On a typically sweltering late-August day last week, it was business as usual for a group of figure skaters gearing up for their annual end of summer test. In the chilly Sports Centre arena, the 15 skaters–wrapped in woolen sweaters, mitts, and scarves–traversed the ice practising their jumps, spins, and […]
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The BOOM sailing program breezed into town last week to set local kids on course towards become longtime enthusiasts of the sport. Six local sailing students took part in the five-day camp between Aug. 20-24. “We teach them basic sailing skills,” said BOOM instructor Jamie Copeland. “It’s been very good. […]
It’s been quite the off-season for football’s Fort High Muskies. Since their heartbreaking loss to Kenora in last November’s NorWOSSA final, the Muskies have moved leagues and are now on the eve of their first season with the Winnipeg High School Football League (WHSFL). But through it all, ‘A’ head […]
It wasn’t too hard to figure out the turning point in the mixed slo-pitch league final between the Sluggers and the Little Rascals at St. Francis Sportsfields last night. Chances are it was the Sluggers’ nine-run splurge in the bottom of the third inning which left the Rascals playing catch […]
Rookie mini-sprints racer Kenny Perry Jr. of Fort Frances capped off an impressive campaign by capturing the mini-sprints racing overall points title Saturday at the Emo Speedway, becoming the division’s youngest-ever champion. “I didn’t expect to win,” he said this morning. “I didn’t expect to do so well.” Perry, 14, […]
And then there were four. The final line-up of competitors in the Rainy River District Fastball League playoffs will consist of the Emo Bulldogs, the Barwick Blue Knights, Big Grassy, and Stratton. The defending champion Bulldogs are the only undefeated team after they used a five-run burst in the sixth […]
The second wave of the Rainy River District Fastball League playoffs were held Tuesday night with Sight and Sound falling to Zig’s Place 5-2 at Manitou, eliminating them from the double knock-out tournament. The Fort Frances-based team had an early 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning from […]
The women’s soccer season wrapped up last week with MEC putting the bow on the league title, their first since 1996. MEC defeated Gillons’ 4-1 last Thursday in the one-game final at St. Francis Sportsfields. Keira Main scored two goals and Jodi Johnson and Liz Leischman added the other markers. […]
Steve Arpin put on two breathtaking performances during the Borderland racing season’s biggest two nights at last weekend’s Rainy River District Fall Fair. The 17-year old Fort native captured feature wins in both Friday and Saturday’s feature, fighting through the 22-car field, a bevy of out-of-town drivers looking to take […]
Tony Marinaro can’t help it. He can’t help but wince every time his son, T.J., turns a fast corner on the go-kart track at the Emo Speedway. You can’t blame dad. After all, this is the younger Marinaro’s first experience on the go-kart circuit this year. “Before I couldn’t even […]
The task ahead of Glen Edwards is nothing new. All the 22-year veteran coach of the Muskies’ hockey team has to do is take a very young hockey team, see them through a tryout camp, make the necessary cuts and have them ready to begin defence of their ‘AA’ all-Ontario […]
Heading into the annual Kitchen Creek Ladies Open, Carol Livingston had very little confidence in her game. It took a successful practice round of golf with two-time defending champion Christin Thomson on Thursday to convince her to go ahead and register. “I told Chrissy somewhere on the front nine [on […]
