Local Sports for Monday January 18

Rainy River's Tim Nordin defeated Red Lake's Ken Anderson in the final of a Northern Ontario Curling Association's regional event in Red Lake. The win moves Nordin's team to a qualifying event to be played in Marathon next week.

More than 320 runners took part in this year' Freeze Yer Gizzard Blizzard runs in International Falls on Saturday.
Brian Davenport of Minneapolis was the winner in the 10-K race while Jennifer Jones of Florida was the top female finisher.
In the 5-K event, Tyler Lehman of Littlefork crossed the line first while Hailey O'Donnell of Fort Frances was tops among the women.


Fort Frances Lakers were dumped 7-2 by the Dryden Ice Dogs in Dryden Saturday.
Henry Guiterrez had both Laker goals.


Fort Frances Canadians Midget AA hockey team lost out in the semi finals of the Championship side of the Wayzata Junior Gold A Tournament to White Bear Lake in a shoot out. The final score was 2-1 with Dillan Grinsell getting the lone goal.
The Canadians went 2-0 in round robin play beating Burnsvlle 6-2 and St. Louis Park 4-2.



Fort Frances Muskies girls' hockey team split NORWOSSA league games on the weekend.
Muskies fell 5-0 to St. Thomas Aquinas of Kenora on Friday, but rebounded Sunday with a 6-3 win over Red Lake.
Carlee Bosma had a pair of goals in the game while Courtney Bethune, Taylor Dixon, Jillian Langtry and Ericka Tymkin added singles.


Rainy River Voyageurs women's hockey team split games against the University of North, winning 3-2 Saturday but dropping a 5-3 decision on Sunday.
Brittany Finnson, Stevie-Lee Langford, Brenley Anderson did the scoring in Saturday's game.
Courtney Scholler with a pair and Anderson had Sunday's markers.


In minor girls hockey, the Rolling Lake Lightning won a pair of games, first edging the Emo Penguins 3-2 on Saturday afternoon.
Annalise Hayes with 2 and Shannon Bird had the Lightning goals while Taylor Croswell and Avery Cates scored for the Penguins.
Sunday, the Lightning defeated the International Falls under-10 girls team 3 - 1 with Lauren Hamilton, Kassidy Fryer and Annalise Hayes doing the scoring.


At Falls High School Friday , the Broncos girls hockey team ended a four-game losing skid with a 5-1 win over Park Rapids.
Broncos boys basketball team won its third in a row with a 88-51 decision over Babbit-Embarrass.
Broncos girls basketball team lost its sixth straight 69-35 to Hibbing.


In college ball, the Rainy River Voyageurs men's basketball team fell 89-84 to Central Lakes in overtime on Friday, but rebounded for an 86-57 win over Itasca Saturday.
The women lost both of their games by identical 71-64 scores.


Fort Frances Muskies senior boys' basketball team earned a silver medal at a tournament in Thunder Bay on the weekend.
Muskies lost to host St. Ignatius in the final 54-33 after defeating St. Patrick's and Westgate in the opening rounds.


Fort Frances Muskies junior Girls Volleyball Team split into two squads for a tournament in Dryden on the weekend.
Team Black was knocked out of the playoffs by Churchill’s “A Team” in two sets while Team Gold reached the semi-finals before losing to Portage Collegiate's grade 10 team in two sets.