Kitchen Creek club pro Steve Wood and associate pro Glen Mills each had an eventful week in Winnipeg. The duo were going shot for shot with the region’s top professionals at the Canadian Professional Golf Association of Manitoba EZGO provincial championship while their home club was taking the full brunt […]
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The Emo Bulldogs, who sparkled in last year’s Division II NAFA World Series, won’t be making the trip there later this month due to travelling and player availability problems. Team manager Grant Swire said a major barrier was getting their core squad together to play in tournaments outside the Rainy […]
Despite the absence of defending champions, the fifth-annual “Ball Blast” tournament, hosted by the Borderland men’s and women’s soccer leagues, still is looking to provide a fun weekend of competition. The Kenora Rangers men’s team dropped out of the tourney at the last minute while MEC, the defending women’s champs, […]
Thunder head coach Wayne Strachan was pleased with the turnout and effort at the team’s first-ever tryout camp last weekend at the Memorial Sports Centre. But he had to face the task of cutting more than half of 65 local and out-of-town hopefuls who took to the ice trying to […]
Preparations for Muskie football and hockey tryouts will be taking place all this week, with both springing into action next Monday (Aug. 13). The football coaching staff has player and family information packages available for pick up at the high school during office hours (Monday to Thursday from 8 a.m. […]
Picking up the pieces after the departure of Borderland Thunder head coach Mike Allison last month, current head coach Wayne Strachan is hoping this weekend’s tryout camp will be the beginnings of fielding a competitive on-ice squad for their upcoming inaugural season. The tryouts, which will feature close to 70 […]
The crowd was indeed electric as the fanfare of the final weigh-ins for the top seven boats in the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship hit its high last Saturday afternoon. This last round had close to everything: a tight race for first, the drama of which local team would hold […]
The good news for Borderland racing fans who were looking to see the dethroning of Steve Arpin from his recent dominance of the modified feature race came in the shape of veteran racers Kevin Sexton and Dwayne Pihulak, who made their first appearance this season at the Emo Speedway last […]
Although they’d been off the water for less than an hour last Saturday afternoon, Scott Bonnema and Mark Fisher didn’t have time for much post-tournament relaxation. The duo, who placed 20th overall after day three’s final weigh-ins, did squeeze in a quick brew under the crowded beer tent before hightailing […]
Area residents again came out in force for the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship, a level of community participation which is being credited for the reason the tournament is so successful. This year about 475 people lent a helping hand throughout the tournament. “They couldn’t do it without them,” noted […]
Judy Ballan took the stage during the 2001 Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship prize ceremony Saturday night and let it be known that her sons’ victory would live out to be one of the most memorable moments of her life. “It’s just wonderful,” said an exuberant Mrs. Ballan, after Steve […]
Steve Ballan had told his younger brother and angling partner, Kent, that his wish was to be driven through the tent at the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship, complete with five smallmouths in the livewell and a chance to win one of the country’s biggest bass derbys in front of […]
