There was singing in the hallways at the Memorial Sports Centre as the Borderland Thunder returned from their must-win game in Dryden on Tuesday night full of confidence. The Thunder pulled out a 2-0 victory to trail their best-of-seven semi-final series 3-2, with Game 6 tonight at 7:30 p.m. at […]
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The Muskie boys’ hockey team faces a pair of must-win games today if they are to have any chance of advancing to the quarterfinals of the all-Ontarios in London. Fort High faced the 20th-ranked Fr. John Redmond Redhawks this afternoon (the outcome was not known by press time), then will […]
The Muskie boys’ hockey team faces a pair of must-win games today if they are to have any chance of advancing to the quarter-finals of the all-Ontarios in London. Fort High faced the 20th-ranked Fr. John Redmond Redhawks this afternoon (the outcome was not known by press time), then will […]
There was singing in the hallways at the Memorial Sports Centre as the Borderland Thunder returned from their must-win game in Dryden on Tuesday night full of confidence. The Thunder pulled out a 2-0 victory to trail their best-of-seven semi-final series 3-2, with Game 6 tonight at 7:30 p.m. at […]
The local Gillons’ Sharks Atom ‘A’ team headed east last weekend to play in the 23rd-annual Neebing Hockey Classic in Thunder Bay—their last tournament of the season. The team went undefeated in the round-robin and then won their quarter-final matchup. But they lost the semi-final as well as the ‘B’ […]
A sure sign spring is right around the corner is the Border Skating Club’s annual ice show. The ice show has become a major attraction in the Fort Frances area and one of the most entertaining spring events. This year’s extravaganza will be no exception. The club has continued its […]
There is an old saying that practice makes perfect. While the individual talent undoubtedly was present, the lack of practice time which creates team unity definitely cost the Northwest Knights PeeWee ‘AAA’ team last weekend in Schreiber. Despite high expectations going in, the Knights—which featured 12 members of the local […]
Three games that went to extra ends were the story of the 2004 Canadian Police Curling Championships in Hamilton for Scott Gobeil and his Manitoba teammates. “If we’d have won those two extra-end games, we’d have made the playoffs,” Gobeil said of Manitoba’s 7-4 loss to Alberta and 9-8 setback […]
The Borderland Thunder staved off elimination last night with a 2-0 win over the host Dryden Ice Dogs to force Game 6 of their best-of-seven SIJHL semi-final series here tomorrow night. The puck drops at 7:30 p.m. at the Ice for Kids Arena. Should the Thunder win that game, the […]
The fourth-ranked Muskies erased a three-goal deficit to earn a 3-3 tie with the 13th-seeded Orangeville Bears this morning to open play at the all-Ontario boys’ hockey championship in London. Despite outshooting the Bears 7-5 in the first period, the black-and-gold found themselves trailing 2-0 at intermission. Orangeville then added […]
While the 2004 user fee schedule went through first and second readings last night, with the likelihood council will pass it March 31, an amendment will mean local swim clubs won’t be seeing the 100 percent hike they thought they were. Council decided to make the amendment last night after […]
The Borderland Thunder go into Dryden tomorrow night facing elimination, down 3-1 in their bestof- seven semi-final series after losing both games to the Ice Dogs here ice over the weekend. The Thunder had split the first two games in Dryden earlier this month. “It was a great game, best […]
