Staff John Desaulniers shone brightly during the Rainy River District Fastball League’s annual all-star game held Thursday night in Pinewood. Desaulniers was solid on the rubber and also belted a grand slam to left field to pace the East All-Stars to a 11-1 rout of the West All-Stars. Don Smith […]
Local Sports
Staff The accolades keep on coming for Molly Carlson. The Fort Frances native was among 15 Florida State Seminoles’ swimmers and divers named to the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) Scholar All-America teams last Wednesday. The CSCAA recognized a record-breaking 1,069 student-athletes across all NCAA divisions, […]
Staff The Borderland Racing Association didn’t host races at the Emo Speedway over the Canada Day weekend, allowing drivers to compete south of the border. Wyatt Boyum of International Falls placed third in the Midwest Modifieds feature at Greenbush on Saturday. Cody Ossachuk of Fort Frances came fifth while Dayton […]
Jamie Mountain An unfortunate mishap forced organizers to cut short the seventh-annual International Boundary Waters Dragon Boat Festival on Saturday afternoon. Several people were injured on this side of the border during the Backus Community Center’s “community pull” tug-of-war between Fort Frances and International Falls, which ran in conjunction with […]
Staff Getting down early proved not to be too much of a challenge for the Couchiching Lady Raiders in Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League action Monday night. The Lady Raiders (7-5) rallied from a four-run first-inning deficit to nab an 11-7 win over the Fort Frances Angels (2-9). Jennifer […]
From the MNRF The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry laid 53 charges and also issued 41 warnings during a two-day road check station at the junction of Highway 502 and Highway 11, east of Fort Frances. On June 22 and 23, conservation officers from the Northwest Region checked 2,069 […]
Jamie Mountain The seventh-annual International Boundary Waters Dragon Boat Festival is set to hit the water here on Saturday at the Sorting Gap Marina. Unlike previous years, a new twist will have the boats being launched from both Fort Frances and International Falls. Each side also will stage their own […]
Staff The dirt was flying and the local riders were smiling over the weekend in Emo. Dylan Tessier of Devlin and Cole Kreger of Emo both were victorious at the Superior Dirt Riders’ doubleheader that was held Saturday and Sunday at the Emo Motocross course. It was the tour’s lone […]
Staff The local Vipers’ volleyball program still is taking entries for its camp next Tuesday through Saturday at J.W. Walker School and Fort High. Running from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. each day, the camp will focus on areas such as passing technique, serve-receive patterns and serving technique, floater and jump attacking […]
Jamie Mountain The Fort Frances Lakers are hoping an influx of local talent can help turn the Junior ‘A’ franchise around. Head coach and general manager Wayne Strachan announced the first wave of local player signings at a press conference last Wednesday afternoon at the Ice For Kids Arena boardroom. […]
Jamie Mountain A solid year on the mat recently became even better for Hudson Mann. The seventh-grader, who was born in Fort Frances but now lives in International Falls, Mn., made the Minnesota national wrestling team for the second year in a row and helped paced Minnesota Blue to a […]
Staff To say Mother Nature wasn’t always pleasant in the first half of the Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League season would be an understatement. The season schedule hit its midway point Monday night with a handful of make-up games being played. The Big Grassy Lynx were the busiest team–playing […]
