Christmas came early for the Dryden Eagles there Friday night—with the Muskie boys’ hockey team supplying the gifts. Defensive zone breakdowns that led to six Dryden goals in the last two periods helped the Eagles end the Muskies’ run at a perfect NorWOSSA season with a 7-2 victory. “We were […]
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The Borderland Thunder went from winning in a cakewalk to surviving by the skin of their teeth. The SIJHL leaders crushed the Feathermen Hawks 9-1 in Thunder Bay on Saturday night, then squeaked past the host Hawks 4-3 in overtime yesterday afternoon to run their unbeaten streak to five games. […]
One team wants to keep their streak alive, the other wants to break the one they’re on. The Muskies boys’ and girls’ hockey teams are on opposite ends of the NorWOSSA standings, but have the same goal heading into tonight’s match-ups on the road against the Dryden Eagles. The male […]
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 […]
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 […]
