Seven swimmers from the local Cyclone Swim Club competed at the regional long-course championships last weekend in Thunder Bay. And, in fact, three of the seven were the top point-getters in their respective divisions—Donovan Taylor (boys’ 10 and under), Peter Jensen (boys’ 11-12) and Keegan Little (boys’ 13-14). Here are […]
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The resigned look on the face of Jason Green—after his team had lost 1-0 to the St. Michael’s Double Blues on Friday afternoon—said it all. Placing his back to the wall in the dressing room hallway of the Tecumseh Arena in Windsor, where he had just played his last game […]
About 60 adults and children alike participated in the fifth-annual AWANA Grand Prix at Bethel Baptist Church here Saturday. The winners were as follows: Speed Sparks, Cubbies 1. Alexandra Adrian 2. Jacob Vandermeer 3. Sarah Vandermeer 4. Riley Pollard Speed (T&T) 1. Travis Hughes 2. Kelsey Johnson 3. Aaron Kellar […]
The sensation they felt after playing their last game in a black-and-gold jersey was as unimaginable as colour to a dog—and as real as your toaster at home. The Muskies had just lost 1-0 to the St. Michael’s Double Blues (Etobicoke) in the OFSAA quarter-finals Friday afternoon at the Tecmuseh […]
They wanted it—and they got it. After sweeping the Dryden Ice Dogs 4-0 in the semi-finals of the SIJHL playoffs last month, the Borderland Thunder were saying bring on the Fort William First Nations North Stars, who had swept their series against the K&A Variety Golden Hawks. “That’s how it […]
Fort Frances Aquanauts Karli McKinnon, Rachel Dutton, and Heather Dutton were recognized with awards of excellence for Northwestern Ontario by Swim Ontario at the regional long-course championships last weekend in Thunder Bay. McKinnon, 16, received one of the three “gold” certificates (which also includes a cheque for the recipient) while […]
Shane McDonald, president of the Emo-Devlin-Barwick Minor Hockey Association, welcomed all players and parents to the annual wind-up banquet held April 1 upstairs of the Emo-La Vallee Community Centre. McDonald began his speech by telling everyone tthe EDBMHA had a better year financially because of a few changes that had […]
The quarter-final showdown between the 17th-ranked Muskies and No. 7 St. Michael’s Double Blues was not boding well for the black-and-gold. With three seconds left in Jacob Esselink’s high-sticking penalty late in the first period on Friday afternoon at the Tecumseh Arena near Windsor, the Double Blues capitalized on the […]
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 […]
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. […]
