Local Sports for Monday December 7

Some hardware for Steve Arpin on the weekend at the ARCA/ReMax Series Championship Banquet.

Arpin was named ARCA Nation's Most Popular Driver.

He finished seventh in points in his rookie season.

Venturini Motorsports also confirmed Saturday the Fort Frances native will drive one of its cars in next February's ARCA race at Daytona Speedway.


Fort Frances Muskies boys hockey team lost in the consolation final of a tournament in Brandon 5-2 to Garden Valley.


Fort Frances Muskies girls hockey team lost 2-1 to Dryden in NORWOSSA action on Saturday.

Shae-Lynn Smith the lone goal scorer for the Muskies who face International Falls tomorrow night at the Ice for Kids Arena.

Friday the Muskies lost 3-2 to the Broncos in International Falls


Fort Frances Lakers were thumped 8-2 by the Dryden Ice Dogs Friday.

Jordan Carne and Cody Edwards scored for the Lakers.

The two teams meet again Wednesday in Dryden.


Rainy River Community College women's hockey team dropped a pair of games on the weekend to South Dakota State University, 9-4 Sunday and 4-2 Saturday.

Stevie-Lee Langford with a pair, Kylie Harala and Courtney Scholler scored in Sunday's game.

Scholler, Kyla Thorne had goals in Saturday's game.


Plenty of girls hockey action on the weekend

The Nor-Fab Flames Peewee Girls Rep Team beat the Dryden 4-0 Saturday.

Amber Jourdain and Amy Penner each scored twice.

Sunday, the Flames loss to the Peewee boys Greens Predators 4-3.

Penner again had two goals with Jourdain picking up the other.

Scoring for Greens were Ben Whitburn, Alex Gustafason, and Matt Cheetham with a pair.

The Dynamic Homes Hurricanes Atom Girls Rep Team split a pair of games with International Falls under-10 team, losing 3-0 Saturday before rebounding for a 7-5 win on Sunday.

Alyssa Alderson and Annaleise Hayes scored hat-tricks for the Hurricanes.


In Peewee Girls action, Super 8 edged Lakewood Tire Eagles 5-4.

Madisyn Degagne had four goals for Super 8.

Amber Jourdain added the other.

Jessica Coran and Amy Penner each had a pair for the Eagles.

Super 8 also blanked the Emo Boys 5-0, getting a pair of goals from Madisyn DeGagne and singles from Lindsey Dixon, Abbi Perreault and Claire Tibbs.

Eagles earned a 6-4 win over the International Falls under-12 team.

Coran had a hat-trick with Penner adding two and Rachel Jean adding the other.

Taylor Zawchanuk with 2, Margaret Hawler and Ashley Johnson scored for the Falls.

Fort Frances Timbits novice girls beat Emo Rockets 7-3.

Rolling Lake Lightning atom girls relied on a substitute netminder in a 4-0 win over the Emo Penguins.

Another player was forced to fill in without a goalie stick or pads after the Lightning's original netminder was forced to leave the game in the second with the flu.

Katelyn Gurniak and Marissa Loveday combined for the shutout.


Rainy River Community College basketball teams earn a split against Fergus Falls Friday.
The women's team won 69-61, but the men fell 98-77.


Fort Frances Muskies junior boys basketball team won its own tournament Saturday with a 46-36 win over Kenora's Beaver Brae Broncos in the final


International Falls Broncos girls basketball team host Lake of the Woods tonight - 7:30 at the Falls High School.

Friday, the Broncos lost to Deer River 74-44.



Muskies senior girls volleyball team were eliminated in the quarter-finals of a tournament in Dryden, losing to Portage La Prairie in 3-sets.

Muskies went through pool play with a 6 and 6 record, defeating Hammarskjold of Thunder Bay in a playoff match before losing to the Manitoba team.