Staff The Fort Frances Lakers will have a new face in the fold when they open their annual training camp next Thursday (Aug. 30). Head coach and general manager Wayne Strachan announced Tuesday that the club had acquired defenceman Presten Bobyk from the Cochrane Crunch (NOJHL) in exchange for forward […]
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Staff It was Travis Tom who shone the brightest under the lights at Couchiching on Tuesday evening. The Fort Frances Braves’ pitcher was a double-threat, tossing a no-hitter and clubbing a pair of homers to help pace his squad to an 11-0 drubbing of the Dawson Tigers in the deciding […]
Jamie Mountain Scott Andersen and Tim Donaghue had such a good time at their first Morson Bass International last year that they thought they would repeat that success this past weekend. The Bemidji, Mn. natives captured the MBI title for the second-straight year Sunday with a two-day haul of 36.03 […]
Jamie Mountain Al’s Racquet Stringing proved last week that it’s not how you start, it’s how you finish. After ending the regular season behind front-running La Place Rendez-Vous in the standings, it was second-place Al’s who had the last laugh in the Borderland Soccer League’s women’s division championship final last […]
Staff At this rate, the tournament soon will have to be named after them. The Thunder Bay duo of Glenn Leroux and Trevor Zimak successfully defended their title from last year in claiming the annual Atikokan Bass Classic held Friday and Saturday. It was the fifth such title for Leroux […]
Jamie Mountain That gust of wind you feel is from the Fort Frances Her-icanes cruising to another championship. Marissa Kerry pitched a complete-game five-hitter to pace the fourth-seeded Her-icanes to a 12-4 romp over the second-seeded Red Gut Babes to claim their third-straight Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League title. […]
Jamie Mountain For any aspiring hockey player, the opportunity to represent your country in a national tournament definitely is at the top of the list of dream experiences. That dream became a reality for Raygan Kirk when she suited up for Team Canada’s national U18 team in a best-of-three series […]
Jamie Mountain After years of finishing as the top team in the regular season, only to come up short in the playoffs, CJ Contracting finally got the proverbial monkey off its back. First-place CJ used an early first-half goal to eke out a 1-0 win over second-place Manitou Forest Products […]
Staff The sounds of rolling balls and falling pins soon will be returning to Plaza Lanes here. The Fort Frances Bowling Club will kick off its 2018-19 season in less than two weeks, with the Tuesday night league starting on Sept. 4 and the Thursday night one on Sept. 6. […]
Staff A doubleheader was double the fun for Jamie Davis and Ward Imrie on Rea Memorial Weekend at the Emo Speedway. Davis, who was born in Devlin but now lives in Fort Frances, and Imrie (from Winnipeg) won the features in the WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds and Modifieds divisions both Friday […]
Staff Another Borderland Soccer League season officially is in the books. CJ Contracting and Al’s Racquet Stringing nabbed the men’s and women’s division titles, respectively, during the league finals Tuesday evening at the St. Francis Sports Fields. Heading into the second-and-deciding game of the men’s final tied 0-0 on aggregate […]
Staff The Fort Frances Braves are well on their way to defending their Rainy River District Fastball League crown from a year ago. Cole Tymkin hit a walk-off single in the bottom of the seventh to lift the East Division champs to a thrilling 3-2 win over the Dawson Tigers […]
