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 […]
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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 […]
Jamie Mountain District volleyball players will be put to the ultimate test at the Ontario Summer Games. Three girls and eight boys were selected to represent the Region 1 14U teams at the Games, which are slated for Aug. 2-5 in London, Ont. Making up the girls’ squad are Fort […]
Staff Offence was hard to come by for CJ Contracting and Centra Pipelines on Monday night. Ian Jodoin scored early in the first half to pace first-place CJ (6-2) to a 1-0 win over second-place Centra (4-4) in Borderland Soccer League men’s division action at the St. Francis Sports Field. […]
Jamie Mountain You definitely can say they saved the best for last. Needing a haul of 11.56 pounds on the final day in order to overtake Zack McBride and Mike Wilson, the duo of Don Copenace and Greg Swire did just that–tipping the scales with 12.45 pounds to claim the […]
Staff It’s been a tight race in the Borderland Racing Association’s points standings so far between Gavin Paull and Brody Strachan. This time it was Paull who came out on top over Strachan, claiming the checkered flag in the WISSOTA Modifieds division at the Emo Speedway on Saturday night for […]
