Staff Six members of the Sunset Country Squash Club competed at the Silver Fox “Squash” Cancer charity tournament in Thunder Bay over the weekend. In men’s ‘B’ play, Josh Councillor opened with a 3-1 win over Andreas Asmus (Sioux Lookout) before losing 3-1 to eventual champion Rick Gauthier (Thunder Bay). […]
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Staff Devlin youth baseball now is accepting registrations for the upcoming season. The league, which runs for kids aged four-15, is planning to start on May 6 (weather permitting) but will be limited to the first 20 players per division. The cost is set at $30 per player and everybody […]
Jamie Mountain A challenging season ended on a sour note for the Fort Frances Lakers as they were swept by the Dryden GM Ice Dogs in their best-of-five quarter-final playoff series last week. Evan Pakkala scored three times, including the game-winner in the second period, as the fourth-place Ice Dogs […]
Staff The 2018-19 season came to a close Saturday night for the Florida State Seminoles women’s swimming and diving team at the NCAA championships, which were held last week at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center. Junior Molly Carlson, who was born in Fort Frances but now lives […]
Staff Members of the Fort Frances Badminton Club competed at the N.W.O.B.A Thunder Bay Open over the weekend, with great results. Former Muskie Aaron Bujold won the men’s ‘A’ singles title. Natalie Mitchell and Kristin Moen teamed up to claim the women’s ‘A’ doubles crown, defeating fellow locals Tayah Badiuk […]
Jamie Mountain The Fort Frances Sportsmen’s Club held its annual general meeting Monday night at the Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau (old CN station). It was revealed that 2018 was a quiet year for the club, with many behind-the-scenes activities taking place with the board of directors working at maintaining and […]
Staff Fort Frances Girls’/Women’s Hockey Association teams had an outstanding showing at the Stars Cup hockey tournament over the weekend in Winnipeg. The Fort Frances Atom Leafs competed in the A2 division along with eight other teams, where they took home the home the silver medal. The Leafs started out […]
Staff The impressive showing for the Kim Beaudry rink continues at the Everest Senior Curling Championships being held in Chilliwack, B.C. The squad, which is representing Northern Ontario and also is comprised of Barb Roy (third), Wendy Brunetta (second), and Kris Sinclair (lead), defeated Quebec 7-4 yesterday afternoon to finish […]
Staff The Muskie girls’ curling rink’s dream of OFSAA gold came to an end Friday night in North Bay with a narrow 7-6 loss to Paris DHS in the quarter-finals. The squad, comprised of Ashley Payne (skip), Andrea Schram, Daffni Chabot, and Jillian Cousineau, led 6-3 after five ends. But […]
Staff The Kim Beaudry rink is doing its best to showcase the talent Northern Ontario has to offer at the Everest Canadian Senior Curling Championships being held in Chilliwack, B.C. The squad, which also features Barb Roy (third), Wendy Brunetta (second), and Kris Sinclair (lead), had compiled a 3-2 record […]
Staff There will be no extended post-season run for the Fort Frances Lakers this year. Evan Pakkala scored three times, including the game-winner in the second period, as the Dryden GM Ice Dogs rolled to a 6-2 win over the Lakers in Game 3 of their best-of-five quarter-final playoff series […]
Staff The Fort Frances Men’s Basketball League saw two tight defensive semi-final games played Tuesday night at Fort High. Only one of the four semi-final teams were able to break the 50-point barrier and unfortunately for all those watching the games, they also saw a number of significant injuries take […]
