Molly Carlson, centre left, posed with teammate Rylee Mose, centre right, and Canadian Olympians Arturo Miranda, Alexander Despatie, and Jennifer Abel (left to right) during the Speedo Junior National Diving Championships in Thunder Bay last month.
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Molly Carlson might just be the next Canadian in a growing list of successful Olympic divers trained in this country. The nine-year-old picked up diving last September and already has a national bronze medal to show for her efforts after representing the Thunder Bay Diving Club at the Speedo Junior […]
The Fort Frances High School Muskies continue to prep for their upcoming Winnipeg High School Football League season—with a final scrimmage tentatively set for Friday against the International Falls Broncos. Camp continues every evening this week leading into the game, and the squad got a sneak peak at their competition […]
The International Falls Bass Championship took place over the weekend on the U.S. side of Rainy Lake. This unique tournament challenges anglers by making them fish two separate bodies of water over the two-day event. Anglers spend one day the American side of Rainy Lake and one day on the […]
Sabres’ camp prospect Taylor Jorgenson won the draw for Team White back to linemate Zach McCool during Sabres’ tryouts on Saturday. Jorgenson, from Fort Frances, showed enough to get offered a spot with the team for the 2008-09 SIJHL season.
Mike Salvador and Dave Bennett were all smiles after winning the 2008 International Falls bass tourney thsi past weekend.
Telling Will Morrisseau that the hockey season is just around the corner is about as necessary as informing an eight-year-old in December that Christmas is coming. The 19-year-old Couchiching First Nation product has been skating with his Fort Frances Jr. Sabres’ teammates since the rookie camp in early August hoping […]
The Sight & Sound Wolves brought a contingent of the Rainy River District Fastball League’s finest into the weekend’s North American Fastpitch Association “A” World Series in Mankato, Mn., but still fell a little short in their quest to bring home some hardware. The Wolves dropped their fourth and final […]
I don’t understand the criticism Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt received from president of the International Olympic Committee, Jacques Rogge. Claiming Bolt showed a lack of respect to his competitors by the way he celebrated his record-breaking runs in the 100 and 200 metre track events at the Beijing Games, Rogge […]
With the Canadian swim team wrapping up a decent showing at the Olympic Games in Beijing, aspiring local swimmers hoping to someday don the Canadian colours will hit the pool tomorrow for Aquanauts registration. Registration will run from 5-7 p.m. tomorrow night at the Memorial Sportsplex, and organizer Dawnn Taylor […]
The NorWOSSA golf season tees off during the first week of the school year, so aspiring players have been hitting the links all summer and checking in with co-coach (and golf pro at Heron Landing) Brian Johnstone in hopes of playing for the Fort High squad. “We were allowed to […]
The Fort Frances Jr. Sabres wrapped up their final training camp Sunday, with four more players getting signed—along with the 15 returning and new players signed before camp began. Dan Usiski, Taylor Jorgenson, Patrick Bobczynski and Shawn Fulton all impressed enough to get brought on for the 2008-09 season—and coach […]
