Muskie head coach Bob Swing is looking to add more coaches to help out with the junior football program this fall, which may soon be split up into two teams (grades seven/eight and grades nine/10). Swing said the younger team would play in a league against Minnesota ones while the […]
Local Sports
For modified driver Rick Roche, there’s no better feeling than hitting the track for another day of racing. And with some extra time on his hands this season, he is taking full advantage by racing at tracks throughout Canada and the U.S. A fixture at the Emo Speedway for the […]
Penny Dick was the top local athlete at the Special Olympics regional summer games in Thunder Bay last Saturday, finishing first in both the shot put and 50m run in the over-35 women’s division. Angela Pernsky, competing in the women’s 20-25 age group, also had a strong showing, finishing second […]
After placing second at the Dryden Labatt’s men’s fastball tournament last year, the Sunset Merchants came out on top this time around, dumping the Landmark Alliance 5-1 in the ‘A’ final Sunday afternoon. The Merchants rode the strong pitching of John Desaulniers, and played flawless defence, in downing the Manitoba […]
The Dryden Heat scored on a penalty kick with about 10 minutes to play to nip the Fort Frances Selects men’s travel team 2-1 in the final of a soccer tournament there over the weekend. Mike Webb put the Selects up 1-0 with a goal midway through the first half […]
“We had the race. We had the crowd. We had delays.” Those words of Jeff McFayden co-organizer of Sunday’s Sea Doo races on Sand Bay, summed up the event perfectly. Sanctioned by the Jet Sport Association of Manitoba, the inaugural event drew a fair crowd to see the 15 competitors, […]
With the departure of athletic director Bob Grynol due to retirement, Ian Simpson will be the new man in charge of athletics at Fort High for the 1998-99 school year. Simpson, the past-president of NWOSSAA, makes the transition from being the athletic director and vice-principal at Rainy River High School. […]
When looking for walleyes in the summer, I am often reminded of what every real estate salesperson is taught–location, location, location. Where are the walleyes? The three-step approach starts out with location. The very first way to find out where the walleyes are, and what they are biting on, is […]
Gavin Paull came away with three major awards at last night’s Aquanaut dinner and awards banquet, including top male age group swimmer. Paull, 16, also was recognized for his efforts in competitive freestyle and was selected as the winner of the Achievement in Backstroke plaque for males. Aquanaut head coach […]
The Boreal West Round Table information centre will be in Fort Frances tomorrow in an attempt to develop recommendations on land use and natural resource allocation in Northwestern Ontario. The public will have a chance to examine the group’s planning recommendations and to ask questions to its members. The centre […]
The local minor hockey association is bracing for the possibility of having all its current volunteers put through a police check as part of the Canadian Hockey Association’s revised harassment and abuse policy. “The whole idea is to protect the kids,” said Lynn Kellar, president of the Fort Frances Minor […]
After holding a special meeting Monday night on the new rink here, town council decided it would be in its best interest to have “technical” people look at the bids and provide input back. A total of 15 bids were received by last week’s Tuesday deadline for architectural proposals for […]
