The Sunset Country Ford Atom ‘AA’ Mustangs completed their season with another strong performance—this time against a challenging field at the sixth-annual “Minnesota Meltdown Open” in Minneapolis over the weekend. “It was our first ‘AAA’ competition,” said Mustangs head coach Mark McCaig, whose team finished 2-0-2 in their pool before […]
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Despite producing only a small local contingent, the Fort Frances Gymnastics Academy is anticipating a solid day of competition when it hosts its annual ‘Springfest’ meet here on Saturday. “There’s only seven or eight from our club competing,” said meet convener Maureen Hahkala, who added this up-and-down season has seen […]
There was a moment in the best-of-seven SIJHL final last week which captured the Borderland Thunder’s frustration. During the latter stages of Game 3 in Dryden, the Thunder—trailing 4-1 and facing the possibility of an 0-3 series deficit—earned a rare scoring chance against the Ice Dogs but were whistled for […]
The fastball team formerly known as the Emo Bulldogs is looking for a place to play. The Rainy River District Fastball League champ, now known as the Alton Pollard Bulldogs, recently moved back to Fort Frances, citing poor field conditions at the old Emo diamond. But it’s a move that […]
The Borderland Thunder showed the fight of a team desperate to prolong its season but in the end, the bounces—and the championship—went the Dryden Ice Dogs’ way. Ice Dogs forward Konrad Bruetsch’s shin pad played hero to snap a 4-4 tie at the 17:40 mark of the third period Thursday […]
Here are the top scores from recent YBC action at Plaza Lanes: M&M Kids (Smurfs) •Girls’ high single (flat)—Lena Morelli (80) •Girls’ high single (w/hdcp)—Lena Morelli/Claire Hyatt (182) •Boys’ high single (flat)—Brendan Morand (144) •Boys’ high single (w/hdcp)—Brendan Morand (238) Top three averages—1. Brendan Morand (86) 2. Dallas Gervais (81) […]
The Borderland Thunder didn’t get the “must-win” they needed and now are now looking down the barrel of a season-ending sweep tonight in Dryden. The Thunder fell 4-1 last night to the host Ice Dogs, who now lead their best-of-seven SIJHL final 3-0. For the second-straight time, the Thunder’s offence […]
They’re at the edge of a deep hole. Not inside the hole, just at the edge. The Borderland Thunder enter Game 3 of the best-of-seven SIJHL final tonight at the Dryden Recrea-tion Centre down 2-0—seemingly left for dead against a confident and streaking Ice Dogs team. But the team knows […]
The Northwest Stars are taking their bumps in the early going of the Ontario PeeWee ‘AAA’ championships in Thunder Bay. The Stars—a team of 19 area PeeWee standouts, including seven players from the local KC ‘AA’ rep team—were blanked twice yesterday in opening play of the seven-team event. They lost […]
The Borderland Thunder matched their home loss total on the season in two days. And it couldn’t have come at a worse time. The Thunder dropped the first two games of the best-of-seven SIJHL final—4-3 and 3-0—to the Dryden Ice Dogs at the Ice for Kids Arena over Easter weekend. […]
The Borderland Thunder are getting set to rekindle their season-long rivalry with the Dryden Ice Dogs for all the marbles—the inaugural SIJHL crown. The best-of-seven series opens here Saturday at 7:30 p.m. Game 2, originally scheduled for Sunday afternoon, now will be played at 7:30 p.m. instead Games 3 and […]
Nettie Monasterski prefers the balanced attack. The 46-year-old skip scored often and consistently to blank Lois Tabak 9-0 in just the six ends here Sunday afternoon to capture her first ‘A’ crown at the annual ladies’ bonspiel. “Actually, there were no big scores in the game,” said Monasterski, whose rink […]
