Local Sports for Monday January 11

A 3-2 record was good enough for Judy LaBelle and her Fort Frances foursome at the Northern Ontario Curling Association's inter-regional senior curling playdowns at the Fort Frances Curling Club.

LaBelle finished in a four-way tie for first place on the women's side which earned her team a berth to the provincial event next month in Blind River.

Five of the six women's teams entered advanced.

On the men's side, Thunder Bay's Al Hackner went through the event undefeated, while Larry Chepsiuk also of Thunder Bay needed a tie-breaker win over Bruce Melville to advance.

Fort Frances' Ken McKinnon finished the playdown with one win and four losses.


Fort Frances Muskies girls hockey team beat the Beaver Brae Broncos of Kenora 8-5 at the Ice for Kids Arena Friday.

Shae-lynn Smith, Jessie Baker and Jillian Langtry had two goals each for the Muskies while Nicole Beadle and Courtney Bethune added singles.


International Falls Broncos boys team dropped a 6-3 decision to the Hermantown Hawks Saturday.

Matt Youso with a pair and Dylan Farmer scored for the Broncos.

Meantime, Broncos girls hockey team fell 8-1 to East Grand Forks Friday.


In the SIJHL, Fort Frances Lakers lost 8-3 to the Fort William North Stars.


Fort Frances Canadians Midget AA team won the championship of the Junior Gold Tournament in Brookings, South Dakota on the weekend.

The Canadians clinched the title with their third win of the tournament Sunday - a 4-1 decision over Mounds View, Minnesota.

Ryan Lundy had a hattrick while Brad McDonald added an empty netter in that game.


Fort Frances Boston Pizza Royals Pee-wee AA hockey team lost 4-1 to Kenora in the bronze medal game of its tournament at the Memorial Sport Centre.

The event was won by Dryden.


The Rolling Lake Lightning captured gold at a atom girls hockey tournament on the weekend beating the Lake of the Woods Flyers of Kenora 3-2 in the championship game.

Annalise Hayes had all three goals for the Lightning.

Kaemingh Esso beat the Emo Penguins in the bronze medal game 5-0.

Scoring for Esso were Alyssa Alderson with a hat trick, Caitlin Visser and Maighyn Degagne.


In college basketball, the Rainy River Voyageurs dropped both games played against Northland Community & Technical College Saturday.

The men lost 71-64 while the women fell 82-51.