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DHS at NorWOSSA

DHS at NorWOSSA

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Ice Dogs have busy week

Ice Dogs have busy week

By Ally Dunham The Dryden Ice Dogs started out last week with the Mayor’s Challenge, facing the Sioux Lookout Flyers with some home and home action on Feb. 14 and 15.  Losing to the Flyers in [...]

Skating races back with a bang

Skating races back with a bang

The newly revived KPDSB?Skating Races held on Feb. 17 at the Dryden Arena, saw hundreds of kids competing, cheering on their favourite skaters, and helping out their friends. Teams included St. Joseph’s (SJ), Open Roads (OR), [...]

DHS courts in action

DHS courts in action

The Dryden Eagles court teams played hard on Feb. 8 with the sr. girls volleyball team sweeping the Beaver Brae Broncos  with scores of 25-14, 25-17 and 25-10 and the jr. girls team also seeing the [...]

Judo club celebrates new space

Judo club celebrates new space

By Chris Marchand A  name change may be in order for the Oxdrift Judo club. The club has made a move into Dryden, creating a permanent space in the 1,400 square foot aerobics room at Fitness [...]

Lizzi just misses podium at NWOSSA nordic races

Lizzi just misses podium at NWOSSA nordic races

By Dryden Observer Staff Dryden High School nordic skiers performed well at the recent NWOSSA championship in Marathon, Feb. 8. Travelling light, DHS fielded a team of just fours racers, due to illnesses and other committments. [...]

Wrestlers on podium at Grant Park meet

The Dryden High School wrestling team competed in a tournament in Winnipeg at Grant Park High School on Feb. 10 and 11.  The team took home three gold medals, five silver medals, and four bronze medals. [...]

Schneider takes first in Saskatchewan dogsled race

Schneider takes first in Saskatchewan dogsled race

By Ally Dunham Growing up in Oxdrift on his parents’ farm, Dr. Clayton Schneider has had a passion for dog sledding since he was a youth.  Following in the footsteps of his father and grandfather, Schneider [...]

Skating races returning to Dryden

By Ally Dunham The Dryden Lions Club held skating races in the community for 25 years, with the last race taking place in 1990.  Caley Ecker and Bill Salonen are working together to bring the activity [...]

Eagles girls’ hockey team take silver

The Dryden Eagles girls’ hockey team captured silver in the Pembina Ladies Tigers hockey tournament in Pilot Mound on January 27-28. The Eagles finished first in their pool with wins of 6 – 0 over St. [...]