman missed out on […]
