Sports update – Fort Frances Times

Stratton native Cody Heyens, a former Muskie curler, came away with the Canadian College Athletic Association invitational crown this past weekend in Peterborough as a member of the winning men’s team from Fanshawe College in London.
Heyens, who played third on Isaac Keffer’s silver medal-winning Fort High rink at last year’s OFSAA championships, was lead on the Falcons’ rink skipped by Chris Jay, who edged out Dawson Abraham’s team from Red Deer 5-4.
The event was the first collegiate national curling championship to take place since 1990.
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Local angler Bryan Gustafson had a rough go of things in his second FLW EverStart Series Southwest Tour event on Georgia’s Lake Seminole this past week, finishing in 131st place.
Gustafson only was able to snag one fish that weighed in at 4.08 pounds on Thursday, which put him down in the rankings. He then suffered a mechanical failure on his way back to shore on Friday, which caused him to fail to return to the dock on time.
The next event for Gustafson will be on the Santee Cooper chain of lakes in Summerton, S.C. from April 19-21.
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Fort Frances native Joe Basaraba and the rest of the Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs won’t be repeating as NCAA Division I men’s hockey national champs this year after they lost 4-0 to the Boston College Eagles in the quarter-finals Sunday evening in Worcester, Mass.
The Bulldogs, who were seeded second in the Northeast region, advanced to the regional final after defeating the Maine Black Bears 5-2 on Saturday.
Basaraba, who finished his sophomore season with the Bulldogs with 16 points in 38 games, was held off of the scoresheet in both games.
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Heading into Game 4 of their Eastern Conference quarter-final series with the Ottawa 67’s last night, Emo native Luke Judson and the seventh-ranked Belleville Bulls currently trail the East Division champ 2-1 in their best-of-seven series.
Judson, who is the Bulls’ captain, had one point going into last night’s game, scoring a goal in a 3-2 overtime loss to the 67’s in the series opener on Thursday night.