Local Sports

Cross-country skiers will have even more terrain to cover this winter as the Thompson Cycle and Nordic Association has expanded the John Crolly ski trail just north of the Burntwood River from a single trail to a network of trails covering a distance

Thompson's Jeff English, a former Norman Northstar, scored two goals for the Arborg Ice Dawgs as they downed the Sanford Titans 9-4 in Keystone Junior Hockey League preseason action Oct. 10.

Roger Tagoona led the way with two goals in a 6-0 Northstars' win over the Kenora Thistles Oct. 16, as Ryan Delorme stopped every shot he faced for the shutout.

Cory Nygaard, who spent last season as a goaltender with the Norman Northstars, is now stopping pucks for the defending Manitoba AAA Midget Hockey League champions the Winnipeg Wild and boasts a record of three wins and no losses following two weeks

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The Thompson Minor Hockey Association filled two vacant board positions at its Sept. 30 meeting.

Crews from Barkman Concrete, the City of Thompson and Vale Inco began setting prefabricated ramps in place at the Thompson Skatepark Oct. 6.

The playing rights of former Norman Northstar Jordan Crone, 19, were traded from the Winnipeg South Blues to the Steinbach Pistons for future considerations in a Manitoba Junior Hockey League transaction Oct. 7.

Fans at the Northstars' home opener Oct. 9 against the Southwest Cougars may have noticed another new addition to the refurbished C.A. Nesbitt Arena, installed just in time for the midget AAA hockey season: a new scoreboard.

The Norman Wild, the region's midget AA female hockey team, opened its first Manitoba Female Midget Hockey League season with three games Thanksgiving weekend, losing all three but making progress over the course of the road trip.