Emo Esso came up one goal short over the weekend. The squad lost 5-4 in overtime to the Elks Play-It-Again Sports (Thunder Bay) in the ‘A’ final of a 12-team PeeWee ‘A’ tournament Sunday afternoon at the Ice for Kids Arena here. Despite suffering a tough defeat in the final, […]
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Perseverance often is rewarded. The Muskie girls’ hockey team overcame a slow start and rallied from two goals down in the third period to beat the Kenora Broncos 4-3 last night at the ’52 Canadians Arena. “Our girls played hard and as the game went on, we had more chances […]
The Emo-Devlin-Barwick Minor Hockey Association held its annual Bantam/Midget tournament at the Emo-La Vallee Arena over the weekend. A total of 14 teams—seven in each of the Bantam and Midget divisions—competed for the tournament titles. The Midget field included the Emo Cowboys, Fort Frances Legion, Fort Frances OPP, Fort Frances […]
The Fort Frances Aquanauts shot out of the blocks in their first competitive swim meet of the season, dominating the field at the Kenora fall invitational over the weekend. The Aquanauts posted first-place finishes in 32 of the 101 events in which the competed. But what was perhaps more impressive […]
FORT FRANCES—Local swimmer Alex Parent hopes the road to Beijing, China leads through Durban, South Africa. Parent left Tuesday for the 2006 International Paralympic Committee’s world championships being held Nov. 27-Dec. 12 in Kwazulu-Natal province’s largest city. The Aquanaut will represent Canada while competing against the world’s top swimmers in […]
The first payment for anglers wishing to compete in the 2007 Emo Walleye Classic is due tomorrow (Nov. 18). The $300 instalment must be paid in full by the deadline. If teams have not paid by then, they will lose their place in the popular catch-and-release tournament. The final 10 […]
It was a disappointing end for the Muskie junior and senior boys’ volleyball teams as both were knocked out of further contention early Friday at the NorWOSSA playoffs in Kenora. A mix of mental mistakes and miscommunication haunted the junior boys’ team late into their match, which ended with the […]
The Muskie senior girls’ basketball team wrapped up their season Friday in Kenora on a bittersweet note—losing their NorWOSSA semi-final match by a score of 26-21 to the host Broncos. Despite the loss, though, co-coach Marla Knutsen was proud of the team. “They have come a long way from the […]
The Sunset Country Squash Club had five players travel to St. Paul last weekend to participate in the Commodore Squash Club’s annual tournament, with two players reaching the finals in their respective divisions. In 3.0 singles action, local Jan Vassbotn blanked Evan Bakker 3-0 and then beat Ben Ransom 3-1, […]
Skip Ken Noble, along with teammates Bob Allcorn, Rudy Hutka, and Len McCormick, made their mark at the Fort Frances Curling Club last Wednesday with a stunning eight-ender. “One of these is so rare. Your chances are better to get a hole-in-one in golf than an eight-ender in curling,” noted […]
The Muskie boys’ hockey team opened its NorWOSSA season with a two-game sweep over the visiting Red Lake Rams on Friday night and Saturday afternoon. Mitch Green and Taylor Jorgenson each had a hat trick to lead Fort High to a 10-5 win in the first game. George Halverson helped […]
Close to 160 players aged five-eight from the Emo and Fort Frances minor hockey associations took part in the “Chevrolet Safe and Fun Hockey Program” on Saturday at the Memorial Sports Centre here. The program has run since 1999, but it’s the first time it was offered in Fort Frances. […]
