Jamie Mountain It was a grind for the local Vipers’ 15U girls’ volleyball team this past weekend. The squad was in Atikokan on Saturday to compete in a few exhibition matches but struggled to find consistency. The Vipers first took on the Atikokan Voyageurs’ senior girls’ squad, dropping the first […]
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Jamie Mountain The Fort Frances Girls’/Women’s Hockey Association held its annual general meeting last Tuesday night in the ’52 Canadians boardroom, at which time some changes to the board were announced. Craig Miller, who was the association’s treasurer, will be taking over as president from Ron MacKinnon for next season. […]
Jamie Mountain The Muskies have four representatives at the NWOSSAA finals happening today in Thunder Bay. Bella Ward, Aaron Bujold, Michaela Putzer, and the senior girls’ doubles team of Lauren Marchant and Tayah Badiuk all were “golden” at the NorWOSSA finals last Wednesday in Sioux Lookout. In the junior girls’ […]
Staff Star Muskie running back Sekina Scheibler still is reaping the benefits of an impressive season. The WHSFL recently named him to the Team Steeves roster (Vincent Massey Brandon) for the league’s Senior Bowl, which is slated for May 26 at 2 p.m. at Investors Group Field in Winnipeg. Fans […]
Staff The Atlantic Coast Conference announced its 2017-18 All-ACC Academic Swimming and Diving Teams last Thursday. Florida State landed a total of 10 student-athletes on both the men’s and women’s squads. Among those named to the women’s squad was Fort Frances native Molly Carlson, which was her second career nod. […]
Staff Ted Davis’ power-play goal 49 seconds into the third period proved to be the winner as the Dryden GM Ice Dogs rallied to edge the Thunder Bay North Stars 3-2 in Game 6 of the best-of-seven SIJHL final Saturday at the Fort William Gardens. The Ice Dogs claimed the […]
Staff An inspired Dryden GM Ice Dogs’ squad doubled the Thunder Bay North Stars 4-2 last night in Game 4 of their best-of-seven SIJHL final at the Fort William Gardens. The series is tied 2-2 heading into Game 5 tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. at the Memorial Arena in Dryden. Game […]
Jamie Mountain Both Hudson Mann and Teagan Green were a force to be reckoned with for the Mighty Mustang youth wrestling program over the weekend at the Jaycees’ state tournament in Grand Rapids, Mn. Mann, who was born in Fort Frances but now lives in International Falls, claimed first place […]
Many consumers, without herb gardens of their own, will choose to purchase dried herbs more frequently than fresh ones due to cost and convenience. Dried herbs are suitable for certain recipe applications, however, there are just as many recipes that would benefit from fresh ones. Consequently, other than listening to […]
Jamie Mountain The Fort Frances 15U Vipers girls’ volleyball team continues to impress while participating in the Manitoba Volleyball Association. Comprised of athletes from around the region, including seven from Fort Frances, two from Kenora, four from Atikokan, and one from Rainy River, the squad started practising after the NorWOSSA […]
Jamie Mountain As soon as Mother Nature shows some mercy and brings about nicer weather, you can bet local youths will be racing onto the soccer pitch to work on their skills. The Fort Frances Youth Soccer program is here for those enthusiastic youngsters, and is expecting a joyous time […]
Staff Ethan Carlson-Jourdain will represent Northern Ontario at the National Aboriginal Hockey Championships slated for May 5-12 in Membertou, N.S. The Fort Frances native, a forward for the Kenora ‘AAA’ Thistles and who will be representing Couchiching First Nation, earned his spot on the Team Ontario North roster via tryouts […]
