Local Sports for Monday May 31

Bill Godin and Ralph Galusha are this year's winners of the Emo Walleye Classic.

The Devlin duo were among the first to weigh-in Saturday and held off the rest of the field to capture their second title with a total combined weight of 11.32 pounds.

The pair also won the fishing tournament in 2007.

Todd Grennier and Eric Lessman in second and third-place Brendan Loney and Shane Scott third were the only angler teams to weigh-in more than ten-pounds of fish during the two-day event.

This week's racing at Emo Speedway saw three drivers win their first feature races of the season.

Defending Street Stock division champ Scott Messner of Bemidji, making his first visit to the track this year, won the night's feature.

Tyler Wilson held off the field for the win in the Midwest Modified division while Dwayne
Pelepetz was the winner of the Modified feature.



Steve Arpin qualified seventh in Saturday's Nationwide race, but spun up into the fence on the second lap and wound up 34th.

Local Sports for Friday May 28

The first day of fishing at the Emo Walleye Classic begins later this morning.

A total of 61 angling teams are entered.

The first boats are leaving Emo's waterfront at 8 a.m.

Weigh-in's at the Emo-LaVallee Arena begin at about 3:30 p.m.

Be sure to listen to B-93 as we'll be providing live updates.



Steve Arpin was well off the pace at a practice session yesterday at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Arpin was 32nd fastest in the NASCAR Nationwide practice in preparation for tomorrow's race.

It goes at 1 p-m Central and can be seen on ABC.



The big guns were in Big Grassy last night.

Chris Jack, Jeff Morrison and Randy Morrison hit homeruns to lead the Lightning to a 19-1 beating of Big Island.

Elsewhere Sight and Sound moved back over 500 with a 4-1 win over Stratton.

George Oltsher picked up the shutout win in Barwick's 3-0 victory over Rainy River.

Big Grassy Braves outslugged Northwest Bay 12-8.

Sabaskong beat Manitou 9-2.

Local Sports for Thursday May 27

Steve Arpin is back in a NASCAR Nationwide car today.

Arpin will participate in practice this afternoon in preparation for Saturday's race at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

This will be Aprin's fourth appearance in the Nationwide Series for Dale Earnhardt junior's J.R. Motorsports.



Falls High School will send several members of its track teams to the section 7-A meet in Duluth next week.

Eleven individuals and two relay teams from the boys team and nine individuals and one relay team from the girls qualified following a north sub-section meet held yesterday.

Both the boys and girls team finished second overall.



Fort Frances Muskies soccer teams got shutout yesterday at the NORWOSSA championships in Dryden.

The boys team lost 3-2 in a shootout in their final to Dryden.

Muskies led 2-0 at the half, but the Eagles fought back second to force the shootout.

The girls team upset Dryden 1-0 to advance to the final where they fell 4-1 to Kenora's Beaver Brae.

Anika McTavish had the game winner in the Dryden game with Danielle Jean scoring for the Muskies in the final.



Action in the Rainy River District Fastball League tonight sees Big Island at Big Grassy Lightning.

Stratton travels to Fort Frances to play the Sight and Sound Wolves.

Barwick is at Rainy River.

Northwest Bay hosts the Big Grassy Braves and Manitou entertains Sabaskong.

Local Sports for Wednesday May 26

The Barwick Blue Knights maintained their hold of first place in the Rainy River District Fastball League last night with a 5-4 win over Sight and Sound.

The Knights are a half-game up on Sabaskong who blanked Rainy River 1-0 in extra innings.

Elsewhere, Chris Jack hit a pair of home runs while Jeff Morrison added another as the Big Grassy Lightning pounded Manitou 18-5.

The Big Grassy Braves edged Stratton 9-8

And Northwest Bay defeated Big Island 11-2.



Championships in NORWOSSA soccer take place today in Dryden.

Fort Frances Muskies girls team will try to advance to this afternoon's final with a win this morning against Dryden.

The boys, who earned a bye to their final by virtue of a first place finish in the regular season, await the winner between Kenora and Dryden.



In high school action in the Falls, the Broncos boys baseball team blanked Littlefork-Big Falls 10-0 in a game that end after six innings.

The Broncos' girls softball team earned their way into the section 7-AA championship with a 5-2 win over Duluth-Marshall, but were quickly ousted in the quarter-finals in a 5-0 loss to Hermantown.

Maggie West and Kelly Blair finished in a three-way tie for third to help the Falls girls' golf team to a third place overall finish an Section 7-AA event at the Quarry at Giant Ridge.



Further to a story we ran yesterday regarding a number of local runners competing in Fargo, North Dakota.

Missy Nelson was also competing in the Marathon event, finishing in just over 4 hours 21 minutes.

Local Sports for Tuesday May 25

More than sixty runners from the Rainy River district competed in Fargo, North Dakota, on Saturday.

Almost forty competed a half-marathon with Nicole Rogozinski the highest finisher in 465th place and finishing 37th in her division.

Jenna Wilson had the best divisional finish among locals with a fourth in the 14-and-under female class.

Another twenty were in the 10-K race with Ted Brockie placing 12th in the men's 60-64 class.

Meghan Haehn and Missy Harris competed in the marathon portion.

Alex McDonald shot a round of 70 to finish second at the Virginia Invitational at the Wilderness Golf Club in Tower on Saturday.

The Fort Frances High School student helped his team to a share of fourth place overall, just six strokes back of third place International Falls.

The Barwick Blue Knights will look to hold on to their lead in the Rainy River District fastball League with a game against the visiting Sight and Sound Wolves.

Barwick is a half game up on both the Sabaskong Cubs and Stratton Eagles.

Sabaskong hosts Rainy River while the Eagles are in Big Grassy to play the Braves.

Elsewhere it's Manitou hosting the Big Grassy Lightning and Big Island taking on Northwest Bay.

Local Sports for Tuesday May 18

J.J. Landry and Mike Wilson hit homeruns as Barwick defeated Big Island 19-2 in the lone game in the Rainy River District Fastball League last night.

The win moves Barwick to the top of the standings with three wins and no losses while Big Island falls to 0-3.

Actions resumes tonight with five games on tap.



In high school ball, the International Falls Broncos boys' baseball team lost to Greenway 4-3 in 8 innings.

The Broncos girls' softball team lost 10-1 to Littlefork-Big Falls

Local Sports for Monday May 17.

Kyle Gavel, Jamie Davis, Ken Anderson and Ron Westover have emerged as the early points leaders following the season opener at Emo Speedway Saturday.

Anderson won the feature in the Midwest modified division while Westover claimed checkers in the street stock feature.

Gavel beat out Davis for the Modified win, but both driver finished with the same amount of points by virtue of Davis' win in the heat race.



Glenn Walls of International Falls led all high school golfers at the Northern Invitational at Giant Ridge on the weekend, shooting a two round score of 147.

Falls High School finished second behind Hermantown at the event.

Fort Frances High School, also competed, placed nineteenth out of 21 schools.



Alicia Hendrickson of International Falls captured both the pole vault and long jump at a meet in Hibbing.

She also placed third in the triple jump.

The team placed sixth overall.



Fort Frances Muskies girls soccer team finished third at a weekend tournament hosted by the team.

Muskies lost all three games played in the round-robin, but defeated Hanover 5-3 for third.

Jessica Caul and Nicole Mueller got two goals each with Courtney Roach adding the other.



International Falls Broncos boys baseball team won a pair of games on Saturday, beating Babbit-Embarass 14-1 in five innings and Ely 5-2.

They play Greenway today.



Rainy River Voyageurs women's softball team had its season come to an end at the Regional softball championship on the weekend.

Voyageurs won their opening game 7-5, but losses to Itasca and Central Lakes knocked them out of contention.

Local Sports for Thursday May 13

Fort Frances Muskies boys soccer team took over sole possession of first place in NORWOSSA play with a pair of wins yesterday in Dryden.

The Muskies beat Kenora's Beaver Brae 2-1 and Dryden 4-1 score to sit atop the standings with a record of three wins and a draw.

The girls are still looking for their first wins after being blanked by Beaver Brae 3-0 and Dryden 2-0.


Two members of the Rainy River Voyageurs women's softball team have been selected to the Minnesota College Athletic Conference's all-state team.

Danika Stelton was named to the first team while teammate Carley Lake selected to the second.

Local Sports for Wednesday May 12

Kevin Gemmell had three homeruns while Josh Mann belted a pair as Barwick pounded Northwest Bay 23-5 in Rainy River District Fastball League action last night.

Elsewhere it was the Big Grassy Lightning doubling Stratton 8-4 with the Lightning's Ryan Kirkrude belting his second homer of the season.

Sabaskong beat the Big Grassy Braves 12-6 while Manitou edged Big Island 10-9.

The game between Sight and Sound and Rainy River was postponed.



In high school action, Olivia Santee had a homerun to help the International Falls Broncos girls softball team earn a 9-7 win over Eveleth-Gilbert.

Falls High School boys track team was ninth at the section 7-AA True Team meet in Grand Rapids.

Tim Myles with a second in the high jump, had the teams best showing.

The Falls High School golf team was second at a tournament Monday at Fortune Bay in Tower.

The team combined for a total score of 317 - one stroke back of winner Viriginia.

Brett Musich was second in individual scoring with a round of 75.

Alex McDonald from Fort Frances High tied for third shooting a 76.

Fort's golf team finished eleventh overall out of 22 teams.



A member of the Rainy River Voyageur's men's baseball team has been named a co-winner of the Minnesota College Athletic Conference's northern division player of the week award.

Nick Cormier of Tucson, Arizona, batter .667 last week with one homer and seven RBI's.

Local Sports for Tuesday May 11

Regular trips to Duluth could be in the future for the Fort Frances Lakers.

A group in Duluth is seeking entry into the Superior International Junior Hockey League.

Spokesperson Butch Williams says an application to join next season has been made to the league.

Hockey Canada and USA Hockey must give their blessings first, but Williams is confident approval will be granted.



Final registration for the Borderland Soccer League takes place tonight.

It happens at the Fort Frances High School from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

League play begins at the end of this month.



Chris Little homered and pitched a six-hit shutout as the International Falls Broncos boys baseball team blanked Virginia 5-0.

Local Sports for Monday May 10

Rainy River High School's Courtney Hansen captured gold in the "C" flight for girl's singles at the provincial high school badminton championships in Statford.

The grade 10 student lost her first two matches before winning the next four.

Fort Frances High School's girl's double team of Kamika Alexander and Chelsea Carlson lost out in the b-side quarter-finals.

Rory Bagacki also lost in the b-side quarter-finals in boy's singles.



Fort Frances Muskies boys soccer team took the consolation final of a tournament in Kenora with a 1-0 overtime win over Dryden.

David Chambers scored the winner.

Anniss Seid was named to the tournament all star team.



Rainy River Voyageur's women's softball team won the consolation final of the State Championship over Central Lakes 10-9.

Caitlin Medecke, Samantha Alberts and Kayla Rae McDonough hitting homeruns.

The Voyageurs went 1-2 on the first day of the tournament and eliminated from the main event with a loss to Riverland.



Three members of the Rainy River Voyageurs' women's softball team have earned all-star selections from the Minnesota College Athletic Conference.

Danika Stelton of International Falls and Carley Lake of Portage La Praire, Manitoba, were named to the northern division's first team.

Brenley Anderson of Rainy River was selected to the second team.



Falls high School girls track team were sixth at a meeting Saturday in Nashwauk.

Alicia Hendrickson had the team's best finish with second place finishes in the long jump and pole vault.

Local Sports for Friday May 7

Steve Arpin starts his third consecutive Nationwide Series race for J.R. Motorsports today in Darlington.

Qualifying goes this afternoon with the race live on TSN-2 in Canada and ESPN-2 in the United States beginning at 6 p.m. Central Time


It was a tough start to the provincial high school badminton championship in Stratford yesterday for members of the Fort Frances High School team.

Kamika Alexander and Chelsea Carlson dropped their opening match in doubles play, moving them to the B-side.

Rory Bagacki also lost his opening game in boys singles.



Sight and Sound edged Big Grassy Lightning 10-9 to open the Rainy River district Fastball league season in a game that saw the team combine for five home runs.

Bob Andy, who pitched the win, and Duane Carlson homered for Sight and Sound.

Jeff Morrison, Ryan Kirkrude and Billy Copenace hit balls out of the park for the Lightning.

Elsewhere it was Manitou beating Northwest Bay 12-9, Barwick belted the Big Grassy Braves 17-5 and Sabaskong held on for a 4-1 victory over Big Island

No score was reported from the game between Rainy River and Stratton.



Both Falls high school girls and boys track teams placed first at a meet Deer River.

Alicia Hendrickson won the pole vault and triple jump while Grace Thorstad took the long jump.

Wins were also earned by the 3200 meter, 800 meter and 400 meter relay teams.

Jake Jensen had three first place finishes for the boys team in the 100 meter dash, 200 meter dash and pole vault.

Brandon Richards took the shot put, Reggie Gorden won the 800 meter run with the 3200, 800 and 400 meter relay teams also getting firsts.



The International Falls Broncos were on the losing end of a slugfest with Eveleth-Gilbert yesterday, losing 13-11.



Rainy River Voyageurs women's softball team faces Rochester to open the Minnesota College Athletic Conference state tournament being played in Sauk Rapids today.

It's the Voyageurs' first trip to the tournament.

Local Sports for Thursday May 6

The Rainy River District Fastball League opens its 2010 season today with six games and three new teams.

Sight and Sound hosts Big Grassy Lightning - Rainy River is at Stratton - Sabaskong travels to Big Island.

Big Grassy Braves, one of the new clubs is home to Barwick while newcomers Manitou and Northwest Bay meet.



Fort Frances Muskies boys soccer team is unbeaten following the first NORWOSSA tournament.

Yesterday the Muskies beat Dryden 2-1 on goals from Jameson Shortreed and Colton Spicer - then tied Kenora's Beaver Brae 2-2.

Andrew Gobeil and Davis Smith scored in that game.

In girls place, the Muskies girls team tied Dryden 0-0 in their opener.

The score from their game against Kenora is not immediately available.



Fort Frances Lakers will host a golf tournament this Saturday at Heron Landing.

Individuals or teams for the four-person best ball event can register by calling the club house.

Local Sports for Wednesday May 5

Anika Alexander has another opportunity to continue play at the Yonex junior badminton championships in Toronto.

Today, she'll team with her mixed doubles partner Cam Jensen for a game on the consolation side against a Quebec duo.

Yesterday, Alexander was eliminated from the consolation side of singles play and doubles with teammate Rachel Livergant of Alberta.



Three members of the Fort Frances Muskies badminton team begin play today at the provincial high school badminton championships in Stratford.

Kimika Alexander and Chelsea Carlson compete in girls doubles while Rory Bagacki looks for the title in boys singles.


The NORWOSSA soccer season kicks off today with games at Fort Frances High School.

The Muskies girls start it off with a game against Dryden at 9:30 a.m. followed by the boys and Eagles at 11 a.m.

Games against Kenora go later this afternoon.



Two members of the Rainy River Voyageur's women's softball club walked away with the weekly player honours from the Minnesota College Athletic Conference.

Danika Stelton of International Falls was named Northern Division's pitcher of the week after going 3-0 for the Voyageurs last week.

Brandon, Manitoba's Cally Tinkess was co-winner of the player of the week award after batting .733 at the plate.

Local Sports for Tuesday May 4

More details on the deal between Steve Arpin and J.R. Motorsports.

Keith White, a spokesman with the Dale Earnhardt junior owned race team, tells B-93 Arpin will race at this Saturday's Nationwide race at Darlington, but his schedule beyond that remains muddled because of commitments to other drivers.

White says the organization is working to having Arpin in as many races as possible this year with the intent of signing him to a full-time ride in 2011.

Preparation for this year's racing at Emo Speedway begin in earnest this Saturday.

The Borderland Racing Association will hold a work bee at the track beginning at 9 a.m.

The season opener is May 15.


Anika Alexander has won her first match at the 2010 Yonex junior badminton championship in Toronto.

Alexander beat Evelyn Wilkie, 21-15, 21-13, to advance to the quarter-finals of the under-14 girls singles play on the consolation side.

She plays again at 11:45 a.m. today.

In doubles play with Rachel Livergant of Alberta, the duo lost their opening match yesterday and will move to the consolation side this afternoon.


High school action in International Falls saw the Broncos boys' baseball team lose to Chisholm 6-2.

Local Sports for Monday May 3

Fort Frances Muskies boys' soccer team won the consolation final at a pre-season tournament in Winnipeg over the weekend.

Colton Spicer was named to the tournament all-star team.

The Muskies open their NORWOSSA season Wednesday at home.

A Fort Frances teen was a selection in this weekend's OHL draft.

Jon Carlson was an eighth round pick of the Ottawa 67's.

Carlson played for the Thunder Bay AAA minor Midget Kings this past season.



Rainy River Community College women's softball team went 3-and-oh at a tournament in Grand Rapids Saturday.

The Voyageur's defeated Northland 10-0 in five innings, Anoka-Ramsey 12-0 in six and Mesabi East 9-2.


International Falls Broncos boys baseball team split games Saturday, beating Hibbing 7-2 before dropping an 8-4 decision to Hermantown.

The boys golf team tied for second at a tournament in Coleraine with Glenn Walls shooting a two-day round of 144 for a share of the individual lead.