Staff After earning one first-place and two third-place finishes at the Sunset Country regional figure skating competition here in late January, Sophie Potvin-Begin continued her recent run of success this past weekend in Sault Ste. Marie. The Border Skating Club member took part in the “Festival of Stars” competition on […]
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Lucas Punkari With five draws in the books at the Northern Ontario men’s curling championship, Tim Nordin’s rink from the Stratton Curling Club still is looking for that elusive first victory. Nordin sat tied at the bottom of the 12-team field with an 0-3 mark heading into action today at […]
Lucas Punkari The Fort Frances Lakers don’t need to look at the standings to know how big their next two games are as SIJHL teams jostle for position heading into the post-season. The Lakers will host the Dryden Ice Dogs tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the Ice For Kids Arena, […]
Lucas Punkari The Muskie girls’ hockey team continued their recent run of success with a 5-1 exhibition win over the host Baudette Bears last night. It was the black-and-gold’s third-straight victory. With the game tied 1-1 after the second period, the Muskies’ offence came to life in the third—lighting the […]
Lucas Punkari With their coach emphasizing the fact they needed to find the back of the net more often, the Muskie girls’ hockey team certainly did that over the weekend with 14 goals in two games. Fort High opened with an 8-3 win over Sioux Lookout on Friday night at […]
Lucas Punkari Tim Nordin’s rink, representing the Stratton Curling Club, was sitting at 0-2 heading into action this afternoon at the Northern Ontario men’s championship at the Fort William Curling Club. After being drubbed 11-1 in just six ends last night by defending champ Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste. Marie), Nordin […]
Lucas Punkari Bryan Bonot and Ken McKinnon were unable to capture provincial curling glory over the weekend, but the way their two runs ended couldn’t have been more different. Both teams were eliminated from further contention at the Northern Ontario Masters playdowns in Kakabeka Falls on Sunday as McKinnon’s rink […]
Staff The Muskie senior girls’ volleyball team were in Thunder Bay over the weekend for a tournament hosted by Lakehead University, where they reached the semi-finals before bowing out to the St. Ignatius Falcons. Fort High finished second overall in their pool during the round-robin portion of the tournament thanks […]
Lucas Punkari After being benched for Sunday’s game in his hometown of Duluth, Fort Frances Lakers’ forward Dan Smith wanted to make a statement in his return to the lineup last night at the Ice For Kids Arena. He certainly did just that—netting a pair of third-period goals, including the […]
Lucas Punkari It may have taken almost the entire regular season, but it was well worth the wait. The Muskie junior boys’ basketball team earned their first win of the NorWOSSA campaign yesterday—a narrow 33-32 victory over the host Kenora Broncos. “I’m happiest for the kids,” said coach Greg Ste. […]
Lucas Punkari It’s something very few curlers in Canada get a chance to do—but next week Tim Nordin will be looking to accomplish just that. Nordin and his foursome from the Stratton Curling Club will be looking to represent Northern Ontario at this year’s Tim Hortons Brier in London, Ont. […]
Lucas Punkari After three draws at the Northern Ontario Masters playdowns in Kakabeka Falls, Stratton’s Bryan Bonot and Ken McKinnon of Fort Frances both are right in the thick of things. Bonot improved to 2-0 after a 10-4 thrashing of Don Spakowski (Fort Williams Curling Club) this morning while McKinnon […]
