There’s an old picture which former Fort Frances Canadian Pete Makarchuk owns. It’s of the late Ray Frederick, his friend and former neighbour, in his goaltending prime as a Chicago Blackhawk trying to stop Montreal Canadiens’ great Maurice “Rocket” Richard during a 1955 game. “I don’t think Richard got it […]
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It looks like the final cuts for the local Taggs ‘AA’ Bantam hockey team will go right down to the wire. The team’s coaching staff held a three-day tryout sessions almost two weeks ago but admitted the roster choices made then–and ones still going to made–have been extremely tough. So […]
The Muskie ‘A’ football team erased a six-point halftime deficit to beat the Grant Park Pirates 32-18 last Friday in Winnipeg. Two big runs helped the Muskies rally to victory. Down 18-14 in the third quarter, tailback Dan Hettinga scampered 60 yards to make it 21-14 for the black-and-gold. Then […]
The Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association will hold a coaching clinic next Friday and Saturday at the Memorial Sports Centre for anyone interested in trying their hand at heading a house league team. The clinic, run roughly once every two years here, will deal with the more philosophical aspects of […]
The draw for the final 40 berths in the 2002 Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship will take place Oct. 3, with some changes being made this year. A “double dip” has been introduced where both members of an angling duo now will be allowed to enter the draw as two […]
Team confidence is high as the Borderland Thunder get ready for their first season in the inaugural Superior International Junior Hockey League later this month. And why not? The Thunder racked up a 5-0 record to capture top honours in the SIJHL’s “showcase” pre-season tourney in Thunder Bay last weekend. […]
The Muskie ‘A’ football team took it on the chin Friday, losing 37-0 to the Oak Park Raiders, the defending Winnipeg High School Football League champions. The Raiders jumped on the scoreboard late in the first quarter after running back a pair of interceptions for touchdowns. They added 20 points […]
The Borderland Thunder certainly have gotten their inaugural Superior International Junior Hockey League season off to a great start. The Thunder posted comeback victories in each of their five games to capture first place at the SIJHL’s “showcase” pre-season tournament in Thunder over the weekend. After trailing 3-2 with eight […]
The Borderland Thunder won their first game ever, beating the Feathermen Hawks (Thunder Bay) 7-4 in the opener of the Superior International Junior Hockey League’s pre-season tournament this morning in Thunder Bay. Thunder head coach Wayne Strachan was pleased how his team picked up its confidence after trailing 1-0 in […]
Glen Mills, the associate club pro at Kitchen Creek, carded a seven-over 151 after two rounds of the Ping Canadian Golfers’ Association assistants’ championship in Orillia. He sat in an eight-way tie for 42nd place heading into today’s final round, which teed off this morning at the Hawk Ridge Golf […]
The Superior International Junior Hockey League has decided to go ahead with its inaugural “showcase” tournament in Thunder Bay this weekend–complete with its two U.S.-based teams. There had been some doubt within the camps of the Iron Range Yellow Jackets (Grand Rapids, Mn.) and the Northwest Wisconsin Knights (Spooner) about […]
As the Borderland Thunder prepare to hit the ice in a pre-season tournament this weekend in Thunder Bay against other Superior International Junior Hoc-key League squads, team officials and ticket sellers are seeing interest starting to build. But whether that interest will translate into dollar signs for the Couchiching First […]
