Stalled contract negotiations between teachers and the Keewatin-Patricia public school board may cancel all NorWOSSA sports for the upcoming year, league president Diane Chappell warned this week. The football season is the first casualty, and there’s a very distinct possibility that the court sports and hockey will be next. “It […]
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Heading into Sunday’s championship final against the previously unbeaten Causeway team, the make-shift squad of MEC/Merchants knew they would have to play well defensively to pull off the upset and shutdown Causeway’s high-powered offensive. In fact, while Causeway breezed through the round-robin trouncing the Dryden Selects 4-0 in their opening […]
Although Gareth Payne will be back looking to win his fourth-straight Kitchen Creek Classic title, club pro Gord Workum felt this year’s field is a talented one that could see a new champion. With several low handicap players making the trip here from areas such as Kenora and Thunder Bay, […]
For the second consecutive year, Tagg’s met the Dryden Heat in the final of the men’s “Borderland Ball Blast” soccer tournament. And for the second year in a row, Tagg’s was crowned tournament champs. Tagg’s dominated the Dryden squad from the opening whistle, controlling the ball throughout the first half […]
Ron Westover increased his overall points lead in the streets division with a first-place finish in both the feature and heat race last Thursday at the Emo Speedway. Westover now leads the streets with 517 points, just 11 points ahead of Richard Visser. Visser finished behind Westover in the feature, […]
In an attempt to bring senior football back to Thunder Bay, the newly-formed Thunder Bay Storm is looking to attract players from Northwestern Ontario to suit up in the new Central Senior Football League this season. The CSFL is looking for players who have graduated from NorWOSSA football and would […]
With eight teams set to compete for this year’s “Borderland Ball Blast” men’s soccer tournament, organizers are starting to get a feel of the tournament’s potential. The tournament has attracted four teams from the local Borderland League, but more importantly, four out-of-town teams–Dryden Drillers, Horst Lang Falcons (Dryden), last year’s […]
Dave Mitchell powered his way to a first-place finish in his division–and second overall–at the Canadian Powerlifting Championships in Okotoks, Alta. (near Calgary) last weekend. The Fort Frances resident recorded a high lift of 584 pounds in the squat, 292 in bench press, and 562 in the deadlift en route […]
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 […]
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 […]
