After soundly beating the other three rinks in his pool, then downing the first-place team from the other pool in a playoff match, local OPP officer Scott Gobeil and his crew are in the final of the 2004 Manitoba Police Curling Championships later today. Gobeil, along with third Dave Priestly […]
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The chances were many, but the goals hard to come by, as the Muskie boys’ hockey team dropped a 4-1 decision to the Oak Park Raiders on Saturday in the semi-finals of the John Taylor Piper Classic in Winnipeg. After dominating play in a scoreless first period, the Muskies fell […]
After winning their first two matches yesterday at the Grain Exchange Curling Club in Winnipeg, local OPP officer Scott Gobeil and his rink are leading Group 2 at the 2004 Manitoba Police Curling Championships. In the first draw, Gobeil, along with third Dave Priestly and second Scott Bell of the […]
The Wildcats and Diehards are tied atop the 11-team women’s volleyball league with 22 points after weekly action last Thursday night. Gillons’, the longtime defending champs, are right behind in third with 21 points, followed by Scared Hitless (15), Del’s Angels (12), G.I. Janes (11), and Crush (10). Rounding out […]
The Borderland Thunder will be gunning for revenge here this weekend when the Fort William First Nations North Stars invade the Ice for Kids Arena for another two-game series. Last weekend, the visiting North Stars swept a pair of games from the Thunder, winning 6-3 on Friday night and then […]
With the holiday season now out of the way and practice having been a way of life over the past few weeks, both local swim teams are ready to start swimming with a purpose again. Both the Fort Frances Aquanauts and Cyclones are primed and ready for the regional championship […]
The Gavel snowmobile racing team did well at an NWRA competition in Vermilion Bay last weekend, bringing home several top three finishes in various classes. John Gavel finished third in the final of the Sport Fan division after coming fourth in the heat. And he wound up fourth in the […]
Marie-Josée Potvin isn’t mincing words when it comes to pre-competition predictions. “They have been working really, really hard and they’re going to kick butt,” said the local figure skating coach who will be overseeing 15 of the several dozen competitors from the Emo and Border clubs who will look to […]
Almost nothing went according to plan for the Muskie senior boys’ basketball team at the Kenora Invitational Tournament last weekend. Fort High posted a 1-2 mark and failed to make the playoff round, taking an unorthodox route through the tournament along the way. The Muskies opened play against the powerhouse […]
The Borderland Thunder hit their own version of the Super 7 jackpot yesterday. Dryden Ice Dogs head coach Jason Tatarnic named seven Borderland Thunder players to the 20-man roster of “Team West,” which he will guide at the SIJHL’s all-star game against “Team East” this Wednesday (Jan. 28) in Dryden. […]
The Fort Frances Canadians Midget ‘AA’ hockey squad was rolling sevens in Manitoba last weekend, but these days it’s hardly a crapshoot when they take to the ice. If the second half of the regular season, and subsequent grouping of the Canadians with the best teams in the Eastman Midget […]
The home crowd will be on the Borderland Thunder’s side this weekend but history will not, at least not so far this season when it comes to the Fort William First Nation North Stars. The third-place Thunder (13-13-2-2) are coming off a stretch of four road games that saw them […]
