Shane Katona and Sarah McComb are looking to make a strong run at their respective divisions at the upcoming provincials in Sudbury this weekend because it may be their last. “This is probably my last year of skating competitively,” said the 18-year old Katona while taking a breather on the […]
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Trust and confidence are simple ingredients the Borderland Thunder have used throughout a successful regular season. It’s something they hope will help carry towards more success when the inaugural Superior International Junior Hockey League playoffs begin tomorrow. “Our team feels we’re strong enough to go quite a long distance here. […]
Judoka Jared Catholique-Bruyere was the only one of the local contingent to come home with a medal at the Ontario Winter Games in Guelph over the weekend. The 14-year old won the silver medal in the 82+ kg juvenile men’s division yesterday. Meanwhile, the Northwestern eight-player squash team, including five […]
Home sweet home proved to be so once again for the Borderland Thunder when they needed it the most. The Thunder capped off a stellar 17-1-6 campaign at the Ice for Kids arena with a pair of wins over the Feathermen Hawks–6-1 and 5-3–to clinch first-place in the Superior International […]
A large portion of this year’s Northwestern Ontario ‘AAA’ PeeWee rep squad includes seven players from the local Knights of Columbus ‘AA’ team. Preparing for the regional playdowns next weekend in Kenora are centres Tyler Miller and Eric Soucy, wingers Paul Dobransky and Brian White, and defencemen Danny Chapman, Tyson […]
The Allan Cup is on display here today and tomorrow as the centrepiece of a ceremony Friday night to honour the 50th anniversary of the ’52 Canadians’ championship season. Eight surviving team members and seven representatives will be on hand to receive replica Canadians’ jerseys and a banner thanks to […]
The province’s best young athletes, including nine from this district, will meet in Guelph this week for the 2002 Ontario Winter Games. Five squash players—Steve Boileau (under-13), Steve Krag and Megan Canfield (under-17), and Richard Allan and Sarah Noonan (under-19)—make up the lion’s share of the Northwestern Ontario team, which […]
With just one more league game left tomorrow, Gillons’ (91) holds a sizable lead over Scared Hitless (80.5) in the local women’s Thursday night volleyball league standings. Playoffs will be played March 21 and 28, with the final slated April 7 at 7 p.m. at the Fort High gym. Rounding […]
The Emo Devlin Barwick Minor Hockey Association’s annual PeeWee tournament, co-ordinated by co-chairs Cindy Judson and Ellen Brigham, attracted 14 teams. In the ‘A’ event, the Nip-Rock Elks (Nipigon) faced the Kenora Sharks, both teams having emerged without a loss from round-robin play. After jumping out to a 2-1 lead […]
Nineteen skaters from the local Border Skate Club and 16 from the Emo Figure Skating Club competed in the annual Thunder Bay Open last weekend. EFSC skater Ashlee Nordstrom captured three first-place standings in her four singles events, while Dana Drennan, Taylor Latimer, and Kalene Krause each achieved two. “Considering […]
The district was well represented at a five-team grade seven/eight boys’ basketball tournament at St. Patrick’s (Atikokan) last Thursday, but the host team stood its ground. St. Pat’s dumped the Cross-roads Tornadoes (Devlin) 34-11 in the final to claim the title. The St. Francis Sentinels (Fort Fran-ces) beat Mine Centre […]
It was not a great end to Steve Arpin’s oval sledding season. The local first-year pro lost the lead in his World Snowmobiling Association circuit points race after running into problems during feature races at the finale event at the Raceplex in Beausejour, Man. “We generally had the fastest times […]
