Local Sports For Wednesday March 19

Fort Frances Muskies boys hockey team is one and one after the first day of play at the all-Ontario high school hockey championship in Burlington.

The Muskies open with a 12-1 win over Timmins on hat tricks from Josh Gouin and Graeme Kitt.

They were shut out 4-0 by Toronto's Community Hebrew Academy in the afternoon.

They have an early game this morning again LaSalle out of Kingston beginning at 7:15 AM .




The Muskies girls are also one and one at their championship being played in Sudbury.

They opened with a 1-0 win over Embrun on Shelby Tymkin's first period marker but lost 4-2 to St. Michael's Catholic School of Stratford in the afternoon.

Tymkin and  Katie Sinclair with goals in that game.

The Muskies are back on the ice at 11:45 AM E.S.C. Theriault.



Donald Young School captured a ping pong tournament, beating Sturgeon Creek in the final four games to 2.



Tyler Van Uden broke a 1-1 tie early in the third as the Fort Frances Muskies skating to a 2-1 win over La Salle of Kingston this morning at the all-Ontario boys hockey championship in Burlington.

Graeme Kitt had the team's other goal.

The Muskies need a win tonight against Robert F. Hall to assure them a spot in tomorrow's quarter-finals.

That game begins at 5 PM.



A late game rally fell short for the Fort Frances Muskies girls curling team in its first game at the all-Ontarios in Brampton.

Hailey Beaudry's rink  lost 10-9 to Mississauga's Our Lady of Mount Carmel after being down 7-1 after four ends.

Beaudry's rink scored 6 in the 7th to tie the game only to lose on a last rock draw in the final end.

The foursome now face Toronto's Loretto Abbey at 12:30 PM.