With a huge throng of supporters cheering on the 8,555 runners at Saturday’s 24th-annual Grandma’s Marathon in Duluth, Mn., three local marathoners used that atmosphere to finish the gruelling 26.2-mile route in impressive fashion. Doris Barton led the trio, finishing in a personal-best time of 3:50–a full six minutes off […]
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Kitchen Creek’s Greg Ward will be off to Baddeck, N.S. on June 19-23 for the Canadian Club Champions Championship. Ward, who qualified for the tournament after winning the Kitchen Creek Open last summer, has been playing well as of late, finishing second at the Butch Larson Memorial tournament in International […]
Joyce Gosselin brought in $2,600 of the $3,200 that was raised by local athletes during the annual Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics here Sunday morning. Gosselin also was the top fundraiser last year with $1,900. “We’re very pleased. Joyce goes out every year and raises the most, she’s […]
As last Wednesday’s awards banquet wrapped up yet another successful season for the Aquanauts swim team, head coach Debbie Murray had the chance to look back on it–and was happy with the results. “We had a lot of good swims and a lot of swimmers did improve,” said Murray, who […]
As members of the 1952 Fort Frances Canadians senior men’s hockey team prepare to be honoured tomorrow evening during the official opening of the Memorial Sports Centre, many of them had a chance to remember that remarkable run to the Allan Cup that year. About a dozen of the former […]
Dave Allison’s coaching career took yet another turn when he was hired as the head coach of the International Hockey League’s Milwaukee Admirals last Thursday. The job suddenly became vacant May 30 when head coach Al Sims was relieved of his duties. Sims, who compiled a 118-98-30 record in three […]
In an effort to reward volunteers working at the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship, $10 worth of “Bass Bucks” will be awarded to each one, which then can be spent on the tournament site. The idea will be implemented for the first time at this year’s tournament July 27-29. The […]
With the Oshawa Generals looking for some offensive punch in their lineup for the next few seasons, they may have found their man in A.J. Tucker. Tucker, a scoring sensation with the local B•Macs ‘AA’ Bantam rep team last season, was chosen in the seventh round (134th overall) in the […]
Despite losing all three of their round-robin games in Pool ‘C’ at the all-Ontario soccer championships here last week, the 11th-ranked Muskies came away holding their heads high. Sure, they were outscored 14-3 in those three games, but it was their last game–a 2-1 loss to the sixth-seeded Banting Memorial […]
With three-straight NorWOSSA crowns under their belt and 10 titles in 14 years, there’s no question the Muskie girls’ soccer program has been a successful one. Year after year, the black-and-gold turn in a successful season, regardless of how many players they have lost due to graduation. The bottom line […]
Last Thursday’s official announcement that the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corp. was providing almost $2 million in funding to the second indoor ice surface here was accepted with open arms by the town. Northern Development and Mines minister Tim Hudak made the announcement inside the new arena before a small […]
Greg Ward beat out Bob Crowe and Barry Coffin in an extra playoff hole Sunday to capture the Harry Barefoot Memorial plaque in this year’s Memorial golf tournament at Kitchen Creek. All three had finished the 18-hole event with a one-over par 73. Finishing in third place in the championship […]
