Local Sports for November 23

Fort Frances Lakers dropped a pair of games in Thunder Bay on the weekend to the league leading Fort William North Stars.

Saturday, the Lakers were trounced 11-2.

Mike Jourdain and Henry Gutierrrez scored for the Lakers who were outshot 56-17.

Tyler Stevenson with a pair and Colton Kennedy scored in a 5-3 loss to the Stars Friday.

The Lakers are home to the Wisconsin Mustangs tomorrow.


Fort Frances Muskies girls hockey team captured silver at the Miller Aces Hockey Tournament in Altona, Manitoba.

Muskies lost the championship game 4-3 to Pembina.

Jesse Baker scored all of Forts goals.

The Muskies boys hockey team won a pair of games against Red Lake in NORWOSSA action, with wins of 9-0 and 10-0.



Three Fort Frances girls hockey teams battled for medals at tournaments in Kenora.

The Rolling Lake Lightning struck gold with a 5-0 victory in the championship game on the novice side.

The Lightning went undefeated in the tournament.

The pink Novice Timbits lost a nailer-biter in the bronze medal game by 5-4 score in overtime.

The Fort Frances peewee Super 8 girls team also battled for bronze, losing 6-1 in the game.


The Fort Frances Kaemingh Esso Atom girls hockey team earned bronze at a tournament in Thunder Bay with a 2-1 win in a shootout.

Emma Noga scored in regulation time with Chivon MacKintosh notching the winner in the shootout.

And the Pharmasave midget Wildcats girls were beat out for the bronze by Dryden 4-1 in a Thunder Bay tournament.


The Lakewood Tire Eagles girls hockey team took home a gold medal at a tournament in Thunder Bay on the weekend.

The Eagles went undefeated in 6 games, capped by a 5-0 win in the championship game.


The Rainy River Community College women's hockey team has been ranked number two in the west division by the American Collegiate Hockey Association.

The defending ACHA-division two champions are 3-1 on the season and include Brenley Anderson of Rainy River and Katie Stearns of Fort Frances.