Local Sports for Friday December 31

Fort Frances Lakers end a two week break from the SIJHL tonight with a game in Duluth against the Clydesdales.

Duluth sits last in the league, but beat the Lakers in their last meeting in the Fort on December 13.

International Falls Broncos boys hockey team lost 4-2 to Albert Lea in the consolation final at the Kiwanis Festival tournament in Rochester.

Michael Bounds and Lucas Debenedet getting the Broncos markers.

The girls hockey team, also in Rochester at the Sertoma-Home Federal Shootout, lost 2-0 to Rochester Mayo.

The Fort Frances Boston Pizza Royals peewee team travels to Bemidji today for the start of the Paul Bunyan International Pee Wee Hockey Tournament.

Fort Frances teams have been participating at the tournament since 1988.

Local Sports for Wednesday December 30

A six-goal outburst in the first period propelled the Fort Frances Muskies boys hockey team to a 10-1 win over Irondale and a berth to today's consolation final of the Hilltopper Classic tournament in Duluth.

Brendan Cawston scored twice with singles off the sticks of Nolan Ross, Judd Gardimann, Robbie Rea, Nick Kaun, Colton Spicer, Jeff Davis, Brett McMahon and Chris Bobczynski.

The Muskies will play Rockford later today.

The International Falls Broncos boys and girls hockey teams were shutout in the opener of tournaments in Rochester yesterday.

The boys team lost 4-0 to Eau Claire while the girls were blanked 3-0 by Central Wisconsin.

On the court, the Broncos varsity boys basketball team defeated the Fort Frances Muskies senior boys 62-45 in exhibition play at Falls High School.

Nick Bujold and Gunner Anderson topped all Broncos with 16 points each.

Justin Anderson led the Muskies scoring with 21.

Fort Frances Thunderhawks edged the Fort Frances Lakers 6-5 in an exhibition game played at the Ice for Kids Arena last night.

Local Sports for Monday December 13

Fort Frances Lakers fell from first to fourth with a pair of losses to the Thunder Bay North Stars in Thunder Bay.

The Lakers loss 1-0 Saturday on the heels of a 3-2 loss on Friday.

The Lakers are home to Duluth tonight.



The Fort Frances Thunderhawks lost 5-3 to Kenora in their exhibition opener on Friday.

Ross Johnson with a pair and Jake Esselink scored for the Hawks.



Fort Frances Muskies girls took home the silver medal at a tournament in Portage La Prairie after losing 4-2 to the Pembina Tigers in the final.

Melanie Scott and Shae-lynn Smith scored for the Muskies.

The boys team beat Kenora Friday 4-1 for its third straight NORWOSSA victory.



International Falls Broncos girls hockey team lost 4-2 to Proctor on Saturday.

Abby Fox and Rebekah Ford with goals.

The boys team was bounced by Proctor on Friday 8-1.

Alex Bruess getting the lone goal late in the third.




Fort Frances Boston Pizza Royals AA peewee team won a tournament in Kenora, defeating Portage La Praire 3-2 that went to the fifth round of a shoot-out before Noah Loveday notched the eventual winner.

Loveday also had both regulation goals for the Royals who went undfeated during the tournament.



In girls hockey from the weekend, the Fort Frances Pink Novice Timbits swept Emo 5-2 and 4-1.

In atom girls action, the Rolling Lake Lightning defeated the Kaemingh Esso in the final minute of the Bronze medal game 5-4.

The Lakewood Tire Eagles came home as champions in the Peewee division defeating Kenora Vortex 5-1.

Super 8 was defeated in double overtime with a score of 3 to 2 to earn fourth place.

In Bantam girls action, the Fort Frances Leafs finished fourth at a tournament in Thunder Bay.

Local Sports for Friday December 10

International Falls Broncos girls hockey club ran their unbeaten streak to seven with a 2-2 tie with the Lake of the Woods Bears.

The Broncos boys basketball team won its second straight of the season with a 61-60 victory over Hibbing.

Trevor Carlson tying the game on a last second basket and winning it on a free throw.

Gunnar Anderson paced all players with 21 points.

Fort Frances Muskies senior boys basketball team resumes tournament play at Fort High this afternoon with a game against Kenora's Beaver Brae Broncos at 2:30 p.m.

The Muskies opened the tournament last night against the Lake of the Woods Bears, but no score was reported.

There's no firm commitment for next year, but Steve Arpin continues his association with J.R. Motorsports.

The Fort Frances native tested Nationwide cars for team yesterday at GM's vehicle testing facility in Yuma, Arizona.

Arpin drove a car that Danica Patrick will race at Daytona in February.

A battle for first place in the SIJHL takes place in Thunder Bay this weekend.

Fort Frances Lakers face the North Stars tonight in the first of a two game set.

The league leading Lakers are two points up on the Stars who are currently sit third.

Fort Frances Thunderhawks open their season tonight in Kenora.

It's the first of a series of exhibition games the team will play in advance of next spring's Allan Cup tournament in Kenora.

On the court, the Fort Frances Muskies senior boys basketball team resumes tournament play at Fort High with an afternoon game against Kenora's Beaver Brae Broncos.

The Muskies senor girls volleyball team competes in tournament play in Thunder Bay.

International Falls Broncos boys basketball team is in Cook.

The girls team is in Eveleth.

The Rainy River men's basketball team is home to Rochester beginning at 8 tonight.

Local Sports for Thursday December 9

Several members of the Border Skating Club picked up first place finishes at an event in Thunder Bay over the weekend.

MacKenzie Armstrong placed first in two different divisions while other top marks were earned by Jayde Wright, Joleigh Hayes and Alina Eldridge.


International Falls Broncos girls hockey team will try to extend its six-game unbeaten streak with a home game tonight against the Lake of the Woods Bears.

Broncos are 5-oh-1 since their season opening loss to Roseau back on November 16.

Game time at Bronco arena is 7:30 p.m.



Action on the court today.

Fort Frances Muskies senior boys basketball team opens a tournament at Fort High tonight with a game against the Lake of the Woods Bears.

The International Falls Broncos boys basketball team faces Hibbing at Falls high School at 7:30 p.m.

Atikokan and Rainy River High School court teams are facing each other today in Rainy River.

Local Sports for Tuesday December 7

Fort Frances Lakers forward Bryon Katapaytuk has won player of week honours in the SIJHL for the second straight week.

The 19-year-old from Moose Factory had five goals and 7 points in the Lakers two wins last week, to move to third in league scoring.




Fort Frances Muskies boys hockey team has its home opener tonight at the Ice for Kids arena against Dryden

Game time is 7:15 p.m.

In International Falls, the Muskies girls face the Broncos varsity squad beginning at 7:30 p.m. at Bronco arena.

The game will be preceded by a game between the Fort Frances Leafs bantams girls team and the Broncos junior varsity girls starting at 5:30 p.m.



In girls hockey action from the weekend, Emo Penguins beat Kaemingh Esso 2-0.

Giselle Smith and Ally Jackson provided the scoring with Sydney Beck getting the shutout.



Evan Ziegler of the Rainy River Voyageur's men's basketball team has been named northern division's player of the week by the Minnesota College Athletic Conference.

Ziegler combined for 25 points and 20 rebounds in the Voyageurs two losses over the weekend.



The snowmobile racing season has started for Fort Frances native Curtis Boivin.

Boivin placed sixth in the Pro Champ 440 final at the season opener of the Canadian Power Toboggan Championships held in Beausejour, Manitoba on the weekend.



Several Falls High School teams are in action today.

The boys hockey team plays Eveleth-Gilbert at the Hoyt Lakes Arena.

The boys basketball team is also against Eveleth-Gilbert with that game in Eveleth.

The boys swim and dive team in Hibbing.



Atikokan Voyageurs court teams are in action today against Whitefish Bay.

Local Sports for Monday December 6

Fort Frances Lakers kept their hold on the SIJHL lead with a 6-2 win over the Thunder Bay North Stars Saturday at the Ice for Kids Arena.

Byron Katapaytuk with a pair, Connor Hady, Dan Smith, Tyler Stevenson and Ryan Wildman provided the scoring for the Lakers who also moved back into the Canadian Junior A Hockey League's weekly top twenty ranking in 19th after falling out a week ago.




Fort Frances Muskies boys hockey team won the Consolation side of a tournament in Brandon over the weekend, beating Neepewa 5-1.

After a perfect round-robin, Muskies were relegated to the Consolation side with a 7-6 loss to Oak Park in the quarter-finals.




The Muskies girls hockey team lost 5-4 to Kenora's Beaver Brae Broncos Friday night.

Jillian Langtry scored twice with singles from Sydney Jones and Shae-Lynn Smith.




Fort Frances Boston Pizza Royals captured gold at the International Falls Peewee hockey tournament over the weekend.

The Royals avenged a 3-1 loss to International Falls in the round robin with a 7-4 win in the final.

Graeme Kitt and Tyler Vanuden each had two goals.

Austin Angus, Brett Hakala , and Noah Loveday all singles.




Fort Frances Atom AA Snipers beat Kenora 2-1 Saturday.

Ian Tookenay, with a shorthanded marker in the first period, and Jon Busch, with a power-play goal in the third, scored for Fort Frances.

Matthew Booth got the win in net.




Rainy River Voyageurs women's hockey club scored a pair of decisive wins over the North Dakota State University - 8-3 on Saturday and 9-3 on Sunday.

Jessie Baker had 6 goals and 11 points in the two games.

Brenley Anderson chipped in 4 goals and 11 points.




Rainy River Voyageurs men's basketball team dropped a pair of games on the weekend, losing 75-67 to Ridgewater on Saturday then falling 72-56 to Minnesota West yesterday.




The Fort Frances Aquanauts swim team picked up 5 medals at an event in Winnipeg over the weekend.

Donovan Taylor won Silver Medals in the 200 and 400 metre Individual Medleys and Bronze medals in the 100 metre butterfly and 200 metre freestyle events.

Adam Stromberg came home with a Gold in the 50 metre freestyle.




Three young bowlers were part team that captured gold at the Northern Ontario five pin bowling association's youth provincial challenge in Sturgeon Creek.

Daniel Murphy, Lyle Dolph and Jordan Sokoliuk joined with two Dryden bowlers for the win.

Tasha Panawayquib, Amber Townsend and Kaitlin Townsend were part of a bronze medal winning girls teams.

A mix team was fourth.

Local Sports for Friday December 3

Fort Frances Lakers travel to Sioux Lookout tonight for a game against the Flyers.

Off the ice, the Lakers made some roster moves, trading forward Mike Jourdain to Duluth for forward Dan Smith and releasing forwards Ryin Allison and Brad Bienvenu.

They return home tomorrow for a game against the Thunder Bay North Stars.



Two skaters with the Border Skating Club have ended their competition at the BMO Skate Canada Challenge in Mississauga.

Michael Nelson remained in 39th spot following his long program in the pre-novice men's singles.

Nelson and Sophie Potvin-Begin finished 14th in pre-novice pairs.




Fort Frances Muskies girls hockey team hopes it rains teddy bears in its home game with Kenora's Beaver Brae Broncos.

Fans are being asked to bring a teddy bear to the game to toss on the ice when the Muskies score their first goal.

Game time at the Ice for Kids arena is 7:15 p.m.



In girls minor hockey from Wednesday, the Rolling Lake Lightning defeated Kaemingh Esso 7-3 in an atom game.

Annalise Hayes had four goals for Lightning with Megan Degagne adding a pair and Hannah Ledrew the other.

Jenna Clendenning, Brianna Dustin and Siobhan Macintosh scored for Esso.



Its a busy weekend for high school sports teams at Fort Frances High.

The Muskies boys hockey team is competing in a tournament in Brandon.

The senior boys basketball and junior girls volleyball teams are in tournaments in Thunder Bay.

The junior boys basketball team is hosting at tournament of its own.




International Falls sports teams also in action today.

The girls hockey team takes on Detroit Lakes at Bronco Arena at 7:30 p.m.

The girls basketball team is in Deer River.

Local Sports for Thursday December 2

Three members of the Border Skating Club are in Mississauga competing at the BMO Skate Canada Challenge.

Michael Nelson stands 39th after the short program in pre-novice men's singles competitions.

Nelson and skating partner Sophie Potvin-Begin are 14th after their short program in pairs.

Sarah Latimer will skate Saturday in the pre-novice women's category.

Local Sports for Monday December 1

Fort Frances Lakers have changed the date of their Toy Campaign to this Saturday in a game with the Thunder Bay North Stars.

The event was planned for last night, but the game with Dryden had to be cancelled due to poor weather in Dryden.

Toys collected will go to the Salvation Army and United Native Friendship Centre.

Lakers Hold Toy Drive Tonight

Fort Frances Lakers return home tonight for a game against the Dryden Ice Dogs.

The Lakers hold onto first place, one point ahead of the Dogs who are tied for second with Wisconsin.

Fans are also being asked to bring a toy to the game.

Items collected will go to the Salvation Army and United Native Friendship Centre for distribution this Christmas.

Local Sports for Monday November 29

Raymond Roy's Fort Frances rink had its run at the Dominion Curling Club Championship end with an 8-4 loss to Alberta in a tie-breaker.

Roy's team, representing Northern Ontario, finished the round-robin in a tie for second in its pool, after winning its final game Saturday afternoon to force the tiebreaker.



Tirzah Keffer lost out on her bid for a spot to the Northern Ontario provincial junior curling championship.

Her Fort Frances rink finished fourth at a qualifying event in Thunder Bay on the weekend with a 2-3 record.




Both the Rainy River Owls senior girls basketball and Atikokan Voyageurs senior boys volleyball teams come home following their play at their respective Ontario high School championships.

The Voyageurs lost all four of their matches.

The Owls had their weekend end in a 33-25 loss to a Toronto area school in the consolation quarter-finals.




The Fort Frances Lakers beat Duluth 6-4 to move back in to first in the SIJHL.

Ryan Wildman and Jon Sinclair each scored twice.

Jaret Leclair and Conner Hady had the others Laker goals.




The Dynamic Home Hurricanes earned silver at a girls hockey tournament in Warroad.

The Fort Frances team beat Warroad, Grand Forks and Roseau before losing to another Roseau team in the final.




The Fort Frances Snipers finished second at the Kenora Thistles Double A Atom Challenge Cup this weekend in Kenora.

Snipers lost to Springfield, Manitoba in the final.




The Atikokan Voyageurs black team beat its white counter-part to capture the Atikokan Peewee Hockey tournament on the weekend.

The Blacks scored a 6-3 win in the final.

Sports Update - November 26

Raymond Roy's Fort Frances rink scored a 7-4 win over the Northwest Territories this morning to remain in contention for a playoff spot at the Dominion Curling Club Championship in Prince Edward Island.

The team, representing Northern Ontario, needs a win over the Yukon tonight and some help from other teams to stay in the hunt.




The Rainy River Owls senior girls basketball team has been eliminated from the Division A championship in Welland.

The Owls fell 33-25 to Algonquin this morning.

Kaylee Heyens led the team with 13 points.



The Atikokan Voyageurs senior boys volleyball team picked up a 2-set win over a school from the Durham area at the Division A championship in Mississauga.

Scores were 25-17 and 25-9.

The win gives the Voyageurs a shot at making the consolation playoffs.

Local Sports for Friday November 26

Raymond Roy's Northern Ontario rink has fallen to 1 and 2 at the Dominion Curling Club championship in Prince Edward Island with a 7-3 loss to Manitoba.

The Fort Frances rink faces two must win games if it's to make the playoff round with a morning game against the Northwest Territories and tonight against the Yukon.



Tirzah Keffer will look for a spot to the Northern Ontario provincial junior curling championship this weekend.

Her Fort Frances rink is playing at an inter-regional event in Thunder Bay that opens play today.

Keffer's teammates include Samantha Mueller, Taylor Hartlin and Carley Busch.



The Atikokan Voyageurs loss all three of its games played yesterday at the Ontario High School senior boys volleyball division A championship in Mississauga.

The team will play its final game this morning with a chance to make the consolation playoffs.

In Welland, the Rainy River Owls plays Algonquin in its second game at the senior girls basketball division A championship.

A loss knocks them out of the tournament.



Fort Frances Lakers look to stop a three-game skid with a game tonight at the Ice for Kids Arena against the Sioux Lookout Lakers.

Game time is 7:15 p.m.

OFSSA Senior Girls Basketball Update - Nov. 25

The Rainy River Owls have dropped their opening game at the Ontario High School senior girls basketball division A championship in Welland, losing 55-25 to top ranked Confederation of Sudbury.

Kaylee Heyens led the team with 11 points.

The Owls play again tomorrow morning - there opponent has yet to be determined.

In Mississauga, the Atikokan Voyageurs will open play at the senior boys volleyball division A championship later today.

Local Sports for Thursday November 25

Raymond Roy's Northern Ontario rink is 1 and 1 following the first day of play at the Dominion Curling Club championship in Prince Edward Island.

Roy's Fort Frances rink opened with a convincing 10-4 win over New Brunswick, but fell 8-5 to Alberta in the afternoon.

This afternoon at 12:30 p.m. CST, the team goes up against Manitoba.



Fort Frances Lakers lost their third straight in a 5-4 decision to the Thunder Bay North Stars.

Tyler Stevenson, Jace Baldwin, Henry Gutierrez on a penalty shot and Ryan Wildman, scored for the Lakers who have fallen out of first place and into a second place tie with the Stars.

Wisconsin took over the top spot with their win over Dryden.



Two area high school teams begin their quest for OFSSA gold today.

The Rainy River Owls open play in Welland in the Senior Girls Basketball Division A Championship this morning with a game against Confederation of Sudbury.

Atikokan's senior boys volleyball team have been seeded 4th at the Division A Championship in Missisauga and open play this afternoon.

Local Sports for Wednesday November 24

Fort Frances Muskies hockey team split games played against the Dryden Eagles yesterday.

The boys team blanked the Eagles in Dryden 5-0.

The girls team was edged 3-2 in a game played at the Ice for Kids Arena.

Taylor Dixon and Shelby Rea scored for the home team.

The Raymond Roy rink will open play this morning at the Dominion Curling Championship in Prince Edward Island.

The Fort Frances foursome, representing Northern Ontario, faces a team from New Brunswick at 8 a.m. CST.

Roy is joined on the team by Dave Broman, Butch Wensley and Patrick Briere.

In girls hockey from Monday night, Super 8 team defeated the Lakewood Tire Eagles 3-2.

Tonight, the girls Bantam competitive team faces the Midget Pharmasave Wildcats at the Ice for Kids Arena beginning at 7:15.

Chicago Blackhawks Duncan Keith tops all defencemen in fan voting for the NHL all-star game.

The former Fort France resident's 83-thousand votes is second only to Pittsburgh's Sidney Crosby.

Local Sports for Tuesday November 23

Rainy River Voyageurs women's hockey team has been ranked number one in the American Collegiate Hockey Association's West.

The rankings help determine which teams will qualify for next spring's Division 2 championship.

The Voyageurs, who have lost just once in seven games this season, received six first place votes to beat out South Dakota State for the number one ranking.

High School hockey hits the ice on three locations tonight.

The Fort Frances Muskies boys hockey team travel to Dryden to play the Eagles in its first NORWOSSA league game of the season.

The Muskies girls host Dryden at the Ice for Kids Arena beginning at 7:15 p.m.

The International Falls Broncos girls team travels to Park Rapids.

More honours for Ryan Faragher.

The former Fort Frances Sabres netminder has been named Goaltender of the Week in the North American Hockey League.

Faragher plays for Bismarck and will attend Dartmouth College next season.

Local Sports for Monday November 22

Fort Frances Muskies boys' hockey team finished first overall at a tournament in Morden, Manitoba, winning 7-1 in the final.


The Muskies girls' team beat Sioux Lookout 12-3 Sunday for its Norwossa league win.

Jillian Langtry led with four goals.

Katie Sinclair and Shae-Lynn Smith each had a pair with singles from Danielle Jean, Taylor Dixon, Alyssa Penner and Nicole Horn.



The B-D-O Stars Bantam girls' hockey team captured gold at a tournament in Thunder Bay on the weekend, defeating another local team the Pinewood Blades 3-0 in the final.

The Stars went 6-and-0 during the event with netminder Shan-Lee Fryer recording back-to-back shut outs in the semi-final and final games.



Brenley Anderson of Rainy River scored twice to help the Rainy River Voyageurs women's hockey club earn a 4-1 win Sunday and a split in a weekend series with the University of Minnesota.

It's the first time the Division 2 Voyageurs have ever beaten a large Division 1 team.

Katie Stearns of Fort Frances stopped 28 shots for the win.

Anderson also scored twice in Friday's 6-4.



Rainy River Voyageurs men's basketball team split games played over the weekend, losing to Gogebic of Michigan Friday 65-64.

Saturday, the men rebounded with a 93-87 win in overtime over Itasca.

Prince Williams led with 18 points in the game.

Owls Win Sr. Girls Title

The Rainy River Owls have captured the NWOSSA "A" title in senior girls basketball.

The Owls swept Marathon in two games played Thursday in Marathon.

Owls won the opener 41-39, before earning a decisive 31-14 victory in the second.

Lakers Streak Snapped

Fort Frances Lakers had their 6-game winning streak snapped with a 6-1 loss to the Dryden Ice Dogs last night in Dryden.

The lone Fort Frances effort coming off the stick of Tyler Stevenson who notched his league-leading 23rd goal of the season.

Tyler Ampe was saddled with the loss facing 30 shots.

Local Sports for Monday November 1

The Fort Frances Muskies boys hockey team defeated Kenora 4-1 in the final to capture a tournament in Dryden.

Colton Spicer with a pair, Brett McMahon and Robbie Rae scored for the Muskies.

Devon Stromness earned the win in net.

Fort Frances Muskie Girls hockey team captured silver at the Sturgeon Heights Husky Classic in Winnipeg over the weekend.

The Muskies gave up just 3 goals in 5 games, losing lost 2-1 in a shootout in the final to Oak Park.

Rainy River Voyageurs women's hockey team defeated the University of Minnesota-Duluth 5-2 yesterday to capture their home-opening tournament for the first time.

Brenley Anderson and Jesse Baker each scored twice while Courtney Scholler added the other.

The Fort Frances AA Atom Snipers overcame a 3-1 third period deficit to defeat the Kenora Thistles 6-4 Saturday at the Ice for Kids Arena.

International Falls' Amy Auran has earned a trip to the State cross-country running championships later this week.

Auran earned the berth after finishing tenth in the girl's side of the section 7A championship meet in Cloquet Friday.

Local Sports for Friday October 29

Fort Frances Lakers picked up a point, but lost for the second straight time at home, falling 3-2 to Sioux Lookout in overtime last night.

Tyler Stevenson with his 16th of the season and Henry Guetierrez scored for the Lakers.

The Flyers winning goal came 3 minutes into OT.



Brenley Anderson scored twice to help the Rainy River Voyageurs women's hockey team to a 3-3 tie against the University of Alaska at Bronco Arena last night.

Kaylynn McBurney-Flett had the other Voyageurs goal.

This weekend they host a tournament opening at 4 p.m. today with a game against Minot State.



Fort Frances Muskies girls hockey team defeated John Taylor High School 6-0 in the opener of the tournament in Winnipeg.

Shae Lynn Smith, Jessica Taggart, Jillian Langtry, Taylor Dixon, Erika Timkin and Hailey Clendenning provided the scoring while Melissa Payne got the shut out in net.

The Muskies face Sturgeon Heights this afternoon.

The boys team opens play in a tournament in Dryden with a game this morning against Red Lake.




Fort Frances Muskies football team opens the Winnipeg High School Football League playoffs with a games against Dakota.

That game being played this afternoon in Winnipeg.

The Muskies junior and senior boys volleyball teams are also in Winnipeg today for tournament play.

Local Sports for Wednesday October 27

The Fort Frances Lakers had a three-game win streak stopped at the Ice for Kids Arena last night, falling 3-1 to the Dryden Ice Dogs.

Byron Kakapaytuk scored the Lakers' only goal early in the first period.



A defensive game in junior girls basketball with the Fort Frances Muskies losing to Beaver Brae of Kenora 16-6.



International Falls Broncos football team's season is over.

The Broncos were bounced 50-6 by Virginia in the opening round of the Section 7AAA
championships.



A member of the Fort Frances Muskies Football team has earned offensive honours of the week in the Winnipeg High School Football League.

Colton Craig, a grade 10 student, caught 12 passes for 160 yards and three touchdowns in last Friday's loss to St. Norbert.

Local Sports for Tuesday October 26

Fort Frances Lakers have cracked the Canadian Junior A Hockey League weekly top twenty for the first time..

The Lakers, who are tied for the SIJHL lead with the Fort William North Stars, have been ranked 17th in the country.

The Lakers play host to Dryden at the Ice for Kids Arena tonight at 7:30 p.m.



Lakers netminder Jameson Shortreed will face some international competition next month.

The 17-year-old from Emo was the only player from the SIJHL to be named to Canada's West team that will compete at the World Junior A Challenge in Penticton, British Columbia.



On the high school schedule, the Fort Frances Muskies court teams play Beaver Brae in Kenora.

Atikokan Voyageurs court teams are also in Kenora to play Thomas Aquinas.

International Falls Broncos football team travels to Virginia for a quarter-final game in the Section 7AA championship playoffs

Local Sports for Monday October 25

Fort Frances Muskies girls hockey team defeated Dryden to win bronze at their home tournament over the weekend.

Ericka Tymkin, Shelby Tymkin, Jillian Langtry, and Danielle Jean scored for the Muskies.

Pembina Tigers from Winnipeg won the gold medal.




Tyler Ampe turned aside 25 of 26 shots to backstop the Fort Frances Lakers to a 3-1 victory over the Fort William North Stars, Saturday and earn a sweep at the SIJHL Showcase in Spooner, Wisconsin.

Jaret LeClair, Henry Gutierrez and Tyler Stevenson with his league leading 14th of the season scored for the Lakers who also defeated Duluth Friday 1-0.

The two-day event was meant to showcase players to college and pro scouts.



Fort Frances Muskies football team will face Dakota in the Winnipeg High School Football League quarterfinals after dropping their final game of the regular season Friday, 41-31 to St. Norbert.



Fort Frances Muskies junior boys volleyball team split into two squads for a tournament last weekend in Dryden.

Its A-team reaching the semi-finals before losing out to Thomas Aquinas of Kenora - 26-24, 16-25 and 10-15.

The B-team went 1-11 in the round robin before defeated by Whitefish Bay 19-25, 25-23 and 13-25 in a playoff match.

Local Sports for Friday October 22

Fort Frances ThunderHawks have earned a direct berth to the next year's Allan Cup tournament in Kenora.

General Manager Dean Bruyere says the recent demise of the Thunder Bay Twins and Quebec' decision not to send a team gave Fort Frances the bye.

The Hawks won't see their first action until the middle of December.



Fort Frances Muskies girls hockey team opens its season today with a tournament at the Memorial Sport Centre.

The Muskies open with a game against Sioux Lookout at 2:15

Eight teams are taking part.



All six teams in the SIJHL will be showcased before college and pro scouts at an event in Spooner, Wisconsin this weekend.

It's the first time the league has held such an event.

Fort Frances Lakers will open the event with a game at noon against the expansion Duluth Clydesdales.



Fort Frances Muskies football team closes out its regular season with a home game today against St. Norbert.

Game time is 2 p.m.

And the Muskies junior girls basketball team plays host to a tournament this weekend at Fort Frances High School.

Local Sports for Wednesday October 20

Three members of the Falls High School girls cross-country team earned all-conference berths at the Iron Range conference meet in Hoyt Lakes.

Amber Harms in tenth, Amy Auran, twelveth, and Sydney Raboin in fourteenth helped the varsity girls to a third place finish overall.

The boys teams was sixth with John Sobczyski missing an all-conference berth by one spot.

And John Bartkowski won the junior varsity race that saw the Falls team place five runners in the top ten.



International Falls Bronco's Volleyball team finished seventh overall at the Iron Range Conference tournament with a 3-set sweep of Mesabi

Scores were 25-4, 25-7 and 25-8.

Local Sports for Tuesday October 19

Fort Frances Muskies won the consolation side of a weekend tournament in Thunder Bay, beating Superior High 49-24.

Alanna Walsh was named team MVP while Courtnay Spade, Jessica Robertson and Sarah Glover earned player of the game awards during the event.

Wynona Cavanaugh was second in a free-throw competition.



International Falls Broncos girls volleyball team will be playing for seventh place at the Iron Range Conference tournament with a game today against Mesabi East.

The game's being played at Falls High School beginning at 5:45 p.m.

Falls High girls' swim teams are also in action with head-to-head competition against Babbitt-Embarrass

Local Sports for Monday October 18

Fort Frances Lakers did all of their scoring in the second period to defeat Duluth Cyclones 4-2 yesterday, earning a split in their weekend road trip.

Jace Baldwin with a pair of power play goals, Henry Gutierrez and Jaret Leclair providing the scoring.

Saturday, the Lakers fell 7-3 to the Fort William North Stars.

Tyler Stevenson, Byron Katapaytuk and Brad Bienvenue scoring for the Lakers.




Fort Frances Boston Pizza Royals AA peewee team lost 4-2 to the Kenora Thistles Sunday.

Brett Hahkala and Graham Kitt scored for the Royals.




The Fort Frances Aquanauts picked up twenty wins in the pool at a season-opening meet in Dryden Saturday.

Donovan Taylor, Levi Rittau and Katja Sutherland each won four events in their age categories.

Regan Danylchuk and Cole Trimble swam to three wins each.

The team also saw its swimmers record 28 personal bests.

Local Sports for Friday October 15

There will be new face in the Fort Frances Lakers line-up.

The Lakers have acquired forward Brad Bienvenue from Sioux Lookout in exchange for the rights to Jake Wentz.

Coach Wayne Strachan says the three-year junior vet will add some leadership and size to the line-up.

He's expected to join the Lakers for their game tonight with the Fort William North Stars in Thunder Bay.



Fort Frances High School's Kevin Jackson shot a round of 77 to finish tied for 51st at the provincial high school golf championship in Barrie.

Teammates Alex McDonald finished 70th while Ryan Mosbeck was 109th and James Brown 118th.

The team finished 17th overall in its first ever provincial appearance.



International Falls Broncos girls volleyball team fell in four sets to Virginia.

Julia Santee led with 11 kills and 18 digs.

Sydney Gordon had 9 kills and 21 digs.

Reva Renollet had 17 digs and 23 set assists.



A couple of top ten finishes helped the Falls High School junior high boys cross country team to a second place finish at a meet in International Falls yesterday.

Ian Ducharme was eighth while Eric Mathews placed ninth.

John Sobcynski was sixth as the varsity boys team finished fourth in its division.

The varsity girls were sixth overall.

Local Sports for Thursday October 14

Fort Frances Lakers earned their first road win of the season with a 5-2 victory over the Dryden Ice Dogs last night in Dryden.

The Lakers got goals from Matthew Caulfield, Tyler Stevenson, Connor Hady, Jon Sinclair and
Henry Guitierez.

Jameson Shortreed made 33 saves for the win.



A former Fort Frances Lakers is rejoining the SIJHL with a different team.

Ty Brueggeman joins the Dryden Ice Dogs after being released by the Lakers two weeks ago.

The defenceman from Atikokan played just three games with the Lakers recording no points.



Fort Frances Muskies court teams left Dryden yesterday with just one victory.

The junior boys volleyball team avenged last week's home opener loss to the Eagles with a 15-13, 5th set win.

The senior boys were beaten in four sets.

Both the senior and junior girls basketball teams went to overtime before losing to Dryden.

The seniors were beat 28-23 while the juniors lost by a foul shot on a tough call in overtime 27-26.

Sarah Glover led with 8 points.

Allan Walsh and Celia Berry each added 6.

Local Sports for Wednesday October 13

Falls High School girls swim teams were beaten in head-to-head competition in Warroad.

Paige Herzig was the bright spot for the team, earning two individual wins in the 50 free and 100 breast stroke and two more as part of the 200 yard medley and 200 freestyle relay teams.

Courtney Klow was the only other Bronco swimmer to pick up a win in the 100 yard backstroke.



International Falls Broncos girls volleyball team was bounced in straight sets by Grand Rapids in the Iron Range Conference quarter-finals.

Scores were 25-17, 25-15, 25-19.



On the high school schedule today, the Fort Frances Muskies court teams travel to Dryden for NORWOSSA action.

The Rainy River Owls court teams are home to Pelican Falls with games beginning at 1 p.m.

Atikokan Voyageurs are home to Sioux Lookout.

Rainy River Voyageurs women's volleyball team travels to Brainard to face Central Lakes in its final league game.



Fort Frances Lakers begin a three-game road trip with a game in Dryden tonight.

The Lakers are searching for their first road win of the season.

Local Sports for Tuesday October 12

Steve Arpin finished twelfth in the ARCA series season finale at Rockingham Speedway Saturday.

The Fort Frances native ends the year thirteenth in points with 3 wins and 7 top five finishes.




Rainy River Voyageurs women's volleyball team split games played on the weekend.

The Voyageurs lost to Mesabi on Friday night in four sets, then defeated Vermilion Saturday in three.



A busy day in high school sports with action in three communities.

Rainy River Owls court teams are playing Sioux Lookout.

International Falls Broncos girls volleyball team is home to Grand Rapids.

and the Falls High School girls swim team competes in Warroad.

Local Sports for Friday October 8

Fort Frances Muskies junior boys volleyball team got back on the winning track with a 3-set win over Kenora's Beaver Brae Broncos.

Scores were 25-23, 25-17, 25-15.

The Junior girls basketball team fell 24-17 to Kenora.



International Falls Broncos girls volleyball team defeated Ely in three sets, losing the first 19-25 then taking the next three by scores of 25-15, 25-19, 25-17.

Reva Renollet had 20 set assists while Sydney Gordon chipped in 12 kills and 4 ace serves.




Falls High School varsity girls cross-country runners topped all schools at a meet yesterday in Hibbing.

The girls had three runners in the top ten with Amber Harms leading the way in fifth.

Both the varsity boys and junior high boys teams were fifth in their respective divisions.

The junior varsity teams saw Megan Schwartz finish third for the girls while Dakota Ruelle had a fifth place finish in the boys event.




Steve Arpin posted the fastest time in an afternoon practice at Rockingham Speedway in advance of this weekend's ARCA series race.

Combined with his morning results, he ended the day fifth fastest overall.



High School football today sees the Fort Frances Muskies traveling to Winnipeg to play Dakota.

International Falls Broncos are in Eveleth.





Fort Frances Lakers are home to the Fort William North Stars at the Ice for Kids Arena.

Game time tonight is 7:30 p.m.



Rainy River Voyageurs women's volleyball team will honour its five sophomores prior to a game tonight with Mesabi East.

Game time at the College is 6:30 p.m.

Local Sports for Thursday October 7

Plenty of High school court action today.

Fort Frances Muskies girls basketball and boys volleyball teams are home to Kenora's Beaver Brae Broncos.

The Atikokan Voyageurs court teams host Red Lake.

The International Falls Broncos girls volleyball team is in Ely.

The Broncos' cross country teams compete in Hibbing.



Rainy River Voyageurs women's volleyball team had its three-game winning streak snapped with a five-set loss to Hibbing.

Scores were 25-18, 25-16, 17-25, 22-25, 16-14.

The Voyageurs host Mesabi tomorrow night at the College where they will honour its five sophomores before the match.



Thunder Bay's Haley Irwin has been named to play for Canada's women hockey team in this year's Four Nation's Cup tournament in St. John's Newfoundland.

It begins November 9.

Irwin was on the team that won gold in Vancouver and is in her senior year at the University of Minnesota-Duluth.

Local Sports for Wednesday October 6

Fort Frances Lakers paid tribute to former assistant coach Bob Mainville then went out and beat the expansion Duluth Clydesdales 7-1 at the Ice for Kids Arena last night.

Prior to the game, the Lakers unveiled a team jersey recognizing Mainville, who tragically died in the off season.

Players also wore his initials on the sleeves of their jerseys.

Tyler Stevenson led with two goals.

Cody Hasbargen, Jon Sinclair, Ryan Wildman, Jordan Sinclair and Jaret Leclair had the others.




It was a split on the court for the Fort Frances Muskies.

The girls basketball teams defeated Dryden with the Seniors winning 30-13 and the juniors earning a 20-15 over the Eagles.

The senior boys volleyball team fell in 4-sets to Dryden while the juniors lost their first of the year in three close sets.




Falls High School girls swim team lost for just the third time this season and first at home, being edged by three points in head-to-head competition with Warroad.

Paige Herzig in the 200 I-M, Breanna Shofner in the 50 free and Maggie West in the 100 free picked up individuals wins

The 200 yard medley and 200 Freestyle Relay teams also earned victories.

Local Sports for Monday October 4

Fort Frances Lakers moved into a tied for first with Dryden in the SIJHL following a 4-0 win over Sioux Lookout Saturday at the Ice for Kids Arena.

Byron Katapaytuk, Jace Baldwin, Davis Smith and Tyler Stevenson provided the scoring.

Tyler Ampe stopped all 30 shots faced for the shutout.



The Fort Frances Boston Pizza Royals AA Peewee team took both games of a home-and-home series with Dryden.

The Royals edged Dryden 4-3 yesterday.

Noah Loveday had two goals with Tyler Vannuden and Graham Kitt adding the others.

Fort Frances won the series opener Saturday 5-4 on goals from Jordan Taggart, Graham Kitt, Cole Tymkin, Kyle Knapp and Austin Angus scored for the Royals.




Rainy River Voyageurs women's volleyball team defeated Fond du Lac Friday night in straight sets

Haylee Gates led with 9 kills and 3 ace serves. Danika Stelton had 21 set assists and Baylea Wendt had 10 digs.

The Voyageurs host Itasca tonight at 6:30 p.m.




In high school football, Fort Frances Muskies dropped a 14-13 decision to Stonewall on Friday.

International Falls Broncos were defeated 48-12 by Hermantown Friday.



High School sports in International Falls today sees the Broncos girls volleyball team hosting Hibbing at 7 p.m.

The Falls cross-country teams compete in Thief River Falls.

And the Rainy River Voyageurs women's volleyball team hosts Itasca at the College at 6:30 p.m.

Local Sports for Friday October 1

Steve Arpin lost the lead with just five laps remaining to finish second at an ARCA series race in Kansas.

Arpin, who led for 27 laps in the race, was holding a five-car edge going into the late stages of the 100-lap race before a caution flag flew.

He regained the lead on the restart, before being passed by the eventual winner Ty Dillon,



International Falls Broncos girls volleyball team earned another win, defeating Eveleth-Gilbert in five-sets by scores of 26-24, 21-25, 19-25, 26-24 and 15-11.

Sydney Gordon had 28 kills and 21 digs - Reva Renollet with 49 set assists and 12 digs



Rainy River Owls volleyball teams dropped a pair of games against Whitefish Bay.

The junior boys lost in four-sets while the Seniors were defeated in three.

Wednesday, the Owls swept games played against the Ignace Falcons.

The senior girls basketball team won 51-9 while the junior girls were 28-14 winners over Ignace.

The junior boys volleyball team defeated Ignace in five-set with the seniors winning in three.



In high school football today, the Fort Frances Muskies host Stonewall at 3 p.m.

International Falls Broncos host Hermantown at 7 p.m.



Fort Frances Muskies boys golf team have earn a trip to the provincial championship.

Kevin Jackson led all golfers with a round of 72 to help the team to its first ever NWOSSA golf championship.

Jackson, along with teammates Allan McDonald, Bryan Mosbeck and James Brown, prepares for the OFSSA's, taking place in Barrie October 12.




Fort Frances Lakers hit the road tonight for a game in Sioux Lookout for the start of a home and home series with the Flyers.

The two team will be at the ice for kids arena tomorrow

Local Sports for Thurdsay September 30

Fort Frances Muskies volleyball teams both earned victories in Kenora yesterday.

The seniors boys team defeated the Beaver Brae Broncos in five sets, winning the first two, before losing the next two and battling for a 15-7 win in the deciding set.

The junior boys also needed five sets in their victory over Beaver Brae, losing the first, winning the next two before Kenora tied the game in the fourth.

Muskies pulled out the victory with a 15-7 win in the final set.

On the basketball court, the Muskies junior girls basketball team defeated Kenora 27-19 with Alanah Walsh leading the way with six points.

The Muskie Senior Girls Basketball team defeated Beaver Brae Broncos 34-15.

Chelsea Hill led the scoring with 11 points and Erika Moffitt added 9 points.




Rainy River Voyageurs women's volleyball team defeated Northland in five-sets.

The Voyageurs dropping the opening set, 27-25, but took the next two 28-26 and 25-21.

Northland tied the game in the fourth set before the Voyageurs earned the victory with a 17-15 score in the deciding set.

Local Sports for Wednesday September 29

A shorthanded goal by Blake Boaz late in the second period helped the Fort Frances Lakers to a 3-2 win over the Dryden Ice Dogs at the Ice for Kids Arena.

It's the first win by a Fort Frances team over the Dogs since February 2009, a winless streak stretching 13-games.

Byron Katapaytuk and Tyler Stevenson had the other Laker goals with Tyler Ampe picking up the win in net.



Falls High School cross-country teams earned two titles at a meet in Ely.

The varsity girls were first overall on the strength of a 3rd place run by Amy Auran and Amber Harm's fourth place finish.

The junior high team had four runners in the top ten including Ian Ducharme who finished second.

John Sobczynski was fifth for the varsity boys team that placed second in its division.



International Falls Broncos girls' volleyball team won its second straight with five-set victory over Virginia.

Broncos took the first two sets before Virginia forced the fifth and deciding set by taking the next two.



Fort Frances Muskies court teams are on the court today in Kenora to face the Beaver Brae Broncos in NORWOSSA action.

Both the junior girls basketball and senior boys volleyball teams are looking for their first wins.

Atikokan Voyageurs court teams are in NORWOSSA "A" action, hosting Ignace.

Local Sports for Tuesday September 28

Two members of the Rainy River Voyageurs women's volleyball team have received recognition from the Minnesota College Athletic Conference.

Danika Stelton was named Setter of the Week in the northern Division while Haley Gates earned All-Round player of the week honours.

Stelton averaged over 8 assists per game last week while Gates had 45 kills and 16 serve aces.



Fort Frances Lakers close out the month of September with another home game tonight at the Ice for Kids Arena

The Lakers face the Dryden Ice Dogs for the second time this month.

Dogs edge the Lakers 1-0 last Tuesday.



On the high school calender, Rainy River Owls court teams are home to Ignace.

The International Falls Broncos girls' volleyball team is home to Virginia

Broncos cross-country teams are in Ely.

Local Sports for Monday September 27

This year's Rainy River Walleye Tournament has gone to a Baudette, Minnesota team.

Brian and Jim Ney's two-day catch of just over 24-pounds topped the 90 team field.

Dan and Gord Armstrong of Rainy River had the biggest fish of the tournament, weighing in at just under 9 pounds.



Fort Frances Lakers earned a split in their home-and-home series with the Wisconsin Wilderness, winning 5-3 Saturday at Ice For Kids Arena.

Tyler Stevenson tallied twice for the Fort while Phil Jennrich, Jace Baldwin and Davis Smith added singles.

Jennrich also chipped in with three assists for a four-point night.

Lakers lost 4-3 on Friday in Spooner.



A successful weekend for the Rainy River Voyageurs women's volleyball team.

The Voyageurs defeated St. Cloud Tech College, Friday, in four sets, then placed second in tournament play in Grand Rapids, losing to St. Cloud in five in the final.



International Falls Broncos girls volleyball team team improved to 4-and-4 with a three-set defeat of Duluth Marshall.

That game played Friday night.



High school football say the Fort Frances Lakers fall 24-22 to Daniel Mac Friday.

Tyler Abma scored two touchdowns with Brad McDonald adding another for the Muskies who are now 1-and-2 in league play.



Four athletes and two builders were honoured Saturday night in Thunder Bay as the 2010 class of the Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame were inducted.

Curling superstar Al Hackner, former NHLer Greg Johnson, BMXer Jay Miron and Olympic skier Dave Walker entered in the athletic category.

U.S. College coach George Gwozdecky and Fred Bragnalo, one of the founders of the Thunder BAy-based hall joined in the builder's category.



Fort Frances Taggs Source for Sports AA bantam opened their season with a 6-2 loss Saturday to Dryden.

Taggs will travel to Dryden next weekend for the rematch.

Local Sports for Friday September 24

Fort Frances Muskies court team split games played against Dryden to open the NORWOSSA season.

The senior girls basketball team beat the Eagles 33-19 while the junior boys volleyball team earned a four-set win.

The junior girls basketball squad fell 20-16 while the senior boys volleyball team lost in four-sets.

Today, the senior boys head to Kenora for a weekend tournament.



Falls High School swim teams earned a split in head-to-head competition with Mesabi East.

The varsity team won was its fourth straight, with Morgan Bruess leading the way with two victories of her own.

Relay teams picked up four wins.

The junior varsity squad was edged in points by their opponents with its relay teams earning three victories.



On the grid iron, the Fort Frances Muskies have their homecoming game today against Daniel Mac.

Game time is 3 p.m.

The International Falls Broncos are in Cloquet.



Fort Frances Lakers play their only road game of the month tonight in Spooner against the expansion Wisconsin Wilderness.

It's the first of a two-game home-and-home series with both teams at the Ice for Kids tomorrow.

Local Sports for Thursday September 23

Rainy River Voyageurs women's volleyball team lost in a 3-sets to Central Lakes. by scores of 19-25, 16-25, 15-25.

The Voyageurs competed in tournament play this weekend in St. Cloud.

There are plenty of high school sports teams in action today.

Fort Frances Muskies court teams are in Dryden to faced the Eagles in their first NORWOSSA league games of the season.

The Falls High School girls swim teams are competing in head-to-head action with Mesabi East.

Kate Bondett of Fort Frances shot a round of 89 in helping Carleton University to a second place finish at a university tournament in Kingston.

Bondett's score was good for sixth overall in the individual standings.

Local Sports for Wednesday September 22

Fort Frances Lakers were held scoreless at the Ice for Kids Arena last night, losing 1-0 to the Dryden Ice Dogs.

The games only goal coming early in the second period.

The Lakers now prepare for a home-and-home series this weekend with the Wisconsin Wilderness.



Rainy River Owls court teams earned one win in games played yesterday in Kenora against Thomas Aquinas.

The junior girls basketball team defeated the Saints 38-15.

The senior girls basketball team lost 42-38.

Both the senior and junior boys volleyball teams were swept in 3-straight sets in their games with the Saints.



International Falls Broncos girls volleyball team dropped its third straight, losing in three straight sets to Lake of the Woods.

Scores were 13-25, 15-25 and 28-30.


Falls High School cross-country teams faced some tough opposition at a meet in Bagley.

Just three runners scoring top ten finishes.

Logan Veilleux's sixth place run helped the junior varsity boys team to a fourth place finish overall.

Alicia Hendrickson and Jaime Sjoblom were eight and ninth respectively in the junior girls varsity run.

The boys varsity team placed sixth with the girls seventh and the junior high boys were fifth.



A member of the Fort Frances Lakers has been invited to compete for a spot on a team that will participate in this year's World Junior A Hockey Challenge.

Netminder Jameson Shortreed will vie for spots on the western Canada team. at a camp next week in Penticton, the site of the World event.



Steve Arpin posted the fastest time during an afternoon test session at Kansas Speedway.

His lap time of 32.267 seconds, coming in at just under 168 miles per hour, was third fastest overall during yesterday's testing in advance an ARCA race at the track next week.




Rainy River Voyageurs' women's volleyball team returns home tonight following for the first time since September 1.

They'll face Mesabi East begin at 6:30 p.m. at Rainy River Community College.

Local Sports for Tuesday September 21

Fort Frances Lakers return to the ice tonight for a game against the Dryden Ice Dogs.

The Ice Dogs lead the league in the early going while the Lakers are coming off their season opening win last Friday again the defending champion Fort William North Stars.

Game time at the Ice for Kids Arena is 7:30 p.m.

Local Sports for Monday September 20

Steve Arpin had his ARCA race at Salem, Indiana cut short by radiator problems.

The Fort Frances native was running second when Arpin says a rock went through the rad, a quarter of the way into race.

He ended up twentieth.


Fort Frances Muskies ended a 12 game-losing streak in the Winnipeg High School Football League with a 9-7 win Friday over the St. John's Tigers.

Colton Craig scored in the first quarter on a 35-yard touchdown pass from Tobijah Gerber.

The Tigers went ahead late in the game before a last minute field goal from John Colfer secured the Muskies first win since September 2008.

International Falls Broncos football squad dropped its second straight, losing 14-6 to Proctor.

Marcus Zawchenuk on a 36-yard passing play, scored the Broncos lone touchdown in the third quarter.


Fort Frances Muskies junior boys volleyball split into two teams for a tournament in Kenora.

The First squad lost to Kenora's Thomas Aquanis two sets to one in the championship final.

The second defeated Beaver Brae of Kenora in two to win the consolation side.



Fort Frances Muskies senior girls basketball team closed out a tournament in Thunder Bay Saturday with 28-17 victory over Thunder Bay's Westgate.

The Muskies went 2-1 during the tournament.

The junior girls basketball team went 3-and-oh at at tournament in Dryden, outscoring Sioux Lookout, Kenora and Atikokan by a combined score of 107-20.



Rainy River Voyageurs women's volleyball team lost in straight sets Saturday to Mesabi East.

The Voyageurs falls to 3-3 in the MCAC northern Division.




Several runners from the Rainy River district participated at the Miles with the Giant Marathon in Thunder Bay on the weekend.

Meaghan Spooner of Fort Frances had the best finish among area runners in the full marathon for women finishing 25th.

Darryl Gannon of Atikokan was 10th in the men's half marathon whie Julie Slack, also of Atikokan was 27th in the women's half marathon.

Kyler Gannon of Atikokan was 4th in the men's 7-K while Kiara Gannon of Atikokan finished 4th in the women's 7-K run.

Margarat Gosselin of Fort Frances was 11th in the women's half-marathon walk with Rick Geurts of Atikokan 3rd in the men's walk.



Motocross racing wrapped up its northwestern Ontario schedule in Kakabeka Falls on the weekend with a few riders from the Rainy River district picking up wins and season ending trophies.

Kyle Dennis earned a win to finish the season in 2nd place in the 65 cc pee-wee division.

He also scored a win in the 85-cc division for seven to eleven year olds.

Elwyn Adrian finished second overall in the Beginner division.

Avery Adrian was second in the junior division and third in the youth class

John Gavel was second in both the Open and over 25 classes.



Fort Frances Canadians midget AA team will begin try-outs tonight at the Memorial Sports Centre.

Players hit the ice at 7:15 p.m.



Rainy River Owls court teams travel to Red Lake for action in NORWOSSA's A division.

Local Sports for Friday September 17

Atikokan Voyageurs court teams swept games played against Pelican Falls.

The senior girls basketball team scored a 38-13 victory.

Both the senior and juniors boys volleyball teams both beat Pelican Falls in three straight sets.



Rainy River Voyageurs women's volleyball team got back into the win column with a 3-set win over Vermilion last night.

Haylee Gates led with 7 kills and 4 service aces.

Danika Stelton added 6 kills, 3 aces, and 20 set assists.



International Falls Broncos girls volleyball team fell to Greenway in 5-sets.

Broncos led 2-1 before dropping the final two sets.

Sydney Gordon 22 kills, Mackenzie Raboin 57 digs and Katie Graves six ace services



Broncos cross country running teams competed at a meet in Eveleth.

The varsity girls team placed second on the strength of Amber Harms seventh place finish.

Ian Ducharme finished sixth in helping the junior high boys to a third place finish

The varsity boys also finished third with John Sobcznyski putting in the best time in eleveth.



Broncos girls swim team won seven of eleven events to outscore Babbitt-Embarrass in head-to-head competition.

Paige Herzig and Maggie West both picked up four wins, two individual and two as members of the 200 yard medley and 200 free style relay teams.

The 400 free relay teams also earned a victory.


Fort Frances Lakers open their second season in the SIJHL tonight with a game against the the Fort William North Stars.

Coach Wayne Strachan says the team is looking good heading into the game.

Game time at the Ice for Kids Arena is 7:30 p.m.

Local Sports for Thursday September 16

Rainy River Voyageurs women's volleyball team dropped its second straight MCAC northern division game, falling last night to Hibbing in three sets.

Haylee Gates had 8 kills while Danika Stelton had 20 assists for the Voyageurs who travel to Ely toinght to take on the Vermilion Ironwomen.



Registration for the Fort Frances Vipers youth volleyball league takes place at the Fort Frances High School today.

The league is open to boys and girls in grades six through to 9.

Registration goes from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. with practices held every Monday night.



Registration is also being accepted for the Frog Creek Open.

It happens this Saturday at Kitchen Creek Golf Course.

Cost is $50.00 with registration made by calling the golf course.



The Rainy River Owls earn a lone win in junior girls basketball to open their season in the NORWOSSA "A" division last night.

The Owls defeated Kenora's Thomas Aquanas Saints 23-16.

Shauna Moen led with 9 points with Myan Miller chipping in 6.

The Owl's senior girls basketball team narrowly lost its game, 52-50.

The junior and senior boys volleyball teams were both swept in three sets in their games with the Saints.

Local Sports for Wednesday September 15

Atikokan High School court teams were swept by Kenora's Thomas Aquinas as the fall season in NORWOSSA "A" opened yesterday.

The Voyageurs senior girls basketball team fell 57-24 while the junior girls were beaten 23-13.

In volleyball, both the senior and junior boys teams lost 3-games to one to the Saints.

Today, Rainy River Owls court teams host Thomas Aquinas.

Falls High School girls' swim team was outscored in head-to-head competition by Chisholm yesterday.

Rylee Hooper in the 50 Free picked up the only victory.

Six other Broncos swimmers had second place finishes.

Local Sports for Monday September 13

Fort Frances ended their pre-season with a 5-2 win over the Wisconsin Wildermess at the Ice for Kids arena last night.

Blake Boaz, Jon Sinclair, Henry Gutierrez, Phil Jennrich and Byron Katapaytuk scored for the Lakers.

Derrick Peitsh and Tyler Ampe shared the win in net.



An accident early in the race hurt Steve Arpin's chance for a second straight ARCA series win at Toledo.

He ended the race sixteenth, 19 laps down.



Weather washed out the final scheduled races at Emo Speedway.

They will not be rescheduled.



The first ever Roller Derby game in Fort Frances saw the home team come out on the losing end against a much more experienced Winnipeg team Saturday night.

Winnipeg outscored Fort Frances 186-76.

The game was attended by about three-hundred people.




In high school football, the Fort Frances Muskies fell 26-8 in their home opener to Elmwood Friday.

The International Falls Broncos were beaten 43-14 by Virginia.



Rainy River Voyageurs women's volleyball team placed third at a tournament in Grand Rapids, beating St. Cloud Tech College in two-sets for the win.

The Voyageurs beat out Vermilion and Northland in round-robin play before losing to Anoka-Ramsey.

In league action Friday, the Voyageurs lost to Itasca by scores of 22-25, 16-25 and 14-25.



Alex McDonald shot a round of 76 to lead the Fort Frances High School boys golf team to a second place finish at a NORWOSSA tournament Friday in Sioux Lookout.

McDonald placed second, 7 strokes back of the winner.

The Muskies were a combined 11 strokes behind Dryden.

Local Sports for Friday September 10

Falls High School girls swim team won its first head-to-head competitions, beating Eveleth-Gilbert by four points.

Winners included Morgan Bruess in the 100 Backstroke, Paige Herzig in the 100 Breaststroke and the 200 yard freestyle relay team.



Falls High School girls volleyball team fell in 3-sets to Cherry, losing 20-25, 19-25 and 16-25.

Sydney Gordon and MacKenzie Raboin finished the game with 15 digs each.



The Falls High School varsity boys cross country team finished second at the Roseau invitational.

Reggie Gordon had the team's fastest time finishing ninth.

The varsity girls team was fourth at the same meet, led by a 14th place finish by Amber Harms.

On the junior side, Ian Ducharme led the Broncos with a 4th place finish on the boys side while Shelby Wolden was second in the girl's race.



Fort Frances Lakers will look for another pre-season win as they travel to Sioux Lookout tonight.

The Lakers have not lost in three exhibition games played so far.



Fort Frances Muskies open their season in the Winnipeg High School Football league with a home game against Elmwood.

Game time is 3 p.m. at Muskie Field.

The Falls High School football team travels to Virginia.



Rainy River Voyageurs women's volleyball team is back on the road in Grand Rapids to play Itasca.

The Voyageur's are 2-0 in league play this season, following a 4-set win over winless Northland Wednesday night.

Following their game, the women will compete in tournament play in Grand Rapids Saturday.


Steve Arpin will be sporting some new team colours at this weekend's ARCA series race in Toledo.

The Fort Frances native and his crew will be wearing pink and sporting a pink car in support of Breast Cancer Research.

Arpin has also launched an eBay charity auction to benefit the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.



The final weekend of racing at Emo Speedway takes place tomorrow.

Racing will begin at 4 p.m.

Local Sports for Thursday September 9

The Fort Frances Lakers won their third exhibition game in as many starts dumping the Dryden Ice Dogs 7-1 last night at the Ice for Kids Arena.

Tyler Stevenson paced the Lakers with three goals, including the game winner.

Byron Katapaytuk, Davis Smith, Matthew Caulfield and Jon Sinclair rounded out the scoring.

Dryden scored its only goal with 11 minutes remaining to break a shutout bid by Jameson Shortreed.

The Lakers end their pre-season action Friday in Sioux Lookout.

Three Fort Frances players have been named to a northwestern Ontario pee-week hockey all-star team that will again challenge for a provincial title.

Graeme Kitt, Cole Tymkin and Tyler Van Uden were among seventeen players named to the team following a selection camp on the weekend.

Evan Krassey of Atikokan was also selected.

Local Sports for Wednesday September 8

Fort Frances Lakers are back on the ice tonight for another exhibition game with the Dryden Ice Dogs.

The Lakers beat the Dogs in overtime last week in Dryden.

Game time at the Ice for Kids Arena is 7:30 p.m.




The Falls High School Girls volleyball team ran its record to 3-1 with a 3-set win over Cook by scores of 27-25, 25-17 and 25-13.

MacKenzie Raboin led the way with 36 digs.

Sydney Gordon had 25 digs and 10 kills.

Brooke Graves had four service aces.



Falls High School varisty girls swim and dive team was out-scored in head to head competition by Grand Rapids.

Morgan Bruess in the 100 backstroke, Page Herzig in the 100 breaststroke along with the 200 yard and 400 yard freestyle relay teams earned wins for the varsity squad.

The junior varsity team was also beat by Grand Rapids.

Individuals wins were picked up by Jayde Hall in the 100 yard backstroke and Jenna Anderson in the 100 yard breaststroke.

The junior 400 yard freestyle relay team also captured its event.



Ray Smith and Bruce Black of Northwest Bay were this year's winners of the Labour Day Mixed Horseshoe tournament at Pither's Point Park.

They beat out Darwin Johnson of International Falls and Len Noonan of Fort Frances.

Sandy Larson of International Falls and Gordon "Chips" Calder of Fort Frances were third.

Fort Frances Legion, Sunset Country Metis and Labatt's helped out with the event.

Local Sports for Tuesday September 7

Steve Arpin used his experience on the dirt to win ARCA's race on a dirt track in DuQuoin Illinois.

The Fort Frances native took over the lead from Tom Hessert for the last 38 laps to capture his third win of the year.


A fourth-place finish in Saturday's feature was enough for Brady Caul to grab the Midwest Modified championship at Emo Speedway.

Caul finished the year 8 points ahead of John Hettinga.

Ron Westover won his sixth street stock championship while Glenn Strachan captured his first in the modified division.

Feature winners from Saturday were Mike Wilson in the midwest modified class, Brad Loveday in the modified and Tyler Wickstrom taking the street stock.



Fort Frances Muskies dropped a 20-12 exhibition game Friday against St. Norbert in Winnipeg.

Tyler Abma scored on a 3-yard run for the Muskies while Colton Craig added another touchdown on a 23-yard passing play from Tobijah Gerber.

The Muskies open their regular season Friday at home.

In International Falls Friday, the Broncos football team opened its season with a 20-19 win over Cloquet.



The Fort Frances Lakers won 5 to 2 over the Soiux Lookout Flyers Friday night.

Jon Sinclair with a pair, Tyler Stevensen, Jace Baldwin and Henry Guiterrez did the scoring.

Local Sports for Friday September 3

Falls High School girls volleyball team International Falls improved its record to 2-and-1 with a 5-set win over Littlefork-Big Falls.

The Broncos won the first two games, but dropping the next two before taking the deciding match 15-9.

Mackenzie Raboin led with 34 digs - Reva Renollet had 6 ace serves.



Falls High School cross-country running teams captured two team titles at the Babbit Lion's Club Gene Ritche Memorial.

Cade MaKay won the 4,000 metre run to help the boys' sophomore team to a title win.

The junior boys team had several top ten finishes to capture that title.

The varsity girls team were fifth in its division.


Falls High School girls swim team went head-to-head with Hibbing, with both the varsity and junior varsity teams being outscored in points.

Morgan Bruess in the 100 yard backstroke and Clara Wenger in diving, along with the 200 yard medley and 200 yard freestyle relay teams picked up wins for the varsity squad.

Jenna Anderson in the 100 yard freestyle and the 200 yard freestyle relay team earned victories for the junior varsity team.



Football begins for high schools in both International Falls and Fort Frances today.

The Muskies travel to Winnipeg for an exhibition game against St. Norbert.

The Broncos host Cloquet at Bronco field beginning at 7 p.m.


Fort Frances Lakers continue their exhibition schedule in the SIJHL tonight with a home game against Sioux Lookout.

Game time at the Ice for Kids Arena is 7:30 p.m.



The final points night at Emo Speedway happen tomorrow night.

While Ron Westover in the Street Stock and Glenn Strachan in the Modified division have secured their titles, the race for the Midwest Modified title is still open.

Brady Caul holds a 10 point lead over John Hettinga.

Local Sports for Thursday September 2

Matt Caulfield scored two-and-a-half minutes into overtime to give the Fort Frances Lakers a 6-5 win over the Dryden Ice Dogs in an exhibition SIJHL tilt.

Mike Jourdain forced overtime for the Lakers with a goal 55 seconds remaining in the third.

Blake Boaz with a pair, Dan Chesser and Ty Brueggeman had the other goals.

Tyler Ampe had the win in net.

The Lakers are at home to Sioux Lookout Friday tomorrow.



Rainy River Voyageurs women's volleyball team opened its season with a win.

They defeated Fond Du Lac in three straight sets 25-9, 25-13, and 25-16.

Local Sports for Wednesday September 1

Falls High School girls volleyball team dropped a heartbreaker to Orr last night, losing in 5 sets.

The Broncos won the first two, but Orr rallied for three straight wins including a 15-11 decision in the deciding set.

Sydney Gordon led the Broncos with 31 digs and 17 kills while Reva Renollett had 30 set assists and and 5 ace serves.


Rainy River Voyageurs women's volleyball team has its home opener tonight.

The 1-3 Voyageurs face Fond Du Lac beginning at 6 p.m.



Registration for Fort Frances Girls Hockey takes place today and tomorrow at the Memorial Sports Centre.

It goes from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. both nights.

The season opens at the end of this month.

Local Sports for Tuesday August 31

Another pro hockey team could be coming to Thunder Bay.

Ice Edge Holdings says it's in advanced discussions with the East Coast Hockey League for an expansion franchise to the City.

CEO Anthony Leblanc says the deal is contingent on Thunder Bay constructing a new arena.



The Falls High School girls volleyball team plays its first home game of the season tonight, facing Orr.

The Broncos opened with a road victory over Mountain-Iron Buhl last week.

Local Sports for Monday August 30

Dan Hettinga took the street stock feature as part of the Keith McNally Memorial Saturday at Emo Speedway.

It was Hettinga's first win of the season.

Points leader Glen Strachan was the winner in the modified division while Tylar Wilson claimed the Midwest Modified feature.


Steve Arpin was second at the ARCA series race at Chicagoland Speedway Friday.

Arpin started the race sixth.


The Rainy River Voyageurs women's volleyball team placed sixth at a season-opening tournament in Fergus Falls.

The Voyageurs beat Riverland, but lost to Rochester and Hibbing in round-robin play before losing out to the host Fergus Falls in three sets, bowing 15-7 in the deciding set.


The first of two days of registration for Fort Frances Minor Hockey takes place tonight at the Memorial Sports Centre.

It's goes from 6 p.m. until 10 p.m.

Registration can also be done on-line.

Registration for girls hockey goes later this week.



Terry Gill and Chad Hanson were this year's winners of the Morson Bass Classic.

They won with a two-day combined catch of 36.7 lbs.

Jon O'Conner and Alexis Wilcott were second at 34.7 lbs.

Local Sports for Friday August 27

Steve Arpin repeated his performance from a test session last week to post the second fastest time in practise for today's ARCA series race at Chicagoland Speedway.

The Fort Frances native was a mere three one-hundredths of a second off the time posted by Craig Goess.

He'll qualify later this morning with the race going tonight at 6 p.m. and can be seen on Speed TV.


The Falls High School girls volleyball team opened its season with a victory over Mountain Iron-Buhl.

The game went to five sets with the Broncos winning 15-9 in the deciding set.


The Sight and Sound Wolves have successfully defended their Rainy River District Fastball League crown.

The Wolves edged Barwick 4-3 last night.

Sight and Sound went through the playoff round unbeaten.


The Rainy River Voyageurs women's volleyball team kicks off its 2010 season with participation in opening tournament in Fergus Falls.

The Voyageurs return with Danika Stelton, a second team all-star selection in the MCAC northern division last year and Cally Tinkess of Rapid City, Manitoba who averaged almost nearly 2.5 kills per game.

Katrina Wreggitt of Fort Frances is among several newcomers.



Racing at Emo Speedway resumes tomorrow with the Keith McNally Memorial.

Street Stocks will be racing for some extra cash and in honour of McNally who died during a racing incident in 1993.

Ron Westover enters with a 58 point lead in the standings.

Glenn Strachan in the Modified and Brady Caul in the Midwest modified division carry leads in their divisions going into this weekend.