Considering the talent at the men’s bonspiel here each year, Lorne Jackson would be the first to admit it how tough it is to repeat as champion. But that’s exactly what Jackson and his rink of brother, Derek, and new front end Randy Genyk and Lionel Conan (both from Winnipeg), […]
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The road to the all-Ontarios took a little bump along the way but the Rainy River Owls, skipped by Angela Lee, advanced to the provincial girls’ curling showdown April 14-17 in Toronto. Competing at the NWOSSAA playdowns here in Fort Frances, the Owls had little trouble beating Marathon 10-2 in […]
The Fort Frances Gymnastics Academy was fortunate to have a talented young German gymnast by the name of Weronicka Smigielska grace its club this season. And the 18-year-old native of Dusseldorf (she actually was born in Poland) has become quite a fixture here in Fort Frances while she is completing […]
The Fort Frances “AA” Tom Thumb team placed fourth out of 20 teams at a tournament in Thunder Bay last weekend. After finishing with a 3-0-1 record in their pool, the Fort dropped both their games in the playoff round–losing 3-1 to top-ranked West End Bruins (Thunder Bay) and then […]
Dave Kinsella helped the Muskies to a silver medal at the all-Ontarios in London in 1984 as a defenceman with the team. This year, he was behind the bench of the St. Thomas Aquinas Cardinals–the team that knocked the black-and-gold out of further contention at the provincial showdown in Dryden. […]
In just his third season as a Kitty Cat racer, and his first full one, Curtis Boivin certainly burned up the tracks on the Minnesota KC Pro racing circuit. Boivin, six, of Fort Frances, is part of the Lil’ Twister racing team that includes his father, Alan, and mother, Carol. […]
As the Muskies cleaned out their lockers at Memorial Arena on Monday afternoon, they did so knowing it was their third-period collapses that cost them a playoff berth–and possibly a shot at a medal–at the all-Ontarios in Dryden last week. Outscored 7-3 in the final frame in their four pool […]
The Canoe Canada Canadians (Atikokan) blanked the Times Tigers 3-0 on Sunday afternoon in the ‘A’-side final of a 15-team Tom Thumb tournament here. The Canadians opened the scoring in the first on a goal by Matthew St. Pierre, then made it 2-0 in the second when Michael Kostynuk tallied. […]
The Skates & Blades/International Floor Coverings girls’ hockey team finished third at an Atom tournament in Dryden last weekend after earning a pair of ties against two losses in four double round-robin games. They opened action Saturday morning with a 2-2 tie versus the Dryden GM Blazers after trailing 2-0 […]
The local Sunset Ford Mustangs “AA” Atom hockey team was unable to hold on to a three-goal, second-period lead and wound up on the short end of a 6-4 score to the Brandon Wheat Kings at a tournament in Portage La Prairie, Man. last weekend. The loss eliminated them from […]
When Carrie Selin laces up her skates this weekend for the annual ice show, it will be for the very last time as a member of the Border Figure Skating Club. It will mark an end to a 16-year stint that has seen the personable young skater excite crowds year […]
Heading into their first-ever playoff series, Dave Allison, head coach of the Fort Frances Canadians Midget ‘AA’ squad, felt getting out to a fast start was the key to success at the branch playdowns last weekend in Atikokan. The Canadians certainly did get out to that all-important quick start against […]
