It was a great day if you were a member of the St. Thomas Aquinas Saints (Kenora).
Not so great if you were a Muskie.
The Saints were able to draw first blood against the Muskie boys' and girls' hockey teams as they both won Game 1 of their respective best-of-three NorWOSSA final series yesterday at the Ice For Kids Arena.
The Fort Frances Lakers followed up some of their worst games of the season with one of their best performances of the year in a 5-3 win over the rival Dryden GM Ice Dogs on Tuesday night at the Ice For Kids Arena.
The Fort Frances Lakers haven't made things easy on themselves as of late and it's time to get back to work.
The squad has dropped its last four games and with the SIJHL's Bill Salonen Cup Playoffs quickly approaching, Lakers' head coach and general manager is stressing that his players need to not feel sorry for themselves.
Basketball is a game of runs and in the end the Muskie senior boys' squad just didn't have enough to match their opponents.
The St. Ignatius Falcons (Thunder Bay) used a relentless full-court pressure and excellent second halves in both games to sweep the best-of-three NWOSSAA championship against the Muskies here over the weekend.
Florida State Seminoles senior diver Molly Carlson was selected as the Women's ACC Diving Meet MVP for the third time in her career, after she nabbed the gold medal on platform back on Feb. 22 at the Greensboro Aquatic Center.
Carlson, who originally is from Fort Frances and was competing in her final ACCs, took silver on 1-metre before winning gold on both the 3-metre and platform.
Talk about coming through when the pressure was on!
Sunset Country #2 snagged all 14 of the final 14 points up for grabs to capture the silver medal at the 2020 Cambrian Insurance P.O.A. Classic provincial championships held Feb. 20-22 at Mid-Town Bowl in Timmins.
One thing is for certain: the Muskie boys' hockey team is ready to put two years of heartbreak behind them and advance to OFSAA.
Fort High will face the second-place St. Thomas Aquinas Saints (Kenora) in the best-of-three league final that gets underway this week.
A new year led to a better result for the Fort Frances Chiefs at their annual home tournament over the weekend.
Hanna Ledrew scored the winner with 6:14 to in the third period to lift the Chiefs to a 3-2 win over the Dryden 3rd Liners in the exciting championship game on Sunday afternoon at “The Duke” Arena in Couchiching.
Not much has separated the Muskie girls' hockey team and the St. Thomas Aquinas Saints (Kenora) this season.
What seemed to be the inevitable clash of the titans has come to pass as the first-place Muskies and second-place Saints will square off in the best-of-three NorWOSSA final this week to decide who advances to OFSAA 'A/AA' championship in Stratford from March 24-26.
The Muskie senior girls' volleyball team has been the best in Northwestern Ontario now two years in a row.
The black-and-gold was dominant in a sweep of the host Westgate Tigers in the best-of-three NWOSSAA championship on Friday, winning both matches in straight sets.
