The results were different but the similarities were scary. Randy Ferbey’s Canadian rink beat back a determined Finnish foursome for a 8-6 victory at the Ford World Curling Championship yesterday afternoon. Earlier in the day, Ferbey’s crew blew leads of 5-2 and 6-3 in a 8-7 loss to American Pete […]
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The Borderland Thunder trail the best-of-seven SIJHL championships series against the Fort William North Stars 2-0 after losses Friday and Saturday in Thunder Bay. After a scoreless first period Friday night, the North Stars jumped out to a 3-1 lead in the second, with Aaron Boyer netting the Thunder’s lone […]
David Pierce had the hat trick as the 17th-ranked Muskie boys’ hockey team opened the all-Ontario championship with a 6-3 upset over the eighth-ranked St. Thomas More Knights (Hamilton) this morning. Brian White got the Muskies on the board first with a power-play goal 9:59 into the game, assisted by […]
It’s a rare thing for an athlete to not only experience their worst nightmare in a season, but also fulfill their most desired dream. That’s what happened this past winter to Heather Ash. Ash, originally from Fort Frances, is a goalie for the University of Manitoba Bisons women’s hockey team. […]
Ahh, OFSAA—the acronym all high-school athletes in Ontario strive for. But where were the Muskies’ heads at before they packed their bags, stepped onto the bus here late Easter Sunday afternoon, and took a seat for the almost 18-hour ride to Windsor? Here are their thoughts: How anxious are you […]
Aaron Boyer played the part of Terrell Owens and uncapped a Sharpie. The Borderland Thunder were half-an-hour removed from their dramatic 3-2 overtime victory over the Dryden Ice Dogs there Saturday to sweep their best-of-seven semi-final series and Boyer decided to add to some already recorded history. On a narrow […]
Juan Gonzalez is back in the middle of the Cleveland Indians’ lineup. Andy Pettitte also hooked up with some old friends—the N.Y. Yankees. Gonzalez won a starting job and will begin the 2005 season as Cleveland’s everyday right fielder—returning to the spot where he had one of his most productive […]
Facing a 2-0 deficit, they lined up outside the visitors’ dressing room and waited for the officials to step onto the ice to start the third period. And though they were down, the Borderland Thunder were still confident they would collect the win and sweep their best-of-seven semi-final series against […]
The Kenora ‘AAA’ Major Midget Stars, of which Fort Frances native Cody Dittaro is a member, lost to the Thunder Bay ScotiaMcLeod ‘AAA’ Kings 7-3 on Sunday at the Northwestern Ontario Major Midget championship in the Lakehead. The Stars started the three-team tournament with an 8-1 win over the Marathon […]
Mosport International Raceway in Bowmanville, Ont. has leap-frogged Montreal to become the leading candidate to land a NASCAR stock car race as soon as 2006. A group of NASCAR executives met Tuesday in Daytona Beach, Fla. to map out an expansion strategy that includes a meeting in Toronto sometime this […]
They finished their season with a result they’ve been accustomed to—a tournament victory. The Fort Frances Gillons’ Insurance Sharks competed in the 24th-annual Neebing Minor Hockey March Classic in Thunder Bay last weekend and returned home with the ‘A’ gold medal wrapped snugly around their necks. “It was great,” said […]
So here was the situation: win and you’re in, or lose and you’re still in. Confused? Well, that’s what was facing the Fort Frances Taggs Bantam ‘AAA’ team (representing the Western zone) going into Sunday’s championship final of the branch playdowns here. Taggs was going up against the Thunder Bay […]
