Press Release The annual “Brockies’ Blizzard” Atom ‘AA’ hockey tournament was over the weekend at the Memorial Sports Centre, with seven teams from Northwestern Ontario and northern Minnesota taking part in the three days of action. But the local Brockie’s 99’ers once again stole the show, claiming gold for the […]
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Mitch Calvert The Fort Frances Canadians reached the bronze-medal game at a tournament in Grand Forks over the weekend, but dropped a thrilling 4-3 shootout loss to the Huron All-Stars to finish in fourth place. “We had four veterans watching from the stands for off-ice disciplinary reasons, so we went […]
Mitch Calvert Winning tournaments is becoming a habit for the Muskie junior boys’ basketball team. The juniors captured their second title in January last weekend in Kenora, edging Winnipeg’s Kildonan-East Collegiate Rievers 54-53 in overtime in the thrilling finale. The black-and-gold had won a tournament in Dryden earlier in the […]
Mitch Calvert After stringing together three-straight wins at the 23rd-annual John Taylor Piper Classic hockey tournament last weekend in Winnipeg, the Muskies ran into the Oak Park Raiders in the final and fell 4-2 to settle for the silver medal. It was a parade to the penalty box for much […]
Mitch Calvert It’s about time. After a prolonged layoff due to a pair of cancellations, coupled with the recent exam break, the Muskie senior and junior girls’ volleyball teams finally are back on the court for real later today when they host the Dryden Eagles, signalling their first NorWOSSA action […]
Staff The Pharmasave Wildcats Midget girls’ hockey team had a good showing at the Kathy Sanders Memorial tournament in Dryden last weekend. The squad opened play against the Thunder Bay Bears, winning 2-1. Tressa Galusha opened the scoring for the Wildcats on a pass from Paige Ward, then Nicole Beadle […]
Staff Four local bowlers advanced to the provincial showdown coming up Easter weekend in Dryden after competing Jan. 24-25 in the 20-game zone roll-offs in Kenora. Andrew Stamarski finished with a 4,725 total to qualify for the Sunset Country men’s squad while Dixie McDonald rolled a 4,430 to qualify for […]
Staff The perfect season is no more. La Place Rendez-Vous knocked off previously-undefeated Dominos 75-53 in local men’s basketball league action Monday night, including an incredible 26-0 run to start the game. Aaron Rost of the Vous led all shooters with 25 points while John Sivonen netted 23 for Dominos. […]
Staff The Pinewood Blades Bantam girls’ hockey team was pushed to their limits but still managed to emerge as champions at the Kathy Sanders Memorial tournament in Dryden last weekend with a 5-4 victory over the Kenora Avalanche in the final. It was their second tournament victory in as many […]
Mitch Calvert That’s more like it. The Fort Frances Jr. Sabres exacted some revenge Sunday afternoon with a 7-1 thrashing of the Sioux Lookout Flyers, rebounding from a 7-4 loss to that same team here a week ago yesterday. “Much better effort,” Sabres’ head coach Wayne Strachan said. “One of […]
Mitch Calvert Dan Usiski scored three goals for his first hat trick of the season to lead the Fort Frances Jr. Sabres to a 7-1 win over the host Sioux Lookout Flyers yesterday. The Sabres (23-13-2) got two goals from Mitch Cain while Kyle Turgeon and Graham Dyck added singles, […]
The Associated PressBarry Wilner TAMPA, Fla.—Bruce Smith, Rod Woodson, and Derrick Thomas, all witnesses for the defence. All pro football Hall-of-Famers. The three were elected Saturday along with longtime Buffalo Bills’ owner Ralph Wilson, who at age 90 will be the oldest person ever inducted, former Minnesota guard Randall McDaniel, […]
