Jamie Mountain Navigating the tight first turn was paramount for the riders’ success at the Superior Dirt Riders’ doubleheader over the weekend at the Emo Motocross course. It was the association’s lone stop in Rainy River District this season.

Jamie Mountain Fort Frances Lakers’ head coach and general manager Wayne Strachan looked on as Brett Hahkala, Nick Hahkala, and Colton Bodnar signed their paperwork to play with the team next season during a press conference last Wednesday afternoon at the Ice For Kids Arena boardroom. Also putting pen to […]

Jamie Mountain The Fort Frances Lakers are hoping an influx of local talent can help turn the Junior ‘A’ franchise around. Head coach and general manager Wayne Strachan announced the first wave of local player signings at a press conference last Wednesday afternoon at the Ice For Kids Arena boardroom. […]

Jamie Mountain Monika Ruppenstein took a peek up the pitch as she looked to move the ball out of her own end during Fort Frances Youth Soccer’s season windup Saturday morning at the St. Francis Sports Fields. Players from all age divisions were able to play a game, then enjoyed […]

Jamie Mountain A solid year on the mat recently became even better for Hudson Mann. The seventh-grader, who was born in Fort Frances but now lives in International Falls, Mn., made the Minnesota national wrestling team for the second year in a row and helped paced Minnesota Blue to a […]

Staff To say Mother Nature wasn’t always pleasant in the first half of the Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League season would be an understatement. The season schedule hit its midway point Monday night with a handful of make-up games being played. The Big Grassy Lynx were the busiest team–playing […]

Jamie Mountain Navigating the tight first turn (above) was paramount for the riders’ success at the Superior Dirt Riders’ doubleheader held Saturday and Sunday at the Emo Motocross course. Landon Flinders of Fort Frances (left) did his best to keep pace with Devon Watson during their race. Flinders wound up […]

Jamie Mountain Declan Webb, right, of Centra Pipelines and Nick Hahkala of Manitou Forest Products collided as they tried to get a header on the ball during Centra’s 4-0 win in Borderland Soccer League men’s division action Monday night at the St. Francis Sports Field.

Staff Tylar Wilson just might like this whole winning thing. The Fort Frances native nabbed his third-straight feature win in the Street Stocks division in Borderland Racing Association action Saturday night at the Emo Speedway. It was “Memorial Night” at the track, with drivers competing in honour of so many […]

Staff Zach Koomans scored twice to pace Centra Pipelines to a 4-0 shutout win over Manitou Forest Products in Borderland Soccer League men’s division action Monday night. It was the third-straight loss for Manitou, which now sits with an even 3-3 record after winning its first three games of the […]

Staff The Fort Frances Braves are a well-oiled machine so far this season. Jaden Gustafson was stellar on the rubber to lead the Braves to a 5-0 shutout of the Sight & Sound Wolves in Rainy River District Fastball League action Thursday night. With the win, the Braves saw their […]