The average weight of the 497 bass caught over the three days of this year’s Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship jumped by nearly a quarter of a pound compared to the 1997 tournament, the area biologist for the local Ministry of Natural Resources office reported Tuesday. Darryl McLeod said the […]
Local Sports
When the first-annual Kid-Pro Am fishing tournament wrapped up last Thursday, organizers were elated to find the idea was just as big a hit with the pros as it was with the youngsters. In fact, Rick Socholotuk, who helped organize the tournament with Bill Morgenstern, said the three-hour, catch-and-release event […]
With most anglers grumbling under the tent the night before the derby began about the trouble they were having catching smallmouth bass while pre-fishing, Joe Thrun said he couldn’t believe they weren’t catching fish. Thrun and his partner, Jim Moynagh, both from the Minneapolis area, enjoyed an impressive pre-fish on […]
Jack Thompson fired a 75 to earn a two-stroke victory over Tom Bennett in a seniors’ tournament last Wednesday at Kitchen Creek Golf Course. Bennett’s 77 was the low gross score in the championship flight, one stroke better than Freddie Beck and Grant Green. Dick Burnett had the low net […]
“Teaching the art of diving since 1978,” the Blue H20 Sports Inc. was back in Fort Frances last week to train a new batch of scuba diving enthusiasts. The Northern Ontario unit of the Port Coquitlam-based company was offering a scuba diving course here for the fifth year. The other […]
The Thunder Bay Flyers yesterday announced local scout Shane Baker will be part of their full-time staff for the upcoming season. Baker, who will be responsible for players in the Northwestern Ontario region, joins Mark Pugliese (Thunder Bay), Rod McKenzie (Terrace Bay), Dwight Degiacomo (Minneapolis), Alan Young (Winnipeg), and Scott […]
The Emo Bulldogs used the long ball behind the two-hit pitching of Gus Copenace to dump the Thunder Bay Mariners 7-1 in the ‘A’-final Sunday at a fastball tournament in Kakabeka Falls. Dennis Mounk, Sean Taggart, and Sheldon Kelly all homered for the Bulldogs, who finished the tournament with a […]
He sits relaxed this afternoon. He has just finished up with a win on the Silverado, and earlier this month with a high finish at the Dennys tournament. Ted Capra is on a roll–although in his eyes, he isn’t doing as well as he had last year. Fishing tournaments throughout […]
The Sunset Merchants blew a three-run lead in the last inning of the championship game Sunday to fall 6-5 to the Gladstone Whips at the Intermediate ‘A’ Manitoba provincial fastball tournament in Winnipeg. Holding a comfortable 5-2 lead heading into the bottom of the seventh, the Merchants’ hopes of winning […]
If Joan Richardson keeps on dominating the annual Kitchen Creek Ladies Open, one has to wonder if the Grand Rapids whiz won’t be invited back some day. Although that would never happen, some local golfers probably would think that wasn’t such a bad idea. Richardson won her second Ladies’ Open […]
They say it only comes once in a lifetime, so take advantage of it. For me, it was two times in a lifetime. The first time served as a volunteer media/security personnel at the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics, and second attending the opening ceremonies at the Canadian Special Olympics 1998 […]
Although a steady rain eventually forced the cancellation of the ‘A’-side final of the Barwick fastball tournament Sunday, a familiar name was preparing to take the field. The Emo Bulldogs, winners of the Rainy River District Fastball League title the past two seasons, found themselves in the final against Dryden […]
