A broken fuel line on the team bus was the only thing that could slow down the Muskie boys’ hockey squad last weekend as they went into the Christmas break with a pair of easy exhibition wins. Steven Sus and Greg Flewelling each scored twice to lead the Muskies over […]
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If you were looking for big-time athletic thrills, you could have done much worse than be in Rainy River District the past 12 months. From high-profile hockey tournaments to another extremely exciting Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship, and with a cornucopia of amateur sports mixed in, there was no shortage […]
Steve Boileau adopted the philosophy that if you win all your games, scoreboard watching becomes irrelevant. A round-robin event usually compels participants to keep a close eye on what’s going on around them—even if they’re not playing at a particular juncture. But Boileau eliminated all manner of doubt as to […]
Forget two front teeth or an X-Box—all the Borderland Thunder wanted for Christmas was four points. And if that meant opening their present early, so be it. The Thunder (9-13-1-1) went into their holiday break making a joyful noise as they captured an important pair of victories against the K&A […]
The local K of C Knights PeeWee ‘AA’ hockey team continued its dazzling run this season by claiming the Morden Hawks tournament in Morden, Man. over the weekend. The Knights, who have won all three tournaments they’ve entered this season, have not lost to a Canadian PeeWee team yet. Fort […]
‘X’ marked the spot where Rob Gavel put together one of his best results of the sno-cross racing season. The youngest member of the Gavel racing family based in Stratton, the 15-year-old zoomed to a fifth-place finish in the Junior 14-15 age group at a World Snowmobile Association nationals event […]
As far as Peter Spuzak’s concerned, the Kitchen Creek Golf Club is the author of its own troubles. One of the landowners adjacent to the golf course a short drive west of town, Spuzak said claims that people like himself are not being co-operative with the club’s efforts to improve […]
With only two wins in 29 games, you would think Jared Catholique-Bruyere would rather be anywhere else than manning the blueline for the SIJHL’s worst team. So, why is this kid smiling? “It’s a real professional organization and I’m really having fun there,” Catholique-Bruyere, 16, said about his stay this […]
The Springfield IceHawks had a severe case of bus legs Sunday afternoon, but sympathy was not forthcoming from their hosts. The Fort Frances Midget ‘AA’ Canadians took advantage of their weary visitors and waltzed to a 7-1 victory to improve to 3-0 in the ‘A’ Division of the Eastman Midget […]
Ho-ho-home ice was exactly what the Borderland Thunder needed to receive some pre- Christmas joy. The fourth-place Thunder (9-13- 1-1) hit the halfway point of the SIJHL’s regular season on a muchneeded positive note, snapping a five-game losing streak with a 6-5 win here Friday night and an 8-3 victory […]
Dan Hoehne’s return to health left Thomas Dombrowski feeling under the weather. Dombrowski’s tenure in goal with the Borderland Thunder is over after just three games as head coach Dave Allison announced yesterday the netminder had been given his release. “[Hoehne], for all intents and purposes, is going to play […]
The laws of physics dictate two objects cannot occupy the same space. So consider Gillons’ and the Wildcats temporary law-breakers. Gillons’, the 10-time defending league champs, and the upstart Wildcats both are perched atop the weekly Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League standings with 18 points apiece. The Die Hards are […]
