Local marathoner Lorne Ricard clocked a time of 3:16 under muggy conditions Sunday to place 45th overall in the 26.2-mile Manitoba Marathon. Just over 600 runners took part in the full marathon, with Brandon’s Dane Samuel winning the annual Father’s Day race in a time of 2:33.25. Although Ricard’s time […]
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Playing in the comfy confines of their home town, Fort Frances dominated this year’s Senior 1A District Games last week, hauling in 36 medals–including 14 of the golden variety. That put them well ahead of second-place Dryden (six gold, three silver, and two bronze) and third-place Kenora (one gold, five […]
Brock Madill of here continued his mastery in the world of bodybuilding by winning the Canadian Natural Bodybuilding Championships in Toronto last weekend. Madill, who competed in the 5’9” to 5’11” height class (with no weight restriction), was the overall winner against about 40 other competitors from across Canada. He […]
The Emo Bulldogs lost both their games to get quickly bounced from a 12-team ‘AAA’ fastball tournament in Rice Lake, Wis. over the weekend. The Evansville Bulls jumped all over Bulldogs’ starter Warren Voth for a 4-0 lead after two innings en route to a 6-3 victory. Todd Desautels went […]
The Emo Bulldogs finished with a 2-2 record at the second qualifying tournament in Fargo, N.D. last weekend, which wasn’t good enough to earn a berth to the North American Fastball Association championships coming up in Albuquerque, N.M. The Bulldogs were edged out by a team from Geneva, Mn. in […]
A local contingent of squash players had a strong showing at the sixth-annual Red Lake Open last weekend, winning three titles in three separate divisions. Mary Beth Tkachuk of Fort Frances blanked Katie Bonthlon (Toronto) 3-0 in the final of the ladies ‘A/B’ event. Tkachuk went undefeated in the tournament, […]
As Fort High held its final recognition night at the J.A. Mathieu Auditorium on Monday evening, athletic director Rick Wiedenhoeft reflected on another fine year in sports and pondered what the future will be like in the new facility at Westfort. Muskie teams captured eight NorWOSSA titles and three NWOSSAA […]
After getting a first-hand look at the players trying out for the Muskie ‘C’ program, head coach Rob Tysz came away feeling optimistic that this could be a very productive year. Tysz felt all the players, which included two females, were impressive at the two-day spring camp this past weekend […]
In an effort to revitalize a sport that appears to losing popularity to soccer, a junior slo-pitch league has been set up in Rainy River District. Six teams–two from Northwest Bay and one each from Manitou Rapids, Big Island, Barwick, and Sabaskong–play each Wednesday night in a league that sees […]
Playing against the top teams in Manitoba, the local trio of John Sivonen, Gary Wager, and Evan Woodlands teamed up to place second in their division at the Red River Ex “Hoop it Up” 3-on-3 basketball tournament in Winnipeg last weekend. After dropping their first game 11-9 to a team […]
Despite nursing a sore back and completing just one set of lifts, local powerlifter Dave Mitchell placed third in his weight class at the recent national championships in Calgary. That placing in the 181-pound division, combined with the fact he had placed first in the sub-Masters’ division, assured him a […]
Karli McKinnon continued her onslaught on the Aquanauts’ record book at the Thunder Bay International Invitational last weekend–breaking three more records in her final competition in the 10 and under division. Her times of 32.37 in the 50m free, 2:36.77 in the 200m free, and 2:59.92 in the 200m I.M. […]
