Local Sports for Monday December 21

A good day at the track for Steve Arpin at Daytona Speedway this weekend.

Driving for Venturini Motorsports, Arpin posted consistent lap times that kept him among the top three in three days of testing.

He finished the weekend with the sixth fastest time Sunday morning and thirteenth among 63 drivers Sunday afternoon.

Arpin's first ARCA race in 2010 will be at Daytona in February.


Fort Frances Muskies girls hockey team fell 2-1 to Babbit Saturday.

Carlee Bosma had the lone Muskies goal.

Friday, the girls defeated Red Lake in NORWOSSA action 8-2.

Danielle Jean and Nicole Beadle each had a pair of goals with singles off the sticks of Jillian Langtry, Jesse Baker, Taylor Dixon and Carlee Bosma.

Melissa Payne got the win in net.


Muskies boys hockey team defeated Kittson County Central 6-4.

Donovan Cousineau and Nick Kaun each scored twice with Brett McMahon and Dustin Brown getting the others.

Wes Brown stopped 17 shots for the win.


In the Falls, the Broncos boys team dropped a pair of games on the weekend, losing 1-0 to Thief River Falls Saturday on the heels of a 5-3 loss to Virginia Friday.

The Broncos girls were 3-1 winners in their game Friday against Thief River Falls.


Fort Frances Canadian Midget AA hockey team lost 8-4 to Minnetonka in the consolation game of a tournament in that Minnesota community.

Jake Hawley, Brandon Sinclair, Tarran Romyn and Ryan Lundy scored for the Canadians who had earlier defeated Eden Prairie 6-3 and lost to White Bear Lake Friday 5-3.


In high school basketball, Fort Frances Muskies defeated International Falls in a boys game Friday 63-35.

The Broncos girls team beat Cook in overtime Friday 69-68.

The Rainy River Community College men's basketball team dropped a pair of games, 77-61 to Ridgewater Friday and 77-54 to Fergus Falls on Saturday.


Two Falls High School teams in action tonight.

The Broncos girls hockey team will travel to Babbit for a game against the Knights.

The Broncos boys basketball team will host Littlefork-Big Falls - 7:30 at Falls High School


A split of games against St. Scholastica a couple of weeks ago has dropped the Rainy River Community College women's hockey team's ranking in the ACHA.

The Voyageurs are now tied for third with St. Scholastica in the west division.