With Minor Hockey Week in full stride at Memorial Arena this week, the local association’s board of directors is enthusiastic that an already stable program here is only going to get better. Thanks, in large part, to the new indoor ice surface which should be under construction next door this […]
Local Sports
After cruising through the round-robin with a perfect 5-0 record and then downing Jeff McDonald (Port Arthur) 7-3 in the semi-finals, Tyler Bell’s Fort Frances rink needed just one more win to earn a berth to the Bantam mixed provincial playdowns in Mississauga. But it wasn’t to be. Instead, it […]
Kathie Jackson had called it the best field she’s seen in her four trips to the Ontario Scott Tournament of Hearts. A seventh-place finish this time around proved her correct. The Fort Frances rink came charging out of the gate with an impressive 3-1 record after the first two days […]
As the Mine Centre Thunderbirds girls’ volleyball team prepared to head off to the Eastern Ontario Bantam championships in Ottawa last weekend, head coach Brian Love knew his players would have to elevate their level of play against the bigger, more talented schools. And the Thunderbirds did just that–reaching the […]
Local squash player Ben Andrusco captured the men’s ‘D’ event at the 1999 Carpet Max Manitoba Open Squash Classic in Winnipeg, sweeping Scott McDonald (Winnipeg) 3-0 in the final. Andrusco reached the final after edging Andrew Town, considered the top under-12 junior player in Winnipeg by a 3-2 count. He […]
The local Sunset Ford Mustangs “AA” Atom hockey team dropped a 5-1 decision to Roseau on Sunday in the ‘B’ final of a six-team tournament in Baudette. The loss, despite some outstanding goaltending from Wade Friesen, relegated the Mustangs to a fourth-place finish. Mike Spencer, assisted by Jared Catholique-Bruyere and […]
The Emo Belle Bandits took gold for the third time after winning a tournament on home ice last weekend. Atikokan came second, followed by Dryden in third place and Rainy River fourth. Unfortunately, the Emo Tween Bandits could only muster a fourth-place showing in their division, which was won by […]
The Fort Frances Visserettes and Boys Gymnastics Club travelled to Red Lake last weekend to compete in the second regional meet of Fort Frances. John Ans and Joshua Stromness competed at Regional Level 1 for boys. Ans placed first on floor, buckhorse, rings, vault, and high bar and second on […]
It may have been the last bonspiel hosted at the Barwick rink and if it is, at least it went out in style. Glen Jackson, organizer of the Chapple Centennial Bonspiel, said he was still getting phone calls Monday morning from curlers offering words of thanks and congratulations over the […]
Second-period tallies from S. Bliss, G. Madill, and B. Mainville helped the Tooks Hawks (Fort Frances) to a 5-1 victory over Atikokan in the final of the 10-team Emo Cowboys tournament Sunday afternoon. Bliss put the Hawks up 1-0 with a goal in the first while R. Anderson netted an […]
Competing at his first-ever World Championship Snowmobile Derby last weekend in Eagle River, Wis., Steve Arpin admitted he was nervous before each race. In fact, the 15-year-old Fort High student admitted he couldn’t even talk before his race. But then again, who says you have to talk to be a […]
With a full house of supporters awaiting her return back to the party upstairs at the Stratton Curling Club last Friday, Angela Lee had other thoughts on her mind. After just being inundated with a chorus of accolades and congratulations for her rink’s unbelievable run in capturing the Northern Ontario […]
