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 […]
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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 […]
With a smoky haze hovering above them from smoldering cigarettes in ashtrays on tables that also were holding an assortment of beverages behind them, an array of people made their way to Woodbury Hall with two things in common: to play darts and remember the man known as Gordie Dunville. […]
If you opened up the program handed out at the Bantam ‘AAA’ branch playdowns here last weekend and scrolled down the Thunder Bay Sportop Kings’ roster, you would have found three district names. Jordan Davis (Emo), Ryan Faragher (Fort Frances), and Luke Judson (Emo) were hand-picked by the Kings prior […]
Congratulations, Joyce! That’s what was written on a banner placed over the doorway of a room at the Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau on Saturday afternoon in honour of Joyce Gosselin and her accomplishments at the 2005 Special Olympics Winter Games in Nagano, Japan. Gosselin won three medals—one gold and two […]
The game was over for about 20 minutes when Thunder head coach Dave Allison walked out of the dressing room. He was heading to his office, about 50 paces down the corridor, but he only made it about 15 steps before he was interrupted. It was a welcome interruption, though, […]
So, you think you have what it takes to be a singing star? If so, you’ll have a chance to strut your stuff at the fourth-annual Emo Walleye Classic later this spring. The “Emo Walleydol” is a vocal competition open to local performers aged 16 and over that will take […]
What would you rather have as a hockey player—an experienced mind or young legs? “I’d like to have a nice combination of both,” answered Muskie head coach Shane Bliss. “Our boys play with a lot of energy, and they’ve played with a lot of energy all year long, but the […]
The Muskies will play an exhibition game tonight against the Hopper’s Bruins men’s hockey team at the Ice for Kids Arena. Game time is slated for 6:45 p.m. The Muskies have only tonight’s game and two more practices before they pack their bags for Windsor and the all-Ontario championship. They […]
Aaron Boyer started the play, and it was Derek Fisher who finished it. In the second overtime of Game 2 here Saturday afternoon here, Boyer side-stepped a Dryden Ice Dogs defender to break into their zone, but then had trouble being able to get a shot off. So the puck […]
Fans were still lined up through the lobby of the Memorial Sports Centre just 15 minutes before the Thunder took to the ice against the Dryden Ice Dogs in Game 1 of their best-of-seven semi-final series. And the large crowd on hand was rewarded as the Thunder won 3-1 in […]
