Local Sports For Monday January 7

Fort Frances native Tirzah Keefer is headed to a national curling event.

Keefer led her Thunder Bay rink to a perfect record at the northern Ontario junior women's curling championship in Sault Ste. Marie, beating Sudbury's Krysta Burns in the final to earn a spot to the national event in Fort McMurray, Alberta, next month.

Stratton's Jessica Haw finished in a tie for fifth with a 3 and 4 record.



At the junior men's event in Kapaskasking, Atikokan's Jim Turner narrowly missed out on a first-place finish, when his rink dropped their final round-robin game Saturday.

The northern Ontario title was won by Thunder Bay's Zach Warkentin in a tie-breaker over Kurtis Bryd with Isaac Keefer of Fort Frances on that city squad.



Fort Frances Lakers earned a split in its games with Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League clubs with a 6-0 win over Elliot Lake Saturday in Spooner, Wisconsin.

Colton Spicer with a pair, Hunter Leishman, Cody Wickstrom, Jon Carlson and Patrick Sofer provided the scoring.

Tanner Hamilton with the shutout in net.



International Falls Broncos girls hockey team lost 3-2 in overtime to Peqout Lakes Saturday.

Amy Auran and Jenna Anderson with the Bronco goals.



The Broncos boys hockey team was defeated 8-1 by Hermantown on Saturday.



Rainy River Voyageurs women's basketball team dropped a pair of game on the weekend, first losing to Bottineau Friday 65-56 then to Bismark 76-56 on Saturday.