There were no multiple choice or essay questions, but a number of Border Skating Club members passed their exams with flying colours—with a few spins and salchows thrown in for good measure. A total of 25 skaters from the local club participated in several dance, skill, and freeskate categories during […]
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Allan Yerxa’s executive decision to bowl his best at clutch time turned out to be the right choice. Yerxa won the President Division at the 2003 Zone Executive Championships in Dryden on Sunday with a +98 (pins over average) to edge Garry McKinnon of Atikokan by 13. His triumph earned […]
All those complaints about Winnipeg in the winter time are falling on deaf ears—if those ears are connected to the Emo Figure Skating Club or Border Skating Club. Both achieved standout results at Skate Winnipeg’s Super Skate 2003 last weekend—their first major competition of the season. Emo’s 11 skaters carted […]
The Bantam regional volleyball championships took place this past Saturday at Fort Frances and Couchiching, and our Crossroad kids excelled in two ways. First, the Grade 7-8 girls’ squad won the gold medal in their division, edging Atikokan 2-1 in their best-of-three battle in the final. Then second, though the […]
It was a match fit for a pendulum, but the final swing took the Crossroads Tornadoes Bantam girls’ volleyball team all the way to the top. The Tornadoes overcame a second-set meltdown to earn a 2-1 win over Atikokan in the best-of-three girls’ final of the 20th-annual Region 1 Bantam […]
The Muskie boys’ hockey squad barely had time to breathe, but it was their opponents who had the wind knocked out of them. The black-and-gold easily survived the rigours of a weekend that saw them sweep four NorWOSSA games in just three days in Sioux Lookout during their only visit […]
Just when the Borderland Thunder managed to add a body to their dwindling ranks, another has packed it in. The Thunder announced over the weekend the signing of centre Stephen MacLeod from the Quesnel Millionaires of the British Columbia Junior Hockey League while also confirming back-up goalie Jared Baldwin has […]
The Wildcats aim to scratch their way to the top of the Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League—and they’ll sharpen their claws on the defending champs if they have to. Gillons’ still sits in first place after action last Thursday night with 14 points. But their lead over the second-place Wildcats, […]
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 […]
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 […]
