With several new coaches and a brand new system in place, the Muskie football program will undergo plenty of changes this coming season. But what the coaching staff hopes won’t change is their ability to win. Just 25 players from last year’s squad, which compiled an impressive 5-1 record (including […]
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Having a flair for the dramatics, the Emo Bulldogs repeated as champs of Kakabeka Falls fastball tournament Sunday afternoon with a thrilling 5-4 victory over the Dryden Husky. Catcher Wayne Strachan delivered the game-winning hit–and RBI single that scored Warren Voth from second–in the bottom of the seventh inning. Voth, […]
Playing against a strong field of golfers at the annual Smokey Bear tournament in International Falls last weekend, Greg Ross knew it would be tough to repeat as champion. He would have to play solid golf all weekend–and hope to benefit from a few breaks along the way. To his […]
After dominating much of their game against Dryden at a soccer tournament there Saturday, the Fort Frances Diamondbacks ran into some injury troubles. First Carolyn Spencer went down with a knee injury, then Karma Chudobiak got a bloody nose from an errant ball, which left the Fort Frances squad–made up […]
For most people, taking up golf for the first time can be a very frustrating experience. Not so for local golfer Mike Dick, a 50-year-old drywaller from Devlin who never seriously took up the game until just eight years ago. Yet he’s preparing to make his first appearance in the […]
The inaugural “AA” developmental hockey camp hasn’t even taken to the ice yet and already co-owner Mike Allison is looking ahead to next year. Allison said he would like to incorporate a goalie clinic as well as a women’s camp that would run separately from the main one next year. […]
Despite the fact the local judo season wrapped up months ago, Jared Catholique-Bruyere continued to train with his sights set on winning a medal at the Junior Olympic Championships in Toronto. And all that hard work paid off as Catholique-Bruyere, 12, slammed his way to a bronze medal against six […]
Dryden Husky staved off a late rally to down the Emo Bulldogs 6-4 on Sunday in the final of the annual Barwick fastball tournament. Trailing 6-0 heading into the seventh inning, Emo’s bats finally came alive–scoring four runs (highlighted by a two-run homer by Warren Voth) and having runners on […]
When Canada’s junior women’s softball team took to the field in Taiwan last month, one of its players had a Fort Frances connection. Teri Herbert, a utility infielder who lives in Red Deer, Alta., is the granddaughter of Joe and Bertha Ossachuk and Mr. and Mrs. George Herbert of here. […]
Despite strong winds with gusts up around 70 km/h, three local golfers managed to overcome the conditions Monday and qualify for the Manitoba Amateur Golf Championship later this month. Mike Dick fired a four-over-par 76 under the less-than-ideal conditions on the La Verendrye course in La Broquerie, Man., shooting a […]
Mike Gurski of Fort Frances, co-owner of “Ram Connection” here, is among the lineup of outdoor enthusiasts to be featured in this month’s edition of “Fish-Fur-Game” magazine. The article highlights the “Ram” power snare system Gurski and his wife, Sharon, sell in their wildlife supply control centre located in the […]
Being told by the coaches that your chances of making a team aren’t very good isn’t exactly the type of feedback a player wants to hear. But that’s exactly what happened to Muskie senior basketball player Evan Woodlands at the Northern Ontario tryouts in Sudbury earlier this week. Woodlands admitted […]
