The president of the Ontario Hockey Association (OHA) said Sunday a willingness for the SIJHL’s full-time franchises to work together is vital for the league’s long-term survival. Brent Ladds expressed confidence that the league, which just completed its second year of existence, can continue to develop into a viable unit […]
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Wellington’s a long way from Fort Frances, but if you listened closely Saturday night, you might have just heard shouts of joy carrying all the way from Prince Edward County. “You have to know the whole town is bouncing right now,” said assistant coach Tod Lavender of the Wellington Dukes, […]
Sisters are doing it for themselves. The sibling duo of Simone and Natalie Desjardins have a firm grasp on their rackets and reality, as the Muskie senior girls doubles combination heads to Milton for the all-Ontario badminton championships beginning tomorrow. With Toronto-area players who are enrolled in year-round training sessions […]
Just when it looked like the band would play all night, Nathan Daly struck the final chord—and left the Borderland Thunder singing the blues. Daly converted a pass across the crease from Pierre Landry at 18:52 of the second overtime period to give the North Bay Skyhawks a 6-5 comeback […]
It wasn’t the brass ring she originally was reaching for, but it made for a nice bauble all the same. Local bowler Dixie McDonald shook off a knee injury suffered during singles’ competition to help the Sunset Country team capture its first aggregate title in a decade at the provincial […]
The Fort Frances Girls’ and Women’s Hockey Association divvied up their awards between five age divisions. The Rolling Lake Lightning Novice squad named Shae-lynn Smith and Sydney Jones as their co-Most Valuable Players while awards also were given to Adrian Gurski (Most Improved), Darbey Lemay (Most Sportsmanlike), and Jillian Langtry […]
Allison Hyatt thought she had closed the door on her competitive volleyball career. That was before Mel Millerbernd came knocking. Hyatt, who ended her time with the Muskie senior girls’ volleyball team with a heart-wrenching loss in the NorWOSSA final to the Dryden Eagles back in February, got a new […]
The Emo-Devlin-Barwick Minor Hockey Association gave kudos to players in both serious and light-hearted categories during its annual “Fun Day” recently. The fastest shot trophy in each division went to Patrick Mills (Initiation), Robbie Rea (Novice), Carlee Bosma (Atom), Jared Baker (PeeWee), Terry Carmody (Bantam), and Scott Galusha (Midget). Other […]
The Ice for Kids wasn’t built on a downhill slant—it just seemed that way yesterday afternoon. The Wellington Dukes and Thunder Bay KC Bulldogs took turns dominating periods, with the Dukes getting the last laugh in a 7-4 victory to open the Dudley Hewitt Cup Central Canada Junior ‘A’ hockey […]
One team will welcome back one of its stars while the other will join a constellation of “Starz.” The Fort Frances Aquanauts and Fort Frances Cyclones will be part of the field making waves at the Division II swimming championships this weekend in Thunder Bay. For the Aquanauts, it will […]
They swam just over 10 km, but had to travel more than 1,500 to get there. Still, the Fort Frances Aquanauts and coach Roman Ramirez didn’t consider their lengthy trip to Calgary earlier this month for the Chinook Invitational a waste of time, energy, or gas money. “We had to […]
They’ve been here before—now it’s time to take the next step. Competing in the NWOSSAA finals today in Thunder Bay, the Muskie badminton brigade hopes to give their opposition a stiff dose of doubles trouble as the senior girls’ teams of Simone/Natalie Desjardins and Jen Lawson/Sarah Paterson try to smash […]
