Staff The Fort Frances PeeWee ‘AA’ Canadians went 5-1 en route to claiming the HNO Branch championship title for a third-straight year. Held March 8-10, the Canadians opened tourney play on the Friday morning with a narrow 2-1 shootout loss to the KC Sabres. After a scoreless first period, Dakota […]
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Staff The Fort Frances Lakers will be heading into the SIJHL playoffs with a little more confidence after splitting their final regular-season games over the weekend at the Ice For Kids Arena. In what was a preview of their first-round playoff match-up, the fifth-place Lakers eked out a tough 6-5 […]
Staff Keighan Gerrie, Jacob Brown, and Kyle Auger combined for nine points to pace the league-leading Thunder Bay North Stars to a 9-1 romp over the visiting Fort Frances Lakers on Tuesday night. Thunder Bay (47-4-1-1) roared out to a 3-0 lead in the first period on goals by Maxime […]
Staff The Emo Misfits scored with two minutes left in overtime to pull out a thrilling 4-3 win over the Fort Frances Chiefs in the final of the Chiefs’ fourth-annual tournament that was held March 1-3 at “The Duke” (Couchiching Arena). The Misfits opened the scoring with 51 seconds to […]
Jamie Mountain A sixth-grader from Devlin made some history Saturday when she became the first-ever female to place for the Mighty Mustangs youth wrestling program at the MNUSA state wrestling tournament in Rochester, Mn. McKenna McTavish, competing in the all-girls’ division, took third place in her weight class. “McKenna is […]
Jamie Mountain It was a day of nice weather and good competition for those who attended the second-annual Rainy Lake “Loppet” on Saturday afternoon. Hosted by the Rainy Lake Nordic Ski Club at its Rocky Inlet trails, nine skiers made the most of a mild winter day and put their […]
Jamie Mountain Each match is a learning experience and sometimes the lessons you need to learn most come from tough losses. The Muskie senior girls’ volleyball team experienced its share of disappointment last week as the black-and-gold compiled a 1-3 record in Pool ‘A’ play to finish fourth and wind […]
Jamie Mountain It’s been a gruelling season and things aren’t going to get any easier for the Fort Frances Lakers as they conclude the SIJHL’s regular season this week. The squad managed to split its weekends games at the Ice For Kids Arena, which included a 7-3 romp over the […]
Jamie Mountain A title just wasn’t to be in the end but it still was a respectable showing by the Mackenzie Jolicouer and Ashley Payne rinks at the U18 curling provincials held Thursday through Sunday at the Fort Frances Curling Club. Neither Jolicouer’s Stratton-based rink nor Payne’s Fort Frances squad […]
Staff The local Northern Lights School of Skating had five of its StarSkaters participate in the Thunder Bay Super Series Competition back on March 1-2, with great results. Hallee Nugent placed third in the STAR 5 Free Skate 13-and-over category. She also wound up fourth in STAR 6 Elements and […]
Jamie Mountain Preparation already is underway for the 25th-annual Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship, which will run July 18-20 at the Sorting Gap Marina. Jeannette Cawston, one of the tournament directors, said this will be her last year as a director and hopes someone will come forward and work with […]
Ken Dick and Susan Allison of Fort Frances were among the $40 winners in the Alzheimer Society of Kenora/Rainy River Districts’ cash calendar draw for March. Other winners included Kenora residents John McGurran, Betty Quinn, Dustin Mason, Norma MacLeod, Carol Surowich, Paul and Terri Sirman, Randy and Kat Belair, Louise […]
