Jamie Mountain The difficult road to get back atop the SIJHL standings already has begun for the Fort Frances Lakers. But head coach and general manager Wayne Strachan is hopeful a slew of local players will help make that trip back up the mountain an easier one. Last week, Strachan […]
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Staff The tide is starting to turn for Manitou Forest Products in the Borderland Soccer League. After snapping a six-game losing streak last Wednesday with a 1-0 win over Centra Pipelines, they battled top-ranked CJ Contracting to a 1-1 tie in men’s division action Monday night. Jeremy Nussbaumer netted Manitou’s […]
Staff The Race of Champions Mid-season Shootout was the perfect time for Gavin Paull to shine once again. The Fort Frances native claimed his third feature win of the year in the WISSOTA Modifieds division, and also took the lead in the points standings, in Borderland Racing Association action Saturday […]
Staff No matter the opponent, the Fort Frances Braves only know one thing: winning. Brett Mann crushed a three-run homer in the third inning to pace the top-ranked Braves to a 13-2 drubbing of fourth-seeded Windey’s Warriors last Thursday evening at VanJura in the second round of the six-team, double-elimination […]
Staff Manitou Rapids was the place to be last Wednesday evening if you like offence. Team #1 blew things wide-open with a five-run fifth inning en route to a 15-3 rout of Team #2 in the Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League’s annual all-star game. It didn’t take long for […]
Staff Fort Frances Lakers’ head coach and general manager Wayne Strachan wanted to make it a priority to add more local talent to the roster this off-season in order to generate more interest in the team from the community. After bringing in locals Brett and Nick Hahkala, Colton Bodnar, Noah […]
Staff Al’s Racquet Stringing found itself back in the win column in Borderland Soccer League women’s division action last Tuesday night. Natalie Desjardins and Hailey McEvoy netted first-half goals to pace Al’s to its second win of the season with a 3-0 shutout of La Place Rendez-Vous. Desjardins made it […]
Staff Playing second fiddle wasn’t an appealing option for Brody Strachan on Saturday night. The Emo native battled it out with Devlin’s Jamie Davis and claimed the checkered flag in the WISSOTA Modifieds division in Borderland Racing Association action at the Emo Speedway. It was the third feature win of […]
Staff The Sabaskong Tebinaak managed to earn a split in a pair of make-up games in Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League action on Monday night. Candi Jelly earned the pitching victory as the Tebinaak (2-10-1) topped the Dawson Tigers 12-11 in a make-up game for the one that was […]
Press Release Seven Generations Education Institute (SGEI) has donated 22 refurbished iPod touches to the Kenora/Rainy River Districts Alzheimer Society’s Music Project. Rossana Tomashowski, executive director for the Alzheimer Society’s Kenora/Rainy River Districts branch said that prior to the donation, the Kenora/Rainy River branch had a waiting list of patients […]
Staff What a way to end the regular season. Jaden Gustafson was stellar on the pitching rubber to pace the Fort Frances Braves to a 14-0 drubbing of the Sabaskong Goldeneyes on Monday in a make-up game for the one that was postponed back on May 31. The Braves finished […]
Staff A suspension failure put an abrupt end to Steve Arpin’s winning aspirations on Saturday. The Loenbro Motorsport driver and Fort Frances native, who was competing in his first race of the season, was forced to retire on Lap 1 of the first six-lap semi-final. That ended any hopes of […]
