Step aside, guys, a Muskie girls’ hockey team may soon be basking in NorWOSSA glory, too. “We are looking to organize a [FFHS] girls’ hockey team that will play exhibition games against teams in Kenora, Dryden, and possibly Minnesota,” confirmed former NHL’er Mike Allison, co-owner of the AA Developmental Hockey […]
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Tagg’s, sporting three of the top five scorers, sits atop the men’s Borderland soccer league standings at the midway point of the season. Tagg’s has 21 points so far–nine ahead of second-place AAA. Nova is just three back of AAA with nine points, followed by ITS (six points) and Gillons’ […]
When Rick Wiedenhoeft left Fort Frances High School as a student back in 1967 for the University of Waterloo, he always knew he wanted to come back to his old school and teach. He eventually reached that goal and, along the way, also achieved his other goal of becoming the […]
Lorne Ricard had a goal in mind as to how fast he wanted to finish Sunday’s 22nd-annual Manitoba Marathon in Winnipeg. And when he crossed the finish line 3:10 later, he had reached it. Ricard, racing in his fourth Manitoba Marathon, took advantage of slightly overcast skies and a flat […]
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 […]
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 […]
