Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Local Sports For Monday December 10

Fort Frances Muskies girls hockey team captured gold at a tournament in Portage La Prairie, beating NORWOSSA rival Beaver Brae Broncos of Kenora 3-2 in the final.

The Muskies beat St. Norbert 6-1, St. Mary's 6-0 and Selkirk 12-0 to reach Saturday's final.



After two consecutive second place finishes, the Fort Frances Canadians Peewee AA team won its first tournament of the seasons, beating Springfield 4-1 in the final of an event in Kenora.

Ian Tookenay had a hat trick for the Canadians who went undefeated.



A couple of girls hockey teams from Fort Frances reached the finals of a tournament in Thunder Bay.

The Leafs bantam A team lost 1-0 to Thunder Bay Queens in its final.

The Leafs midget A team lost 3-2 in a shoot out to the Nip-Rock Rangers of its final.

Maddi DeGagne notched both tallies for the Leafs.



Davis Smith notched a hat trick in helping the Fort Frances Lakers to a 6-5 win over Duluth Saturday at the Ice for Kids arena.



Luke Spilde scored twice, including the game winner, as the International Falls boys hockey team beat Proctor 5-2 Saturday.

The Broncos girls team was whitewashed 8-0 by Proctor Saturday.



Rainy River Voyageurs women's basketball teams swept its games, beating Rochester 59-48 Friday and Western Wisconsin Saturday 71-65.

The men lost to Rochester 102-67 and to Western Wisconsin 97-78.



A former netminder with the International Falls Broncos has been named goaltender of the week in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association for a seconds straight week.

Brady Hjelle, who now plays for Ohio State, has the second lowest goals-against average and second best save percentage, of all Division 1 netminders in the U.S.