Fort Frances native Tirzah Keffer fell short in her bid to win the northern Ontario junior women's curling championship in Sioux Lookout.
A loss to the eventual winner, Kendra Lilly of Sudbury Saturday, knocked Keffer, who now curls out of the Port Arthur Club, out of contention.
Brennan Wark's Port Arthur rink earned his ticket to the national men's juniors after capturing the northern Ontario crown in Atikokan.
He defeated Dustin Montpellier of Sudbury in the final game 7-3.
Trevor Bonot of Stratton scored twice an extra end to defeat Adam Bolen of Fort Frances 9-7 to win a men's regional curling playdown at the Fort Frances Curling Club.
His rink advances to a qualifying event for the northern Ontario championship later this month.
Brett Hakala provided all of the scoring as the Fort Frances Canadians AA peewee team defeated International Falls 3-1 to win its home-tournament played at the Memorial Sports Centre.
Matt Booth got the victory between the pipes.
Byron Katapaytuk scored the game winner with less than 2-minutes remaining to power the Fort Frances Lakers to a 3-1 win over Thunder Bay Saturday.
The Lakers have now won 7 straight.
Fort Frances Muskies boys hockey team was bounced from the quarter finals of the Piper Classic tournament in Winnipeg in a 5-1 loss to the eventual champions Edge Gold Mountainers.
International Falls Broncos boys hockey team splits a pair of weekend games, winning Friday 3-2 over Duluth-Denfeld, but suffering a 7-1 defeat to Hermantown Saturday.
Rainy River Voyageurs women's basketball team split games played in a tournament at Thief River Falls, defeating Dakota College 72-56 before losing to Bismark 103-57.
The men's team lost twice 103-95 to Dakota in overtime and 115-78 to Bismark.
