Local Sports For Friday March 15

A member of the Fort Frances Aquanauts Swim team has reached the final of an event at the Manitoba-Saskatchewan Provincial  Swimming Championships.

14-year-old Adam Stromberg advanced to the final of the 200 metre individual medley after scoring the 5th best time in the preliminaries.

12-year-old Josh Cousineau just missed out on reaching his final in the 200 metre I.M. with a 9th place.

Regan Danylchuk and Lyndsi Jo Wilson are also competing at the event in Regina that runs through to Sunday.



Several Fort Frances area players take to the ice this weekend for the Hockey Northwestern Ontario Branch playoffs.

The Peewee All-Stars, which includes nine members of the Fort Frances Canadians, will face off with the Thunder Bay Kings in Thunder Bay in a best-of three series.

Both teams will compete later in the provincial championships in April.

The Bantam All-stars are also in a series with Thunder Bay with the winner advancing to the provincial championship next month in Richmond Hill.

Five players from Fort Frances are on the all-star squad.



A regional playdown toward the Dominion Curling Club Championship gets underway this evening at the Fort Frances Curling Club.

Six rinks are in the men's division including  Raymond Roy of Fort Frances, Bryan Bonot of Stratton and Arlo Jewell of Atikokan.

Kathie Jackson of Fort Frances and Jackie McCormick of Stratton skip two of four teams on the women's side.

First draw is tonight at 8 and goes through to Sunday.



Rainy River Voyageurs men's baseball team picked up its first two wins of its Florida exhibition series, sweeping a doubleheader over  Toronto-based Etobicoke Rangers 4-1 and 6-4

They next play Illinois' Waubonsee Community College tomorrow.



The Northwestern Ontario North Stars all-star bantams and peewees play their first games in the Hockey Northwestern Ontario Branch playoffs against Thunder Bay in Thunder Bay.

Both pee wee clubs already have berths to the provincials being played in Thunder Bay in April.

The bantam winner will represent the region at the all-Ontario event in Richmond Hill.



International Falls Bantams will face Wayzata tonight to open the Bantam B State Championship in Woodbury.

A win advances them to the championship side with a loss dropping them into the consolation round.