Staff Local Border Skate Club competitors posted some sparkling results at Skate Thunder Bay on Dec. 3-4. MacKenzie Armstrong led the charge, notching first-place finishes in the introductory free skate and introductory spins divisions to go along with a third in introductory elements. The club had a handful of other […]
Local Sports
Chris Mounk The local Boston Pizza PeeWee ‘AA’ hockey team travelled to Kenora over the weekend to take part in an eight-team tournament. The Royals opened round-robin play Friday against the Dauphin Kings. Although the Kings came to play, they could not handle the offensive onslaught of the Royals. The […]
Bob Tkachuk An even dozen Sunset Country Squash Club players travelled to Thunder Bay over the weekend for the Northwestern Open. The tournament also included playoffs for juniors hoping to qualify for the Ontario Junior Teams Tourney in Niagara-on-the-Lake from March 3-6. Anniss Seid and Shawn Brady advanced in the […]
Staff The Muskie senior girls’ volleyball team got its season off to a solid start at the Westgate tournament in Thunder Bay over the weekend. The black-and-gold won six of 12 sets in preliminary play to finish in the middle of the division—fourth out of the seven teams. Fort High […]
Dan Falloon The Fort Frances Lakers will admit they didn’t really put in the effort to win any of the three games on their slate over the past week. But a couple of key calls went against them, so it’s not hard to picture a scenario in which the local […]
Dan Falloon The Muskie senior boys’ basketball team has gotten the 2010-11 season off to a fine start. The black-and-gold dominated the competition at their home tournament over the weekend, winning all four games en route to taking top spot. Fort High was coming off a season-opening tournament in Thunder […]
Dan Falloon Things were looking good for the Fort Frances Thunderhawks as they kicked off their senior ‘AAA’ season Friday night in Kenora. But a short bench further cut by penalties, injuries, and ejections eventually did in the visitors as they fell 5-3 to the Thistles. T’hawks coach Randy White […]
Dan Falloon The Muskie boys’ hockey team has blazed out of the gates to start the NorWOSSA season, compiling a 3-0 record while outscoring their opponents 20-2. But the black-and-gold aren’t completely satisfied with their play, and are looking to shore up a couple of key areas as the season […]
Dan Falloon Tournament play seems to suit the Muskie girls’ hockey team just fine. Even though the squad has yet to ice a full lineup, the black-and-gold have medalled at all three tournaments so far this season, including winning silver in Portage la Prairie, Man. over the weekend. Fort High […]
Staff Sounds like somebody had a case of the Mondays. The Fort Frances Lakers (19-10-2) saw its losing streak hit three games with a 5-4 overtime loss to the visiting Duluth Clydesdales (7-19-2) last night. The skid is the team’s longest such string of the season. Things didn’t get off […]
Staff A pair of one-goal weekend losses bumped the Fort Frances Lakers from their perch atop the SIJHL. And it was a long way down. After a 3-2 loss Friday night and then a 1-0 setback Saturday in Thunder Bay, the Lakers fell to fourth place in the six-team circuit […]
Staff Things were looking good for the Fort Frances Thunderhawks as they kicked off their senior ‘AAA’ season in Kenora on Friday night. But a short bench further cut by penalties, injuries, and ejections eventually did in the visitors as they fell 5-3 to the Thistles. The T’hawks jumped out […]
