Two Aquanauts are returning home from the Western Canadian Junior Nationals in Vancouver with very different results. Alex Parent and Heather Dutton each competed in several events there, but Parent captured second place in the 400m freestyle with a time of 4:57.46—and never placed lower than fifth in any of […]
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Two exhibition women’s hockey games took place over the weekend at the Ice for Kids Arena here. First, the Thunder Bay Queens, a rep team out of Thunder Bay which plays mostly tournaments, played a team compiled from all the local girls’ teams on Saturday night. The Northwest Stars, as […]
The Borderland Thunder continued their winning ways over the weekend, sweeping the K&A Golden Hawks in Thunder Bay. Winning 5-2 on Friday and then 4-1 on Saturday saw the Thunder extend their current unbeaten streak to eight games heading into tomorrow night’s game here against the Dryden Ice Dogs. Andrew […]
The Borderland Thunder took hold early and never let go, dumping the Dryden Ice Dogs 7-2 up there last night. Justin Green (David Gooch) opened the scoring with his fifth of the season at 4:21 of the first before Rob Scales (Gooch/Josh McAndrew) made it 2-0 with his sixth less […]
Fort Frances and district residents will be in for a rare treat this weekend when an exhibition women’s hockey tournament comes to the Ice for Kids Arena this Saturday and Sunday. Two top teams from Thunder Bay and Winnipeg will face off against each other, as well as an all-star […]
Crisp, blue skies and nearly perfect snow conditions were the order of the day when the Rainy Lake Nordic Ski Club held its second-annual Blueberry Cider Poker Run at the Rocky Inlet trails Sunday afternoon. While the mercury didn’t climb much above minus-20 C, the lack of any windchill made […]
The Borderland Thunder head into tonight’s game against the host Dryden Ice Dogs unbeaten in their last five. In eight games against the Ice Dogs so far this season, the Thunder sport a 4-3-1 record, with three of those games having gone into overtime. In fact, Borderland is looking to […]
After a delayed start in both gyms, all four Muskie court teams sailed through their matches with the visiting Kenora Broncos yesterday afternoon. The junior boys jumped out to a commanding 31-15 lead at halftime en route to a 43-24 win. Logan Donaldson led the way with 12 points. “The […]
The Muskie boys’ hockey team clinched first place—and home ice advantage throughout the NorWOSSA playoffs—after nipping the Dryden Eagles 4-3 here last night. The victory sets up best-of-three semi-final showdown with the Kenora Broncos starting next Friday. After a scoreless first period, the black-and-gold drew first blood against the Eagles […]
The 51st-annual ladies’ bonspiel, featuring primarily local rinks as well as a few from places such as Thunder Bay, will take to the sheets here this weekend. The theme for this year’s event, for those getting sick of the wintery weather, is “If you can’t go to Mexico, it will […]
Two local swimmers are on their way to Vancouver for the Western Junior Nationals. Alex Parent, 14, and Heather Dutton, 17, along with Aquanaut head coach Roman Ramirez, left today. Parent will be swimming in six events there while Dutton is racing in five. Ramirez believes Parent has a good […]
The popularity of girls’ hockey has been rising across Canada in the past few years and the Fort Frances area is no exception. In six years, the annual girls’ hockey tournament here has grown steadily, according to organizers. This year, 23 teams took part in the first half of the […]
