Local Sports for Monday March 28

Isaac Keffer's Fort Frances High School rink has earned a silver medal at the all-Ontario boys curling championship in Thunder Bay.

Keffer's rink lost 5-2 to St. James of Guelph in the final Saturday.



Maury Nielson's Stratton rink earned a berth to the provincials of the Dominion Curling Club Championship by going a perfect 4-and-oh at a qualifying event in Kenora.

The provincial event will be held in Sault Ste. Marie next week.

Don Debenedet's Fort Frances foursome was 2-2 while Clint Taylor of Atikokan finished with a 1-3 record.

Val Stus of Atikokan was beaten out by Kenora's Lori Hoppe in the women's qualifier.



The Fort Frances Lakers return to Dryden tonight for Game six of their SIJHL semi-final series with the Dryden Ice Dogs.

The Lakers won 6-3 Friday, but the Dogs still lead the series 3-2.



Former Fort Frances Muskie Joe Basaraba and the Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs advanced to the NCAA Frozen Four in hockey by upsetting Yale 5-3 Saturday.

They play Notre Dame April 7.



The Dynamic Home Hurricanes atom girls hockey team captured gold at a tournament in Winnipeg, beating the Dakota Lazers 3-2 in the final game.

Annalise Hayes, Jenna Clenndenning and Meaghan Degagne scored for the Fort Frances team.



Luke Skaarup of Fort Frances captured Canada's first strongman competition of the year in Winnipeg over the weekend.

Skaarup took four of five events to beat out fifteen other competitors from Western Canada, Ontario and North Dakota.