FORT FRANCES—The Fort Frances Times Tigers IP2 hockey team got a chance to both live out a dream and help their community Monday morning at the Ice for Kids Arena here. The Tigers won the right to skate with the Iowa Stars, the Dallas Stars’ AHL affiliate, after submitting the […]
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Three skaters from the Border Skating Club travelled to Sault Ste. Marie to compete at the Festival of Stars—2007 Skate Canada Northern Ontario STARSkate Championships this past weekend. Sophie Potvin-Begin, Michael Nelson, and Jillian Bobczynski each made the trip in hopes of qualifying for the Trillium STARSkate All-Ontario Championships. All […]
Sheets of ice, the unique “thunk” of rocks making contact, and shouts of “Hurray, hard” probably were the last thing on Tom Fry’s mind the moment he heard he’d been named the Canadian Curling Association’s Volunteer of the Year. “I was totally surprised when I heard. I was on the […]
The roller-coaster ride that was the NorWOSSA playoffs ended on a high for the Muskie boys’ hockey team as they clinched their third league title in four years with a win over the host Dryden Eagles on Sunday. After a sloppy, albeit successful, start to the post-season, the black-and-gold stepped […]
The Muskie boys’ curling rink defeated Westgate 4-3 in a playoff yesterday afternoon to capture the NWOSSAA championship at the Fort William Curling Club in Thunder Bay. Tied at 3-3 in the eighth and final end, Muskie skip David Kaun drew to the four-foot to score one and give his […]
Local junior bowling teams will make up half of the contingent representing Sunset Country at the provincial round of the “4 Steps to Stardom” this weekend in Sudbury. “They did exceptionally well because three of [our] five teams are going to provincials,” Plaza Lanes manager Jamie McKenny remarked. “They said […]
The Fort Frances Canadians ended their season on a positive note with a 5-3 win over the host Thunderhawks last Thursday in Grand Rapids. “It was a good game for both sides,” Canadians’ head coach Dave Egan enthused. “They were honouring their seniors and it was a good end-to-end game […]
The Fort Frances Aquanauts continued their successful season with a strong performance at the “Cabin Fever Frolic” meet over the weekend in Dryden. The 12-swimmer Aquanaut contingent combined to finish in the top three in 36 of the 44 events in which they competed. Individually, 11 of the 12 set […]
Both Muskie curling rinks remained in the hunt for a trip to the all-Ontarios after this morning’s draw at the NWOSSAA playdowns at the Fort William Curling Club. The boys’ rink—featuring skip David Kaun, third Mike Badiuk, second Travis Showalter, and lead Sean Murray—were tied for first place with Westgate […]
The Muskie boys’ hockey team can cross another item off the list of goals they set for themselves prior to the season. The black-and-gold won 3-2 in a double overtime marathon against the host Dryden Eagles yesterday to sweep the best-of-three NorWOSSA final and earn a trip to the all-Ontarios […]
FORT FRANCES—The going is about to get a lot tougher for the Muskie curling program. After a pair of dominating performances at the NorWOSSA playoffs late last month in Kenora, Fort High’s boys’ and girls’ rinks both are set to compete at the NWOSSAA showdown beginning Monday at the Fort […]
Some losses are tougher to take than others. Local curler Raymond Roy found himself in prime position to advance to the final of the Northern Ontario senior men’s playdowns last weekend after jumping out to a 3-0 start. But the Fort Frances rink—also comprised of third Don DeBenedet, second Dave […]
