Local Sports for Friday February 17

The Rainy Owls will have at least two court teams in finals today at the NORWOSSA A playoffs in Kenora.

The Owls senior girls volleyball team swept Sioux Lookout in a semi-final game yesterday and will face Thomas Aquanis in the final.

The Owls junior girls volleyball team also faces Thomas Aquanis in a final after the Saints eliminated Atikokan in five sets in yesterday's finals.

Th Owls junior boys basketball team was also in semi-final action yesterday, but no score has been received.




Henry Gutierrez, Jaret Leclair and Davis Smith combined to 15 points to help pace Fort Frances Lakers to a 10-3 drubbing of the Iron Range Ironheads in Chisolm.

Gutierrez tallied four times and set-up another.

Leclair had a hat-trick and two assists while Smith dished out five helpers.

The Lakers are in Wisconsin tonight.




Fort Frances Muskies and the International Falls Broncos boys hockey teams face off tonight at the Memorial Sports Centre as a tune up to their respective playoffs.

The Muskies enter the NORWOSSA playoffs in first.

The Broncos are ranked 3rd in the Section 7A championship.

Meantime, the Muskies girls hockey team ends its NORWOSSA regular season with a game in Red Lake.



The International Falls Broncos girls basketball team hosts Marshall - 7:15 p.m. at Falls High School




Former Fort Frances Lakers Dane Morin has been named SIJHL's most sportsmanlike player.

Morin, who started the season with the Lakers before moved to Sioux Lookout, has the fourth lowest penalty minute total in the league.

The league has also named Duluth's Matt Morsette as the most improved player.