Staff The Sight & Sound Wolves had a howling good night offensively last Thursday. Sight & Sound used a pair of homeruns in the second inning as part of a four-run frame and never looked back as they cruised to a 14-3 romp over Windey’s Warriors in Rainy River District […]
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Jamie Mountain It was a banner day for the Muskie track-and-field team at the annual Harry McMaster Classic meet held in Dryden last Thursday. The black-and-gold needed a wheelbarrow to bring home all of the hardware they earned home as the team earned a plethora of medals and smashed personal […]
Jamie Mountain Another successful regular season is officially in the books and the Muskie boys’ soccer team is one step closer to their ultimate goal. The conditions were poor and they definitely didn’t play their best brand of soccer, but the black-and-gold still managed to earn a win and a […]
Jamie Mountain Playing second fiddle was a tiresome tune for Dan and Josh Pollard. After back-to-back years of finishing as the runners-up to Baudette’s Les Morrison and Oliver Gibbins of Morson, the father-son duo flipped the script at the 18th-annual Emo Walleye Classic over the weekend and ended the reigning […]
Jamie Mountain The black-and-gold are feeling a little more black-and-blue these days. A fresh batch of injuries put the Muskie girls’ soccer team behind the eight-ball last week in the NorWOSSA regular-season ending games in Kenora–and the rainy weather didn’t help matters much. Muskie head coach Sara Roach suffered an […]
Staff The third time was the charm for Dan and Josh Pollard over the weekend. After back-to-back years of finishing second to Baudette’s Les Morrison and Morson’s Oliver Gibbins, the Emo natives captured the 18th-annual Emo Walleye Classic with a two-day haul of 15.69 pounds and dethroned the reigning champs. […]
Staff The Muskie girls’ soccer team was unable to come away with a win on the rain-soaked final day of the regular season but still clinched a first-place bye to next Wednesday’s (May 29) NorWOSSA final in Dryden. Fort High dropped both of its matches against the host Kenora Broncos […]
Staff It’s been a great start to the Rainy River District Fastball League season for the two-time defending champion Fort Frances Braves. Cole Tymkin smacked another homer to pace the Braves to a 17-1 rout of the Manitou Thunderbirds on Tuesday night to improve their record to a perfect 3-0. […]
Press Release The Fort Frances Curling Club, Curl Moncton, and the Sydney Curling Club in Sydney, N.S., were each recipients of low-interest $25,000 loans from Curling Canada to improve their respective facilities. The revamped Curling Assistance Program, which was launched this past summer, offers low-interest loans, to a maximum of […]
Staff A great night of racing led to Tanner Williamson’s first-ever feature win at the Borderland Racing Association’s season-opener Saturday at the Emo Speedway. The Fort Frances native had four top-five and six top-10 finishes to his credit last season in the WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds division but was unable to […]
Jamie Mountain Anything can happen in the playoffs and both the Rainy River Owls’ girls’ and boys’ soccer teams hope things will land in their favour this week. The girls’ squad ended the NorWOSSA ‘A’ regular season with a loss and a draw to the St. Thomas Aquinas Saints (Kenora) […]
Staff All signs are indicating that the Fort Frances Braves will be the ones to beat yet again this season. In an all-out blitz of power, the two-time defending champions slugged six homeruns en route to a 16-2 thrashing of Windey’s Warriors in Rainy River District Fastball League action last […]
