With everyone else getting their Christmas turkeys ready, the Borderland Thunder’s appetite is leaning more towards a serving of Hawks. The SIJHL leaders take a three-game unbeaten streak into Thunder Bay for a showdown with the Feathermen Hawks on Saturday night and again Sunday afternoon. The fifth-place Hawks (8-18-1-3), who […]
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The Borderland Thunder were in a mood to teach the host Dryden Ice Dogs a lesson Wednesday night, but Mother Nature decided to get cranky and sidetrack their plans. The Thunder’s game against the defending SIJHL champions, who swept Borderland 4-0 in last season’s league final, was postponed because Highway […]
Anybody who thinks nostalgia is a waste of time should stay clear of Julian Brunetta. “A friend asked me why I keep living in the past,” said Brunetta, one of four Fort Frances natives who were part of the 1958-59 University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux hockey team that captured […]
It was a golden moment full of local flavour. Fort Frances bowlers Jon Wood, Dan Bone, Jen Hawley, and Ashley Lafreniere helped the Sunset Country mixed team capture first place at the Northern Ontario 5-Pin Bowlers’ Association provincial youth challenge Dec. 6-8 in Thunder Bay. The quartet joined teammate Jared […]
It was about making a statement—and the Dryden Eagles had the louder voice. The Muskie senior girls’ volleyball squad got a taste of how tough NorWOSSA life is going to be like this season, falling in three-straight sets to the host Eagles yesterday afternoon. The Eagles won the first set […]
It was like catching up to someone on the highway, only to have them find an extra gear and leave you in their rearview mirror. The Muskie senior boys’ basketball team looked, at times, the equal of the Hammarskjold Vikings of Thunder Bay—their opponent in the final and ultimately deciding […]
Cramped conditions have the Fort Frances Gymnastics Academy exercising its options, including possible expansion or even construction of a new facility. Located at 835 McKenzie Ave. N., next to the Beer Store, the building was the former home of Pinewood Sports before being purchased by the club in 1993 for […]
With moose and deer hunting season over, the Muskie boys’ basketball teams might think about taking aim at some sharp-taloned eagles—Dryden Eagles, that is. In one fell swoop, the Eagles snatched two victories away from the visiting Muskie hoopsters yesterday afternoon. Larry Pham had 25 points in a losing cause […]
A recent ruling by Revenue Canada that could force junior hockey teams to be more forthcoming about their financial practices is no concern to the Borderland Thunder. In fact, Thunder president Shawn Jourdain said the case involving the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League, where Nipawin Hawks player Jeff Affleck was categorized […]
It’s not the luck of the Irish that has caused Raymond Bedard to become one of the top Special Olympics athletes in Canada. Rather, the 44-year-old Fort Frances resident’s outstanding performance this year is a product of his three-day-a-week schedule of both weightlifting and cross-training that he calls the toughest […]
The Muskie girls’ hockey team started the game with a song on the bench—and ended it with a tune of celebration. Krystine Marchuk made no mistake on a rebound opportunity to score the winning goal at 3:09 of overtime to give the Muskies a 3-2 victory over the St. Thomas […]
Bulldogs, critters, and bears, oh my. It wasn’t quite an animal house at the Ice for Kids Arena, but the assorted creatures on hand at the Ice for Kids Arena on Saturday night witnessed the Borderland Thunder shoot their way to a 7-3 win against the Thunder Bay KC Bulldogs. […]
