Jamie Mountain Red Gut Babes’ third baseman Syd White looked to unleash a throw across the diamond to first base to record an out after fielding a soft grounder during her squad’s 12-4 loss to the Fort Frances Her-icanes in the Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League final Monday evening […]
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Jamie Mountain It was all smiles and jubilation for members of the Fort Frances Her-icanes as they gathered around team captain Stacy Patey to hoist the championship trophy after downing the Red Gut Babes 12-4 in the Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League final Monday evening at VanJura.
Colin Chaschuk of Neebing (#621) managed to have a slight lead on the pack on a congested turn during the first heat of the WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds division Saturday night. Chaskuk claimed first place in the heat but that success was short-lived as he ended up not finishing the feature […]
Jamie Mountain Katie Beninger of Al’s Racquet Stringing looked to kick the ball out of harm’s way during her squad’s 3-2 win over La Place Rendez-Vous in the Borderland Soccer League’s women’s division final last Tuesday evening at the St. Francis Sports Field. The championship win was a nice reward […]
Jamie Mountain For any aspiring hockey player, the opportunity to represent your country in a national tournament definitely is at the top of the list of dream experiences. That dream became a reality for Raygan Kirk when she suited up for Team Canada’s national U18 team in a best-of-three series […]
MacKenzie Holmwood of Thunder Bay had the tricky task of getting back on track after spinning out during the first heat of the WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds division Saturday night. Holmwood wound up finishing the heat in fifth place, just missing out on advancing to the ‘A’ feature race.
Jamie Mountain After years of finishing as the top team in the regular season, only to come up short in the playoffs, CJ Contracting finally got the proverbial monkey off its back. First-place CJ used an early first-half goal to eke out a 1-0 win over second-place Manitou Forest Products […]
Staff The sounds of rolling balls and falling pins soon will be returning to Plaza Lanes here. The Fort Frances Bowling Club will kick off its 2018-19 season in less than two weeks, with the Tuesday night league starting on Sept. 4 and the Thursday night one on Sept. 6. […]
It was so nice they did it twice. Scott Andersen, left, and Tim Donaghue of Bemidji, Mn. held up the trophy after securing the Morson Bass International title for the second-straight year Sunday afternoon. The duo’s two-day total of 36.03 pounds topped the 18-team field this year.
Staff A doubleheader was double the fun for Jamie Davis and Ward Imrie on Rea Memorial Weekend at the Emo Speedway. Davis, who was born in Devlin but now lives in Fort Frances, and Imrie (from Winnipeg) won the features in the WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds and Modifieds divisions both Friday […]
Jamie Mountain Les Morrison of Baudette, Mn., right, and his partner, Bill Stay, held up their 19.20-pound Day 2 haul that helped them earn a fifth-place finish at the 2018 Morson Bass International on Sunday afternoon. Their catch on the final day also was the biggest bag of the tournament.
As a bass angler, pike tend to annoy me quite often because when we fish for bass, we don’t use leaders so they bite off our baits all the time. And it seems like the more expensive the lure, the shorter its life span. When we’re bass fishing, it’s usually […]
