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The Norman Northstars continued a six-game homestand at the C.A. Nesbitt Arena Feb. 8-9, dropping two games against the Pembina Valley Hawks.

The Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation (NCN) Flames are now nine points ahead of the second-place Opaskwayak Cree Nation (OCN) Storm in the Keystone Junior Hockey League standings after three straight victories Feb. 6-8.

R.D. Parker Collegiate’s girls’ curling team skipped by Brooke Graham swept their way to provincials with back-to-back victories over the Hapnot Collegiate Institute team at the Zone 11 championships in Thompson Feb. 7-8.

When Shayna Moore volunteered to be her team’s goaltender as a first-year novice player in Thompson, she couldn’t have imagined where the decision would lead her. “No one wanted to be goalie,” Moore, 18, a Pimicikamak Cree Nation member, recalls.

For linebacker Thomas Miles, a native Winnipegger, having the chance to be a part of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers team that captured the Grey Cup after 28 seasons of frustration was “such an honour.” Miles, who was in Thompson Feb.

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R.D. Parker Collegiate’s senior girls’ basketball team went undefeated in four games to claim their second tournament victory of the season in Sanford Jan. 30-Feb. 1.

The Norman Northstars lost two games to the Winnipeg Bruins at the C.A. Nesbitt Arena Feb. 1-2. Saturday’s game was a 7-1 loss, with the Northstars’ lone goal by Albert Sinclair in the first period.

The team of Rylan Young, Jen Briscoe, Curtis Briscoe and Ashley Derbowka were the winners of the Burntwood Curling Club’s mixed bonspiel Jan. 24-25.