Good food and good times were the order of the day as the Emo-Devlin-Barwick Minor Hockey Association held its annual awards banquet last Friday at the Emo-La Vallee Community Centre. Nearly 300 people were on hand to reflect on the highs and lows of the past season as well as […]
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Michael Nelson said the most important thing he learned from his first competition was that he needs to add an axel to his routine. The 11-year-old returned from the Trillium Starskate Championships in Kitchener with this knowledge—and an eighth place standing in the pre-preliminary competition. “He came home knowing what […]
Three Aquanauts swimmers attended the Pepsi Victor Davis Memorial swim meet in Guelph last week and came home with varied results. Heather Dutton, swimming in the girls’ 15 and over age category, earned her best result in the 100m butterfly, placing fourth with a time of 1:11.96. She also finished […]
The Muskie boys’ hockey team played their annual “town” versus “country” game here Monday before packing up their locker room and officially declaring the season over. The team returned from the all-Ontarios in London on Saturday after failing to get out of their pool. “It’s a very long, tiring week,” […]
After battling back from a 3-1 deficit, the Borderland Thunder saw their season end in heart-breaking fashion Saturday night with a 4-3 overtime loss to the host Dryden Ice Dogs in Game 7 of their semi-final series. The Ice Dogs scored just 14 seconds into the extra frame to win […]
Gary Roberts’ two-point effort helped the Toronto Maple Leafs get back into first place. Roberts had a goal and an assist as the Maple Leafs moved into a tie for first place in the Northeast Division by rallying for a 4-2 victory over the Atlanta Thrashers last night. Toronto is […]
On the other side of the world, these N.Y. Yankees looked lost. Former Blue Jay Jose Cruz Jr. hit a tying home run that sparked a comeback, Tino Martinez helped beat his former team with his 300th career homer, and the lowly Tampa Bay Devil Rays roughed up Mike Mussina […]
Oh, so close. After clawing back from a 3-1 deficit in their best-of-seven SIJHL semi-final series against the Dryden Ice Dogs, the Borderland Thunder fell 4-3 in overtime of Game 7 there Saturday night to see their season come to an end. Dryden scored first when Jeff Poshtar (Tyler MacDonald/Tylor […]
Oh, so close. After clawing back from a 3-1 deficit in their best-of-seven SIJHL semi-final series against the Dryden Ice Dogs, the Borderland Thunder fell 4-3 in overtime of Game 7 there Saturday night to see their season come to an end. Dryden scored first when Jeff Poshtar (Tyler MacDonald/Tylor […]
The Muskie boys’ hockey team failed to advance to the quarterfinals of the all-Ontarios in London, losing 7-0 to the fifthseeded Our Lady of Mount Carmel Crusaders last night to finish in fourth place in Pool ‘D’ with a 1-2- 1 record. After a tie and loss on the first […]
The Borderland Thunder have forced a Game 7 in Dryden tomorrow night after beating the Ice Dogs 5-1 here last night to even their SIJHL semi-final series at 3-3. The Thunder had trailed the series 3-1, splitting the first two games in Dryden but then losing the next two here […]
The Muskie boys’ hockey team failed to advance to the quarter-finals of the all-Ontarios in London, losing 7-0 to the fifth-seeded Our Lady of Mount Carmel Crusaders on Thursday night to finish in fourth place in Pool ‘D’ with a 1-2-1 record. After a tie and loss on the first […]
