For a team that had been together for only a week, the Fort Frances Predators more than held their own. Thrown together at a moment’s notice for a chance to play in the Fort Frances K of C Knights PeeWee ‘AA’ hockey tournament here last weekend, the Predators (made up […]
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The Arctic climate didn’t seem quite appropriate for a Mexican stand-off. Nevertheless, the visiting Muskie boys’ hockey team and the host Red Lake Rams each took a victory by identical scores in NorWOSSA action there last Friday and Saturday. The black-and-gold (12-2-2 in league play) fired the first salvo Friday […]
The men were off the mark so it was up to the ladies to uphold local pride at the Sunset Country Open roll-offs at Plaza Lanes here last weekend. Three of the four ladies representing Plaza Lanes secured berths at the provincial showdown in Sudbury in March. But none of […]
It was goals, goals, and more goals for the Muskie girls’ hockey team, who bombed Red Lake 10-0 on Friday night in Ear Falls and then 7-1 on Saturday afternoon in Cochenour. Goal scorers in both games were unavailable by press time. But it also was more bad luck for […]
Everything they’ve touched has turned to gold, but the Fort Frances K of C Knights PeeWee ‘AA’ hockey team will treasure this victory more than most. Matt DePiero’s empty-net goal with 50 seconds to play Sunday afternoon at the Ice for Kids Arena went from being an afterthought to a […]
Youth was served at the annual “Freeze Yer Gizzard Blizzard Run” during “Icebox Days” in International Falls on Saturday morning. Emo’s Andrew Friesen and fellow 13-year-old Timo Brielmann from Pinewood posted the best results of any local runners with their showings in the five-km event. Friesen covered the distances in […]
Lorne Jackson was banking on his team rebounding from a trying season to make it to back to the provincial playdowns. But by the time he threw his final stone at the northwesterns last week in Thunder Bay, it was abundantly clear he wasn’t even going to be around to […]
Curtis Boivin was beset by some mechanical bugs, but still made a statement that he belongs up there with some of the best young snowmobile racers in the world. The 11-year-old Fort Frances rider zoomed his way to a pair of fifth-place finishes at the world snowmobile championships in Eagle […]
Lorne Jackson set a personal precedent at the Northwestern Ontario playdowns in Thunder Bay last week—one the Fort Frances skip could have done without. Jackson and his team of third Don DeBenedet, second Derek Jackson, and lead Wayne Beacham failed to reach the double-knockout portion of the playdowns for the […]
The Borderland Thunder have feasted on the K&A Variety Golden Hawks all season up until now, but their next serving of fowl may be tougher to swallow. The defending SIJHL champion Thunder (12-13-1-1) head east to battle the Hawks (2-28-3-1) tonight and tomorrow night, with the local side looking to […]
Lorne Jackson will have to take the scenic route if he wants to get back to the Northern Ontario playdowns. The Fort Frances rink had their backs to the wall at press time today, needing to beat Ken Blackwood (Terrace Bay) in the noon (EST) draw to stay alive at […]
The Baudette Bears decided to spread the wealth around here Tuesday night—and the Muskie boys’ hockey team was the poorer for it. Ryan McInerny had three points to lead the attack as the Lake of the Woods Bears (Baudette) downed the black-and-gold 6-1 in exhibition action at the Ice for […]
