Less than five minutes came off the clock, but it took Jared Catholique-Bruyere years of hard work to gain his newfound title as the best young judoist in the country. The Couchiching resident won three-straight matches yesterday afternoon, each one quicker than the last, en route to the gold medal […]
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Jared Catholique-Bruyere’s quest for Winter Games gold is still alive. The Couchiching judoist won his quarter-final match 10-0 over Prince Edward Island’s Patrick Knox this morning in the 81 kg+ division of men’s judo at the Canada Winter Games in Bathurst-Campbellton, N.B. The outcome of his semi-final bout was unknown […]
Even with captain Steve Yzerman out of the Detroit lineup, the streaking Red Wings didn’t miss a beat. Pavel Datsyuk had two goals and two assists for a career-high four points, and he and linemates Brett Hull and Henrik Zetterberg combined for nine points, as Detroit beat the Phoenix Coyotes […]
For Ben Andrusco, his passion for squash comes from the thrill of the chase. “There’s so many different levels, there’s always someone you’re aspiring to beat,” said the 30-year-old Fort Frances High School teacher whose star is on the rise in the competitive squash circuit of central Canada. Andrusco’s ascension […]
From beginning to end, Mark McCaig would have been hard pressed to be happier. “That was our best performance all year,” said the head coach of his Fort Frances PeeWee “AA” Knights hockey team’s effort at the 12-team Brandon Tournament of Champions last weekend, where they captured the consolation championship […]
There was no need to call the Psychic Friends Network. Dave Allison could handle the fortune telling duties all by himself. “This one had been coming for a long time,” said the Borderland Thunder head coach after his troops absorbed their worst defeat of the year in a 6-1 loss […]
Harry Houdini would have been proud of this escape act. With elimination staring them straight in the face all day, the Muskie boys’ curling squad pieced together four-straight wins, including a 6-3 victory over the Dryden Eagles in the final, to capture the NWOSSAA crown yesterday in Red Lake. “I […]
The great ones make it look easy, but are never satisfied. Fort Frances Aquanauts member Alex Parent took the junior national swimming championships in Regina last week by storm, tearing up the pool for six gold medals in the Swimmers With Athletic Disabilities (SWAD) division—and winning every event he competed […]
You’ve got to be lucky to be good. Well, the Muskie boys’ and girls’ curling teams will need to be good and lucky—and fast. Some first-day struggles yesterday at the NWOSSAA championships in Red Lake will force both Muskie squads to get hot in a hurry today—and also get some […]
With a summer of movie sequels on the horizon, the Dryden Eagles beat Hollywood to the punch and released their own follow-up. In a rerun of last year’s NorWOSSA playoffs, both the Eagles boys’ and girls’ hockey teams brought a sudden end to the Muskies’ seasons with semi-final sweeps. After […]
The Borderland Thunder went from fight night to fright night, but still came away with a valuable four points over the weekend in their quest to clinch first place in the SIJHL. A 6-1 victory here Friday night over the Feathermen Hawks featured an eight-player brawl at the 12:02 mark […]
Athletes sometimes are described as being in the groove. If so, Alex Parent carved a whole valley out of the flatlands of Saskatchewan last week. The Fort Frances Aquanaut was unstoppable in the Swimmers With Athletic Disabilities (SWAD) division of the junior national swimming championships in Regina, piling up six […]
