Jamie Mountain Muskie girls’ curler Katrina Slomke was working diligently on her shot-delivery skills during practice Friday afternoon at the Fort Frances Curling Club. Slomke is member of Tory Beaudry’s rink, who will try to build off their silver-medal finish at NWOSSAA as they host the OFSAA curling championships today […]
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Duane Hicks Cousineau Real Estate has thrown its support behind the Muskie girls’ hockey team with this vivid painted window at its downtown location. The third-seeded black-and-gold opened play today at the 16-team OFSAA ‘A/AA’ championships in Timmins, facing fifth-ranked Anderson CVI (Whitby) and 10th-seeded ÉSC Thériault.
Jamie Mountain Some 34 teams have flocked to Fort Frances this week for the boys’ and girls’ OFSAA curling championships that kicked off this morning and run through Saturday at the Fort Frances Curling Club. It’s the first time since 1981 that Fort Frances has been selected to host the […]
Submitted Rodger Dueck of the Mighty Mustang youth wrestling program had his opponent in all kinds of trouble with a tight headlock during one of his matches over the weekend. The International Falls native finished fourth in the 70- to 75-pound division at a tournament in Hibbing on Friday, then […]
Press Release The “Go Local” program is entering its fifth year and to celebrate, it is reflecting on all the best things about Rainy River District. Community members are encouraged to visit the Go Local Fort Frances Facebook page and share their favourite thing about living in the district. Staff, […]
Jamie Mountain Muskie boys’ skip Chris Silver knew exactly just where he wanted to place his shot during practice Friday afternoon at the Fort Frances Curling Club. The black-and-gold have aspirations of provincial gold as they host the OFSAA curling championships today through Saturday.
Jamie Mountain It was a pretty impressive weekend on the mat for members of the Mighty Mustang youth wrestling program in International Falls. The squad competed in a pair of tournaments over the weekend, which was highlighted by a multitude of top-three finishes. Teagan Green of the Falls nabbed first […]
Jamie Mountain It wasn’t exactly a picturesque ending to the regular season for the Fort Frances Lakers. A pair of weekend home losses, starting with 4-3 shootout defeat to the Dryden GM Ice Dogs on Friday night and then a 2-1 overtime setback the following night against the Thief River […]
Jamie Mountain Fort Frances Lakers’ affiliate player James Gushulak tried to bowl his way to the front of the Dryden GM Ice Dogs’ net for a loose puck during his squad’s 4-3 shootout loss Friday night at the Ice For Kids Arena. The Lakers now have dropped seven-straight games heading […]
Submitted Jeff Gustafson held up a big pike caught from Lake of the Woods this past weekend.
Staff Molly Carlson has had another excellent season on the diving board. The Florida State sophomore, who was born in Fort Frances, earned All-America honourable mention accolades Friday at the 2018 NCAA championships held at the McCorkle Aquatics Pavilion in Columbus, Ohio. Carlson finished 15th in the three-metre while also […]
Staff The PeeWee ‘AA’ Canadians doubled the Current River Comets 6-3 to claim the HNO branch championship back on March 11 in Thunder Bay. The Bantam ‘AA’ Canadians also won their championship game in Thunder Bay that weekend with a 9-3 drubbing of the host Beavers. The Atom ‘AA’ Canadians, […]
