Wayne Both and Sheldon Mose led the pack during the second-annual Barwick canoe race Saturday on Rainy River, which was held in conjunction with Chapple Day 2000. The pair finished the roughly six-km route from the Manitou Rapids landing to the Barwick dock in 43 minutes, which also include a […]
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Caring for and reviving the fish caught during the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship–which had been taken from live wells, weighed, displayed to audience, held in tanks, and then measured and aged before taking them back to Rainy Lake–requires much effort and a great number of volunteers. According to Leo […]
The Border Figure Skating Club needs higher numbers to successfully run its summer programs–and right now they are so close. “As it is right now, we are just under the break even point,” said Marla Bekesi, public relations rep for the BFSC. “We are still hoping to get the numbers […]
Seeded as the top team to beat in the Minnesota Sports Federation 15 and under state baseball tournament on the weekend of July 22, Eden Prairie sparkled in the games they had won but fizzled in the two games they should have had tucked under their belts. During the regular […]
A three-day soccer tournament will be held this weekend at the St. Francis pitches, with eight teams competing in the men’s division and four among the women. “There are teams coming from Thunder Bay, Kenora, and Dryden, and, of course, local teams such as AAA, Nova, Tagg’s, ITS, MEC, Merchants, […]
About 40 Muskie hopefuls hit the ice at the new Ice for Kids Arena here Monday for the first night of tryouts for the high school hockey team. “We had a very good turnout,” noted head coach Glen Edwards, adding the talent he saw on that first night of camp […]
Christin Thomson has spent the past two weeks at Kitchen Creek working hard on her golf game in preparation for the Canadian junior girls’ championship Aug. 15-17 in Fredericton, N.B. Making her third appearance at the championship as a member of the Manitoba team, the 17-year-old has been getting help […]
And the winners are . . . Denis Barnard and Clint Barton. For the first time since the beginning of the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship six years ago, a hometown team claimed first place with a three-day total of 55.40. “I am flying, I wanted to do this so […]
You might say Jason Belisle got hooked on bass fishing this past weekend. It was his first time doing it, and chances are good he won’t do it for a while, but he was definitely convinced of the sport’s appeal. “(I like) the way the fish fight,” said the 28-year-old […]
While most eyes were on the weigh-ins under the tent Saturday afternoon, it was equally as intense out on the docks. The top-8 teams were tight-lipped as they talked about their day, eyeing the bags other people were bringing up the dock, careful not to let anything slip. “We have […]
The AA Developmental hockey camp teaches the participants not only the basics of hockey but also team work. And that is what is making it such a success. “Camp is doing great–we have had a really good response this year,” said Mike Allison yesterday morning after meeting with his students […]
Ontario Students Against Impaired Driving (OSAID) could raise their drinks–non-alcoholic, of course–to a job well done. The group was responsible for the mocktail bar, a bar that served non-alcoholic drinks a few booths down from the regular bar, with much success, at last weekend’s Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship. “(It […]
