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Devils Trip Up Sluggers
Posted by Mike Ebbeling on Friday, July 30th, 2010 at 6:51:11 AM
Dryden Ladies Fastball
Thursday July 29th
A&W Devils 8 vs. Square One Printwear Sluggers 1

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Ice Dogs Gearing Up for Big Season
Posted by Mike Ebbeling on Thursday, July 29th, 2010 at 9:24:34 AM
It's hard to believe, but hockey season is just around the corner.
Dryden Ice Dogs President Ted Lake says its going to be a special year, as the team is celebrating 10-years of Junior Hockey.
Training Camp runs from August 26th until the 29th.
Clint Mylmock is back behind the bench for his second season with the team.
To take part in camp go to www.drydenicedogs.net.
The team is also looking for submissions for a 10th anniversary patch.
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Hagan's and McKinstry Draw First Blood
Posted by Mike Ebbeling on Thursday, July 29th, 2010 at 9:22:45 AM
The Hagan's Heroes and McKinstry Chargers have the upper hand in the Men's Slo-Pitch Semi-Final.
The Chargers downed the Wolfpack 11-6 Wednesday night, while the Hagan's Heroes upended the P.I. Rippers 30-11.
Both team's lead their Best-of-3 Semi 1-0.
In Dryden Ladies Fastball Regular Season play, the Thompson Paint Shop Angels blanked Time Out Sports 14-0.

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Semi-Final Action in Men's Slo-Pitch
Posted by Mike Ebbeling on Wednesday, July 28th, 2010 at 10:12:48 AM
The Dryden Men's Slo-Pitch Semi-Final starts tonight (Wednesday) at the Sandy Beach Ball Diamond.
The defending champion Hagan's Heroes take on the P.I. Rippers in the first Best-of-3 affair.
The Wolfpack meet the McKinstry Chargers in the other Semi.
Game time is 6:45 tonight.

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Dryden Athlete Off to Western Canadian Final
Posted by Mike Ebbeling on Wednesday, July 28th, 2010 at 7:56:00 AM
Dryden's Megan Pinette is heading to the Western Canadian Fastball Championship.
Pinette and her Murillo Mudhens teammates have captured the Regional Championship.
The team now travels to Winnipeg August 5th to 8th for Western Canadians.
The organization is now fundraising to help cover some of the costs for Pinette and the rest of the club to participate.
Anyone interested in helping can e-mail the CKDR Newsroom at news@ckdr.net or by calling 223-7345.
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Three Games in Mixed Slo-Pitch
Posted by Mike Ebbeling on Wednesday, July 28th, 2010 at 7:44:21 AM
Dryden Mixed Slo-Pitch
Tuesday July 27th
CCIC-Treasury Metals Jocks & Jills 11 vs. The Sons Of Pitches 10
Time-Out Sports Misfits 27 vs. GCD Drillers 8
Village Corner Vipers 15 vs. Pizza Hut Dusters 14

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Cory Smith Wins Gold
Posted by Mike Ebbeling on Tuesday, July 27th, 2010 at 12:26:50 PM
Cory Smith of Dryden picked up a gold meal at the weekend Triathlon in Kenora.
Smith finished with a time of 2 hours and 32 minutes in his age category.
Dryden's Garrett Lindquist placed second in his age category, while Peter Smith finished 15th in the Men's Sprint Duathlon.
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Ladies Fastball
Posted by Mike Ebbeling on Tuesday, July 27th, 2010 at 9:07:08 AM
Dryden Ladies Fastball
Monday July 26th
Thompson's Paintshop Angels 11 vs. DMTS Swingers 10
A&W Devils 12 vs. Time-Out Panther 2.
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Slo-Pitch Semi-Final Set
Posted by Mike Ebbeling on Tuesday, July 27th, 2010 at 9:06:25 AM
The Dryden Men's Slo-Pitch Semi-Final is now set in stone.
The Hagan's Heroes will take on the P.I. Rippers after the Rippers defeated Vermilion Bay.
The Wolfpack face the McKinstry Chargers in the other Semi.
Game 1 starts Wednesday night at Sandy Beach.
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Selection Camp for All-Star Regional Team
Posted by Mike Ebbeling on Tuesday, July 27th, 2010 at 9:04:35 AM
The first step towards the selection of a Regional All-Star PeeWee hockey team to compete in next March's all-Ontario Championship takes place next month.
An evaluation camp will be held August 21st and 22nd in Vermilion Bay.
25-players from that camp will be selected to the team's selection camp in September.
Registration must be made before August 11th by calling coach Dan Reynard at 467-2727.
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Men's Slo-Pitch Quarter-Final Underway
Posted by Mike Ebbeling on Monday, July 26th, 2010 at 10:06:38 AM
The Dryden Men's Slo-Pitch Playoff is underway.
The Best-of-3 Quarter-Final started on Sunday, with the McKinstry Chargers defeating McDonald's McDoubles 18-8 and the Wolfpack topping Scared Hitless 15-13.
The P.I. Rippers earned a win against Vermilion Bay.
Game two is slated for Wednesday.
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DHS Football Schedule Released
Posted by Mike Ebbeling on Thursday, July 22nd, 2010 at 9:19:02 AM

Football fans will get to see the Dryden Eagles play on home turf 3-times this season.
The Winnipeg High School Football League is out with its 2010 schedule.
The Eagles open play on September 10th on the road against arch-rival Kenora.
Dryden returns home on the 17th to face Murdoch MacKay.
The Eagles also play at home on October 8th and October 22nd.

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Another Thriller in Ladies Fastball
Posted by Mike Ebbeling on Thursday, July 22nd, 2010 at 9:18:37 AM
Members of the Dairy Queen Brazier Bunch and the A&W Devils must be starting to get some Grey hairs.
The two Ladies Fastball teams played in their second classic match-up in a week Wednesday night with the Devils gaining revenge.
A&W defeated DQ 14-13 in 10 innings.
Last week, Dairy Queen needed extra innings to win 10-9.
The other game Wednesday saw the DMTS Swingers winning for the fourth time this season, a 12-6 decision over Time-Out Sports.
In Men's Slo-Pitch, the McKinstry Chargers downed the Wolfpack 15-10.


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Gold Medal for Dryden Triathlete
Posted by Mike Ebbeling on Thursday, July 22nd, 2010 at 9:17:43 AM
The dream season continues for Dryden's Garrett Lindquist.
The triathlete picked up his second gold medal of the season by capturing the Lac Du Bonnet, Manitoba open event.
Lindquist finished the race in a time of 1-hour and 10-minutes.
The race consisted of a 750-metre swim, 20-kilometre bike ride and 5-kilometre run.
Cory Smith of Dryden picked up a silver medal in his age group.
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4 Games on Mixed Schedule
Posted by Mike Ebbeling on Wednesday, July 21st, 2010 at 8:23:31 AM
Dryden Mixed Slo-Pitch
Tuesday July 20th

Sons Of Pitches 26 vs. Whipper Snappers 17
CCIC-Treasury Metals Jocks & Jills 36 vs. Time-Out Sports Misfits 14
Beer Gang 34 vs. Village Corner Vipers 13
GCD Drillers 20 vs Pizza Hut Dusters 5
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Wasaya Golf Tournament
Posted by Mike Ebbeling on Wednesday, July 21st, 2010 at 8:21:55 AM

There is still time to enter the 6th Annual Wasaya Airways Charity Golf Tournament.
The best-ball Tournament is slated for Friday at the Red Lake Golf and Country Club.
Proceeds go to the Homeless Shelter in Red Lake.
Tee-off is 10 o'clock.
For more information go to www.wasaya.com.

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Fort Frances Racer Finishes 13th
Posted by Randy Thoms (B93 Fort Frances) on Monday, July 19th, 2010 at 9:26:33 AM
Steve Arpin finished 13th at the NASCAR Nationwide race in St. Louis Saturday night despite a last lap collision.
The Fort Frances native was 1 of 2 drivers to strike Brad Kaslowski who got spun on the final turn while racing with eventual race winner Carl Edwards.

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Thunder Bay Team Wins Ladies Tournament
Posted by Mike Ebbeling on Monday, July 19th, 2010 at 8:21:03 AM
For the second year in a row, the Murillo Mudhens captured the Dryden Ladies Fastball Tournament.
The Mudhens beat the Thompson Paint Shop Angels in the 'A' Side final, after narrowly defeating Dairy Queen in the Semi-Final.
Kakabeka Falls took home the 'B' Side Championship with a victory over Time-Out Sports Panthers.
The A&W Devils won the 'C' Side title with a win over DMTS.
$100 was raised in the skills competition, which will be donated to the Dryden Oncology Unit.
Megan Pinette won the furthest hit and fastest runner competition.
Sam Sitar, from Murillo, captured the farthest throw competition.

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Dryden Dolphin Headed to Nationals
Posted by Mike Ebbeling on Monday, July 19th, 2010 at 8:20:25 AM
A Dryden swimmer is headed to the Canadian Nationals.
Kira Kuzemchuk picked up a gold medal in the 200-metre breast stroke and a silver in the 100-metre event at the Manitoba-Saskatchewan Provincials in Saskatoon.
She also placed 6th in the 50-metre breast stroke and 10th in the 200-metre Individual Medley.
The 12-year-old is now headed to the Nationals in Winnipeg starting on July 21st.

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Ladies Ready to Hit the Diamond
Posted by Mike Ebbeling on Friday, July 16th, 2010 at 7:20:34 AM
12-teams are competing in the Annual Dryden Ladies Fastball Tournament.
Play starts tonight (Friday) with 3-games at the Sandy Beach Ball Diamond.
Teams from Dryden, Winnipeg, Kakabeka Falls and Thunder Bay are taking part.
A skills competition will be held Saturday at 12:45.
The playoffs start Sunday.

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Sports Scores for Thursday
Posted by Mike Ebbeling on Friday, July 16th, 2010 at 7:19:54 AM
Thursday July 16th

Dryden Men's Slo-Pitch
Hagens Heroes 15 vs. McKinstry Chargers 10

Dryden Ladies Fastball
Square One Printwear Sluggers 19 vs. Time-Out Sports Panthers 5
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Thriller in Ladies Fastball
Posted by Mike Ebbeling on Thursday, July 15th, 2010 at 7:42:36 AM
The game of the year so far in Dryden Ladies Fastball.
The Dairy Queen Brazier Bunch needed an extra inning to defeat the A&W Devils 10-9 Wednesday night.
The other contest saw the DMTS Swingers knock off the Square One Printwear Sluggers 14-2.
In Dryden Men's Slo-Pitch, the McKinstry Chargers outlasted Scared Hitless 18-8.
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Dryden Basketball Camp
Posted by Mike Ebbeling on Thursday, July 15th, 2010 at 7:38:52 AM
Registrations are now being accepted for the Dryden Junior B Basketball Camp.
The 3-Day Camp starts on August 9th and is being organized by University of Manitoba Women's Head Coach Pam Danis.
The event is available to anyone interested in basketball from grades 5 to 12.
For more information call Albert at 223-5310.

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Mike Richards Signs Missing
Posted by Tim Davidson (Mix FM Kenora) on Wednesday, July 14th, 2010 at 8:16:06 AM
Kenora's decision to name a street after Philadelphia Flyer's captain Mike Richards is proving to be popular.
Maybe too popular.
The signs for Mike Richards Way were installed earlier this month, but have already been stolen.
City officials are looking for the signs to be returned.


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Three Scores in Mixed Slo-Pitch
Posted by Mike Ebbeling on Wednesday, July 14th, 2010 at 8:13:47 AM
Dryden Mixed Slo-Pitch
Tuesday July 14th
CCIC-Treasury Metals Jocks & Jills 15 vs GCD Drillers 5
Beer Gang 42 vs Time-Out Sports Misfits 11
Whipper Snappers 31 vs Village Corner Vipers 7
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Appeal Successful; Two New Teams in SIJHL
Posted by Mike Ebbeling on Tuesday, July 13th, 2010 at 7:55:12 AM
It's official!
The SIJHL will be making stops in Duluth, Minnesota and Spooner, Wisconsin this season.
The U.S. teams have gained permission, following an appeal, to play in the 2010-2011 campaign.
Duluth will be known as the Clydesdales, while Spooner will be named the Wilderness.
The two teams join the Dryden Ice Dogs, Sioux Lookout Flyers, Fort Frances Lakers and Fort William North Stars.
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Two Local Games on Monday
Posted by Mike Ebbeling on Tuesday, July 13th, 2010 at 7:43:18 AM
Dryden Ladies Fastball
Monday July 12
A&W Devils 13 vs. Time Out Sports Panthers 2
Dairy Queen Brazier Bunch 10 vs. Thompson Paint Shop Angels 4
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Dryden Team Wins Dryden Tournament
Posted by Mike Ebbeling on Monday, July 12th, 2010 at 8:52:09 AM
For the first time in 5-years, a Dryden team has captured the Sterling Crossman Memorial Men's Slo-Pitch Tournament.
The Hagan's Heroes defeated the Print Gear Blitz 27-11 in the Championship game Sunday.
This is the 4th year in a row the Blitz have lost in the Final game.
The Heroes beat the defending champion Kenora Astros 23-22, to secure a spot in the Championship game.
The Astros went on to win the B-Side Final.
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Day 1 in books at Slo-pitch tourney
Posted by SG on Saturday, July 10th, 2010 at 3:36:26 AM
3 games were played to open up the Sterling Crossman Memorial Tournament Friday night. The Wolfpack, Rippers and Hagen's Heroes all scored wins to move to 1-0. Action continues at the Sandy Beach Ball Diamonds until Sunday afternoon as 11 teams vie for this year's title.
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Photo Finish At Dragon Boats
Posted by SG on Friday, July 2nd, 2010 at 12:10:55 AM
The Annual Dryden Kinsmen Club Dragon Boat Races were the closest they have ever been in the event's 6 year history. Race officials had to look at digital images in order to declare the Dryden Ski Patrol this year's winners. The champs finished a mere 3 one hundredths of a second ahead of Breathing Fire to capture this year's title. Neither team knew who had won after they crossed the finish line. The Dream Savers finished 3rd while Team Timbermax finished 4th. The Team Spirit Award was given to Team MacNamara. All funds raised from the event go towards the "Still Me" Program for Cancer patients in Dryden.

Times from the Finals
Dryden Ski Patrol 2:36.38
Breathing Fire 2:36.41
Dream Savers 2:39.28
Timbermax 3:09.50
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