Dan Falloon The Borderland Soccer Association is staring at a number of issues heading into the upcoming season, and league president Tristan Hutton is encouraging members to pitch solutions. At the forefront is a referee shortage which Hutton feels, if unaddressed, could grind the men’s and women’s leagues to a […]
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Staff Lorne Jackson was on the wrong side of revenge at the Northern Ontario mixed provincial curling championships in Kenora over the weekend. Jackson and his rink of third Kathie Jackson, second Todd Moxham, and lead Christine Sinclair had dropped Robbie Gordon (Idylwylde) to the brink of elimination with an […]
Staff The semi-final that few expected finally gave way to a championship series nearly everyone saw coming. The Fort Frances Lakers saw their yeoman-like post-season run come to an end here Friday night with a 3-1 loss to the Dryden Ice Dogs. The Ice Dogs took the series 4-2 and […]
Staff Tirzah Keffer’s luck ran out in the quarter-finals at the all-Ontarios in Toronto. The first Muskie girls’ rink to make it to OFSAA, which also included third Samantha Mueller, second Carley Busch, and lead Taylor Hartlin, were bounced 7-2 on Friday afternoon by Timiskaming, the eventual bronze medallists. Keffer […]
Staff It was an excellent weekend for local club curlers at the regional club playdowns in Sioux Lookout over the weekend Raymond Roy and his rink qualified for the men’s provincial championship after posting a 4-1 record. Roy and his rink of Dave Broman, Butch Wensley, and Patrick Briere easily […]
Staff At this point, being second will work for Tirzah Keffer. Keffer and her Muskie girls’ rink of third Samantha Mueller, second Carley Busch, and lead Taylor Hartlin clinched second place in Pool ‘B’ at the all-Ontarios in Toronto with a 7-2 victory over Paul Dwyer High School (Oshawa) this […]
Staff Lorne Jackson dropped his first game at the NOCA mixed provincial championships in Kenora yesterday. Jackson and his rink of third Kathie Jackson, second Todd Moxham, and lead Christine Sinclair were edged 7-5 by Dylan Johnston (Fort William Curling Club). The loss dropped Jackson to the ‘B’ event against […]
Staff The Fort Frances Lakers’ clock might be nearing midnight. The Lakers, whose Cinderella playoff run has brought them to within two wins of the SIJHL final, were edged 2-1 by the Dryden Ice Dogs last night to trail their best-of-seven semi-final series 3-2. The Lakers will try to fend […]
Staff The big city hasn’t been getting to Tirzah Keffer so far. The Muskie skip and her rink of third Samantha Mueller, second Carley Busch, and lead Taylor Hartlin improved to 2-0 at the all-Ontarios in Toronto with a 7-4 win over St. Joseph High School (Nepean) this morning. The […]
Gord Anderson The Muskie boys’ hockey team did their part to qualify for the quarter-finals. Unfortunately, a 9-2 win this morning over the Widdifield Wildcats (North Bay) wasn’t enough to advance out of Pool ‘B’ at the OFSAA ‘AAA/AAAA’ tournament being held in St. Catharines/Grimsby. The Muskies ended up tied […]
Staff Families from across the district are invited to head out to the Barwick Gun & Hobby Show as it returns for its third year May 1 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. “I think it will be even better than the first two years,” organizer Scott Stafford said about the show, […]
the MNR An Illinois hunter and his guide have been fined a total of $2,500 for charges related to illegal wolf hunting. John Shott, of Genoa, Ill., was convicted under the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act and fined $1,500 for wolf hunting without a licence and $500 for abandoning the […]
