Local Sports For Thursday March 20

Four third period goals in a span of four minutes helped the Fort Frances Muskies rally from a 4-1 deficit to beat Robert F. Hall 5-4 and advance to this morning's quarter-finals at the all-Ontario boys hockey championships in Burlington.

Tyler Van Uden scored twice with Cole Tymkim, Jarrod Taylor and Carter Brown with the eventual winner getting the others.

The Muskies finish the round robin with a 3 and 1 record and now face Haliburton at 7:45 AM this morning.



The run for the Muskies girls hockey team at the all-Ontario in Sudbury is over.

They lost 6-1 to St. Theresa in their quarter-final match last night.

Clare Sandelovich had the Muskies only goal.



Fort Frances Muskies girls curling team, skipped by Hailey Beaudry, is down 0 and 2 at the all-Ontario's in Brampton.

Her rink lost 10-9 to Mount Cararmel in their opener, rallying from a 7-1 deficit to tie the score only to loss in the final end.

They then fell to Toronto's Loretto Abbey in the afternoon contest.

This morning, they face London area's Medway High School and Richview of Etobicoke this afternoon.



Fort Frances Muskies boys hockey team has been eliminated from the all-Ontario hockey championships in Burlington.

The Muskies were downed 6-1 by Haliburton in the quarter-finals.

Graeme Kitt notched the Muskies only goal late in the third.



Hailey Beaudry and her Fort Frances High School curling team dropped their third straight game at the all-Ontario girls curling championship in Brampton, losing 8-6 to London's Medway High School this morning, officially eliminating them from playoff contention.

They play their final round game this afternoon against Richview of Etobicoke.



Jayme Fiset continues to have a hot boot for the Main Street Mayhem, scoring four times in a 9-1 victory over the Wright Physiotherapy Rockettes in the Borderland Women's Indoor Soccer League.

Abby Sanders and Shannon Darby each scored twice with Claire Hyatt notching the other.

There was no score provided in the game between the Cater 2 U Queens and Boston Pizza.



Fort Frances Lakers' Lucas Debenedet has been named the SIJHL's rookie of the year.

The 18-year-old from International Falls led all scorers with 48 goals and 112 points in his first season.

He's the fifth Laker in the league 13-year history to win the award.

Meantime, Minnesota Austin Frank has been named top defenceman, beating out Lakers Cody Wickstrom for the award.

Thunder Bay's Eric Mann has been named top goaltender over Fort Frances's Jordan Cartney.



The Emo all stars of Donald young school conquered a tournament against all other Rainy River District Schools in an extreme game of backgammon.

They went undefeated!