Sports

Although the Sunset Country team didn’t bowl over their competition at last weekend’s “Youth Challenge” at Plaza Lanes here, local bowlers Allison AmOrde and John Smith finished near the top of their respective divisions.

The Muskie senior boys’ basketball team moved into a first-place tie with the Kenora Broncos at 3-1 after an impressive 62-51 win up there yesterday afternoon.

It wasn’t the weekend the Emo Bunnies ringette squad was hoping for, recording only one win against three losses against some tough opposition.

Although Emo minor hockey teams lost three exhibition encounters against Warroad and International Falls this past week, the rest of the circuit tasted several victories against two ties.

As good as the Muskies were in the first half of the season, compiling a league-leading 8-1 record along the way, head coach Glen Edwards is hoping his team continues to make great strides when they open the second half Friday night in Kenora.

The Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship will run from Thursday to Saturday instead of Friday to Sunday when it takes to the water for the fifth time in July.

The Mine Centre grade eight girls’ volleyball team knows it will face an uphill battle at the Eastern Ontario Bantam Volleyball Championships in Ottawa later this month.

Bob Tkachuk capped off a perfect day on the court here Saturday by beating James Knofe of Winnipeg 3-1 in the best-of-five ‘A’ final during the annual Boxing Day men’s squash tournament.

After an eight-day layoff, the Muskies will be looking to burn off those extra Christmas calories when they travel to Mesabi for a pair of exhibition games.

Scott Grynol scored with just over a minute left in the first period to pace the KCs (Fort Frances) to a 1-0 victory against the Emo Predators in recent PeeWee ‘AA’ action.