The local Sunset Country Ford Mustangs attended the 32-team Fargo Flyers International Squirt Tournament last weekend and lost out in the ‘C’ final. “It was a great tournament — the kids played okay,” coach Joe Bobczynski noted. The Mustangs faced off against Lakeville in the ‘C’ final on Sunday and […]
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The Muskies are a step closer to an all-Ontario berth after trouncing the Sioux Lookout Warriors 12-2 there Monday night to sweep their best-of-three NorWOSSA semi-final series. The black-and-gold now will host the Dryden Eagles in the best-of-three NorWOSSA final, which gets underway here Friday night. Game two is slated […]
The Muskies will be working on their checking as they gear up to face the Dryden Eagles in the best-of-three NorWOSSA final, which gets underway here Friday night. “Defence wins championships,” Muskie head coach Glen Edwards stressed after the black-and-gold swept the Sioux Lookout Warriors in the best-of-three semi-finals with […]
The karate provincial meet was held in Virden, Man. and eight members of the local club attended the competition. In the men’s white/yellow division, John Sutton placed third in Kata. Angela Brown, who competed in the ladies’ white/yellow, finished second in Kumite and Kata. In the ladies’ orange/green event, Cheryl […]
It may not have had all the drama as the Scott Tournament of Hearts final Sunday afternoon but the ‘A’ showdown of the annual Fort Frances ladies’ bonspiel also came down to the last rock. And it was the Kathie Jackson foursome who came away the winners, edging the Bonnie […]
Preparations are underway for the second-annual ManOMin watershed conference in April. “It will be held in International Falls this year at the Rainy River Community College,” said co-ordinator Jennifer Mercer. The conference, slated for April 6-7, will be geared towards the general public this year. “We really want to expose […]
The Muskie junior boys’ basketball and girls’ volleyball squads enjoyed a golden finish to their NorWOSSA seasons last Friday in Dryden. The hoopsters, who had earned a bye to the final after finishing the regular season in top spot with a 7-1 record, jumped out to a 28-16 halftime lead […]
Emo minor hockey teams had a good week on home ice, winning four of six games played there. In PeeWee action, the Emo Predators split their games, opening with a 4-1 win over the Emo Thunderbolts. Ryan Mutz, Kevin Friesen, Kyle Kuzyk and Craig McTavish all scored for the Predators […]
Two Fort Frances teams claimed the ‘A’ and ‘B’ titles at the 14-team Atom hockey tournament in Emo last weekend. The Gillons’ Sharks captured the championship with a 5-0 whitewash over the Zellers Hounds in the ‘A’ final Sunday afternoon. After a scoreless first period, Lucas McMahon (Curtis Logue) and […]
While it won’t be up and running until at least May, early work on the new dialysis unit at La Verendrye hospital here started last Thursday in the day hospital area “Things are progressing,” Wayne Woods, CEO of Riverside Health Care Facilities Inc., noted Tuesday. “We’re still working on the […]
After a three-year standstill, there once again is some stirring at Echo Lake Estates in Emo. Until recently, lawyers representing the three parties involved in a dispute over who should pay for a drainage system at the 70-home subdivision weren’t even sitting at the table any more, according to co-owner […]
Steve Arpin wrapped up the snowmobile racing season on a winning note Sunday, taking the checkered flag in the Champ 440 division at the “World Series of Racing” in Eganville, Ont. “He was racing against the best in the world,” noted his brother, Chuck Arpin Jr. “It was pretty unreal. […]
