The Borderland Thunder of the Superior International Junior Hockey League (SIJHL) will hold another tryout camp this Friday–one which should help narrow down their roster before their first season starts next month. Two weeks ago, the Thunder had signed 12 players and had six or eight yet undecided after their […]
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Tensions ran high as last Saturday’s annual Kitchen Creek Ladies Open boiled down to playoff between the town’s premiere junior and the town’s saaviest of veterans. And the vet won. Fifty-eight year-old Carol Livington beat two-time defending champion Christin Thomson in two holes of sudden death golf to capture her […]
Last night marked the opening of the Rainy River District Fastball League playoffs, with Sight and Sound (Fort Frances) falling 8-3 to the defending champion Emo Bulldogs. Bulldog veterans Shane Bliss and Don Copenace set the tone early, each belting home runs in the early innings to give Emo a […]
The annual Kitchen Creek Ladies Open tomorrow should be an interesting 18 holes as defending champ Christin Thomson faces a handful of contenders looking to snap her two-year reign. While Thomson, who fired a nine-over par 81 to win last year, has been looking to improve her game in out-of-town […]
The board of directors of the inaugural Superior International Junior Hockey League and representatives from the seven teams nixed the idea of putting a two-fight rule into effect this season, citing costs and reputation as the major reasons. Instead, players automatically will be ejected from games after one fight. The […]
Even though Christin Thomson’s fourth and final trip to the Canadian Junior National girls’ golf tournament last week saw her on the outside looking in, she’s happy to have competed with the best in the country. The Fort Frances native, 18, carded a three-round total of 252 (87-84-81) to finish […]
Oliver and Jason Gibbons of Sleeman earned top honours–and the $20,000 first prize–with a 44.17-pound total weight at the annual Kenora Bass International derby on Lake of the Woods last weekend. They posted catches of 11.76, 16.98, and 15.43 pounds–the latter two “big catches” of the day (each worth $750). […]
Two local teams emerged victorious last weekend in the annual Borderland “Ball Blast” soccer tournaments at St. Francis Sportsfield. The women’s final Sunday afternoon went to penalty shots after a 10-minute sudden death overtime failed to break a 1-1 tie, with Investors prevailing 3-1 over Gillons’ (also from Fort Frances). […]
If last year was any indication, it was that the annual Kitchen Creek Classic last weekend once again would come down to a battle between two-time defending champ Aaron Loken and local standout Greg Ward. That’s exactly what happened–and once again it was Loken who prevailed by one stroke. For […]
Aaron Loken made it three in a row at the Kitchen Creek Classic men’s golf tournament yesterday, edging out local golfer Greg Ward by one stroke. The International Falls resident fired rounds of 72-72 to finish the two-day tourney at even par 144. Ward opened with a 71 on Saturday […]
Kitchen Creek will be centre stage this weekend as 120 of the region’s top golfers compete in the annual “Classic” tournament, which goes Saturday and Sunday beginning at 8 a.m. each day. Two-time defending champion Aaron Loken of International Falls will make the short trip north to defend his crown. […]
The Fort Frances Aquanauts swim team has hired a new head coach after being without one for more than two months. Roman Ramirez, who had coached the Thompson Northern Torpedoes swim team in Manitoba for the last two years, will arrive here next week to begin preparations for the new […]
