Fort Frances Aquanaut Rachel Dutton led a very strong team performance at the Division III swimming championships in Etobicoke, bringing home four medals. Dutton captured gold in the 200m free, silver for the 100m free, and bronze in the 200m I.M. and 100m fly. She fell just short of a […]
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With registrations open for less than two weeks, the first-annual Lake Despair Lodge “Castin’ for Cash” tournament is almost full. Registration for the live-release tournament, slated July 7-8, opened April 13 and already is close to reaching its 50-team limit. “I had two calls this morning, everything is moving along […]
Out of the 13 Muskies who competed in the NorWOSSA badminton finals Wednesday in Kenora, three will be heading back there next Tuesday (April 24) for the NWOSSAA showdown. Senior mixed doubles’ partners Jamie Booth and Siobhan Devlin, and senior girls’ singles competitor Tara Svoboda, advanced after placing in the […]
A new bass tournament will be held in Rainy River District on July 7-8. Registration for the first-annual Lake Despair Lodge “Castin’ for Cash” live-release derby is opening this Friday, with spots for 50 teams up for grabs. “We’re going with 50 teams only this year to see how we […]
Tagg’s (Fort Frances) took top honours in the Bantam division at the annual Falls PeeWee/Bantam Invitational Tournament over the weekend. Meanwhile, the local K of C PeeWees went 2-0 in pool play but lost 6-1 to Kenora in the final. Playing in a round-robin format in the five-team affair, Tagg’s […]
The Fort Frances ‘AA’ Rangers came away with second place after losing 3-0 in the Novice final Sunday afternoon at the Elks Tom Thumb Atom hockey tournament in Thunder Bay. T.J. Pocock earned the nod as the best goalie in the tourney. After a scoreless first period, the Norwest Stars […]
The local Sunset Country Ford Mustangs Atom ‘AA’ team also took part in the Elks Tom Thumb Atom hockey tournament in Thunder Bay last weekend, coming home with a 1-1-2 record. The Mustangs opened action Friday morning with a 6-1 loss to the Marathon Mercs, with Dan Chapman (Brian Glavish/Kyle […]
Ever since their loss to Upper Canada College in the quarter-finals of last year’s OFSAA tournament in Sudbury, the Muskies had been looking forward to evening the score. But a change in format, and some misunderstanding, prevented that from happening–at least in 2001. Instead, the black-and-gold easily captured the inaugural […]
Rising to the top of the 44-rink field, the Scott Gobeil foursome captured the ‘A’ event of the annual Fort Frances men’s bonspiel here Sunday afternoon. Gobeil–whose team included Don Robertson, Ron Eyolfson, and Daryl Eyolfson–cruised to a 7-4 victory over the Rob Sinclair rink. “The competition was pretty tough. […]
With a new ice surface, a new backdrop, and, of course, a new theme, the Border Figure Skating Club is gearing up for its annual ice show. About 90 skaters aged of three to 18 will hit the ice at the Memorial Sports Centre this Saturday evening and again Sunday […]
Tagg’s was unstoppable last weekend as they won the ‘A’ title of the annual Tom Thumb tournament here. The local squad faced-off against Skates and Blades (Fort Frances) on Sunday afternoon and skated away with a 4-2 win. “They played great,” enthused Tagg’s coach Gord McCabe. “That is the first […]
The Muskie girls’ soccer team is getting ready to hit the pitch in hopes of having another successful season. Head coach Struchan Gilson said Monday he’s expecting to have about 18-20 players back from last year’s squad, which competed at the all-Ontario’s here last June as the host team. “It […]
