Press Release Four athletes and two builders make up the 2019 slate of Inductees to enter the Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame at the 38th Annual Induction Dinner and Ceremonies set for Sept. 28 in Thunder Bay. All four of the athletes being inducted competed at the highest level […]
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Staff Their most recent win could not have come any easier–but they all count the same in the standings. Centra Pipelines picked up their second win in a row with a default victory over CJ Contracting (2-4-2) in Borderland Soccer League men’s division action on Monday night. Last Wednesday night […]
Staff The Rainy River District Fastball League post-season began in earnest last night with two games in the West Division and one in the East. In the West, Rainy River played host to the Stratton Eagles while the Lakers welcomed the last-place Goldeneyes in an all-Sabaskong battle. Over in the […]
Staff Out of all the all-stars on the field, it was perhaps Mariah Leahy who shone the brightest. Leahy, who is a member of the three-time defending champion Fort Frances Her-icanes, got it done on the mound and with the bat as she paced Team Stacy Patey to a 7-2 […]
Jamie Mountain Scott Fawcett had a highly successful coaching career that spanned nearly 30 years and included 10 championships at various levels of the game of football. But the Fort Frances native is quick to point out that football is a team sport and all of his accolades came from […]
Jamie Mountain Their faith in each other never wavered and it was ultimately what led them to success. The Fort Frances-based quartet of Clint Barton (skip), Scott Gobeil (third), Don Robertson (second), and Steve Maki (lead) didn’t let the pressure of playing at home get to them as they cruised […]
Staff Brody Strachan is having a season to remember in the WISSOTA Modifieds division. And by the way it’s looking, a fourth-straight points title is almost a forgone conclusion for the Emo native. Strachan cruised to his division-leading sixth feature win of the season in Borderland Racing Association action on […]
Press Release INTERNATIONAL FALLS, Mn.–U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations officers at the International Falls Port of Entry targeted three rail containers destined to arrive in Ranier, Mn. CBP officers inspected the rail containers and discovered several products in violation of intellectual property rights (IPR) regulations. […]
Staff Talk about kicking the post-season off in style. The seventh-seeded Fort Frances Angels used a three-run first inning to roll to a 7-1 win over the 10th-ranked Red Gut Babes in the first round of the double-elimination Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League playoffs last night at VanJura. Rylee […]
Jamie Mountain The picture for the Fort Frances Lakers’ 2019-2020 roster is becoming more clear as the weeks go by. The Lakers announced last Wednesday (July 17) that local forward Noah Loveday is set to return for his third season with the club. “This is a guy that works hard […]
Staff It had been awhile between wins, so it must have felt pretty good. Brady Caul soared to his second checkered flag of the season as he topped the WISSOTA Modifieds feature at the Race of Champions qualifier hosted by the Borderland Racing Association on Saturday night at the Emo […]
Jamie Mountain You don’t do something that long unless you truly love it and have a passion for it. For Ken Christiansen, all the long bus rides have been worth it to invest in the lives of young athletes. “Keno,” as he is most commonly called, has been at the […]
