Joey Payeur Zack McCool of the Brew Jays wandered a little too far off first base and paid for it as Nick Wreggitt from Charlie’s Angels tagged him out during the ‘A’ final of the annual Kingsley Downs/Gus Lindberg Memorial slo-pitch tournament Sunday at the Devlin Ball Park. Charlie’s Angels […]
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Staff The Fort Frances Lakers have had plenty of off-ice news this past week. Yesterday, the local Junior ‘A’ squad revealed it signed 20-year-old forward Zach Pierce, who spent the last two sesaons with the Richmaond (Va.) Generals of the USPHL Elite league. Pierce, who hails from Mechanicsville, Va., had […]
Staff Garnet Cornell acted like dynamite on the front wall of the Hoover Dam. Cornell’s goal sparked a flood of offence from Centra Pipelines, who annihilated Pharmasave 11-1 in Borderland Soccer League men’s division action Monday evening. Jeff Hyatt had a hat trick for league-leading Centra (7-3), which has won […]
Josh Ward of Fort Frances unleashed his power swing on this offering during the fourth inning of International Falls’ 21-2 loss to Itasca in a U12 division matchup Friday.
Joey Payeur Kayla Windigo of the Red Gut Babes darted home on a wild pitch but was met by Fort Frances Her-icanes’ catcher Charity McMahon, who quickly recovered the ball and applied the tag for the out in the first inning. The host Babes got the last laugh, though, by […]
Joey Payeur Nolan Antonick of Fort Frances had his progress on the base paths halted as the International Falls’ player was tagged out trying to steal second by Ely shortstop Cade Chittum in Ely’s 11-4 semi-final victory Saturday in U11 division action.
Joey Payeur International Falls shortstop Emerson Evans of Fort Frances was a split-second late with this tag on an Itasca base runner during the second inning of their game Friday in the U11 division of the 2017 Minnesota District Four Little League Age Little League Tournament in the Falls. Itasca […]
Submitted The 1980 Muskie senior girls’ basketball team etched their place in Fort High lore by becoming the first NWOSSAA championship team from any sport in the history of the black-and-gold. The amazing achievers included, front row from left, Lori Gustafson (now Medhurst), Laurie Pearson (Moxham), coach Bob Barron, Marigold […]
Joey Payeur Naicatchewenin First Nation members Lamar Lucas of Fort Frances, left, and Santino Smith from Northwest Bay are representing Ontario in the U16 boys’ soccer competition at this week’s North American Indigenous Games being held in Toronto and Hamilton.
Joey Payeur Cole Tymkin now has skated in front of an NHL head coach and done an interview with an NHL general manager. His mission to live the prototypical Canadian boy’s dream just entered a new and very real phase. The Rainy River native who now lives in Fort Frances […]
Staff Travis Tom keeps dealing–and the Fort Frances Braves keep winning. Tom handcuffed the defending champion Sight & Sound Wolves in pitching the Braves to a 5-1 victory in Rainy River District Fastball League action last Thursday at VanJura. The Braves (11-1) and Wolves (10-4) were tied for third entering […]
Joey Payeur Lamar Lucas is spending this week on the same team as Santino Smith. So he wasn’t getting baited into trash talking his relative when asked who was the better soccer player between the two of them. “I don’t know . . I can’t do that,” Lucas, a 15-year-old […]
