Local Sports

Thompson-born Canadian racquetball superstar Jennifer Saunders has added a Hall of Fame to her Wall of Fame.

Thompson’s Merchant Media Slo Pitch League is ready to play ball beginning June 22, with a few changes due to physical distancing guidelines related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

A pair of R.D. Parker Collegiate senior girls’ basketball team members were recognized by Basketball Manitoba April 18 to cap off a season cut short by the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic that shut down schools in late March.

The 60th-annual Burntwood Curling Club men’s bonspiel March 6-7 was one of the last scheduled events for the club this curling season and one of the last sporting events held in Thompson before the COVID-19 pandemic led to large-scale events being sh

A group of Northern Manitoba girls who have never played hockey together before won the atom C female provincials Feb. 28-March 1 in Treherne.

Skate Thompson had an excellent showing at the 2020 Skate Canada Manitoba Open figure skating competition in Virden March 6-8.

The 2020 Yonex Norman Open all-ages badminton tournament took place at Westwood School March 6-8, attracting participants from multiple communities in Northern Manitoba.

The 20th-annual Keewatin Tribal Council (KTC) Tribal Days hockey tournament at the Thompson Regional Community Centre March 6-8 saw the Tataskweyak Blues take the senior division championship with a 7-6 victory over the York Landing Smurfs, while the

The Thompson Tumblers Gymnastics Club attended their second invitational Meet of the season Feb. 28-March 1. Twelve gymnasts ranging in age from eight to 16 and levels JO1-JO4 competed at the Keystone Kips Classic in Winnipeg.

On Feb. 22 Thompson hosted its third-annual Wayne Zahayko Memorial pre-novice tournament. There were seven teams from out of town, including communities such as Cross Lake, Norway House, Grand Rapids, Flin Flon and The Pas.