Stealing is illegal, unless you’re Rob Alderdice. Then it’s productive. The Dryden skip led Bryan Bonot’s Stratton rink by only one point with two ends to play in Sunday’s second-place tiebreaker at the Northwestern senior curling playdowns in Manitouwadge. But with Bonot holding the hammer in both the ninth and […]
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They’ve had a week to savour the rediscovered taste of winning, and second helpings are on the menu plan. The well-rested Borderland Thunder (7-9-1) see their first action in the past eight days tonight when they head up Highway 502 to play the second-place Dryden Ice Dogs at 7:30 p.m. […]
It may only have been the first tournament of the season, but Mark McCaig says it’s time for his troops to pick up the pace. “A lot of the new guys have to get into a ‘AA’ state of mind,” said McCaig, who was behind the bench as the Fort […]
They were working overtime, but couldn’t quite take care of business. The Muskie boys’ hockey squad had to come back four different times to salvage a 4-4 overtime tie against the host Dryden Eagles in NorWOSSA action last night. David Pierce scored twice for the Muskies (3-0-1) to bump his […]
No retreat, no surrender, and no chance for anyone standing in the path of the black-and-gold. The Muskie boys’ hockey team wasn’t the biggest dog in the fight, but they bared the sharpest teeth in reeling off four-straight wins to capture the Morden, Man. invitational tournament last weekend. “We’re a […]
There were several instances during last weekend’s NWOSSAA senior girls’ basketball championship in Thunder Bay where the Muskies were on the cusp of putting the Churchill Trojans in their place. But the host squad refused to relinquish their hold on the title, especially with where the games were being held—namely, […]
Tournament victories and the local Pinewood Blades Bantam girls’ hockey team aren’t usually mentioned in the same sentence, unless it was in reference to the squad never having one to their credit. Welcome to Revisionist History 101, Pinewood style. Carly Holt cashed in the rebound of Nina Bird’s original shot […]
The Emo All-Stars, although small in size, were unbeatable in speed, taking the ‘A’-event of an eight-team Bantam tournament at the Emo-La Vallee Community Centre over the weekend. Ryan Witherspoon notched both goals—one each in the first and second periods—to lift Emo over the Southend Stars 2-0. Emo was perfect […]
The local PeeWee ‘AA’ K of C Knights didn’t just visit Dryden’s house for a hockey tournament last weekend. They walked through the house with muddy feet, wiped them on the carpet, took over the remote control, and pirated the Laz-E-Boy recliner. There was no questioning the Knights’ dominance in […]
A weekend excursion to Devlin was fruitful for the Atikokan Grade 8 boys’ and girls’ volleyball teams as they won their respective championships at the Crossroads Tornadoes invitational tournament, co-hosted by Crossroads School and Naicatchewenin. The boys’ squad outlasted five other teams to finish first in their round-robin pool, followed […]
Darryl Rollins and Kyle Botos felt right at home—even if their real home was two hours away. The Dryden pair took care of the competition at the annual Fort Frances Invitational bowling tournament at Plaza Lanes last weekend, with Rollins winning the scratch championship while Botos earned the pins over […]
It was like shovelling snow an hour before Hockey Night in Canada—the work has to get done, but everyone can’t wait for the fun to begin. The Fort Frances Midget ‘AA’ Canadians completed their stay in the “Red” Division of the Manitoba Eastman Midget League with a pair of workmanlike […]
