The Borderland Thunder have signed seven more players after their final mini-camp here last weekend, bringing their total roster to 19 as the inaugural Superior International Junior Hockey League showcase tournament in Thunder Bay stands just two weeks away. Thunder head coach Wayne Strachan was pleased how the camp, complete […]
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Mike Webb gave Taggs teammate Jorg Ruppenstein a good wedding gift during Sunday’s Borderland men’s soccer final–he took away the recent groom’s opportunity to attempt a shootout kick. Instead, Webb fired a high shot over Nova goalkeeper Ryan Hampton to give Taggs a 3-1 goal lead to end the game […]
After one day of fishing the competitors at the 8th-annual Morson Bass Classic had no clearly defined leader. Only three pounds separated 1st to 10th place, leaving the championship up for grabs on day two. The classic enlisted well known tournament emcee, Lionel Robert, who works the Rainy River Walleye […]
The Fort Frances Taggs ‘AA’ Bantam hockey team has announced its tryout dates for the upcoming 2001-2002 season. Five on-ice sessions will be preceded by an information meeting on Sept. 7 at 7 p.m. at the Memorial Sports Centre. “The meeting is used to inform parents and players,” said head […]
Six members of the Borderland Quarter Horse Club did the region proud last weekend at the Summer Circuit show in Thunder Bay. “They all did really, really exceptionally well,” said Gary Beck, a senior member of the club who accompanied the participants to the event. Beck noted that the six […]
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 […]
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 […]
