Staff Hockey players of all ages took home awards at the Emo-Devlin-Barwick Minor Hockey Association’s annual banquet held March 24. Reed Booth received the Tony Bliss Appreciation Award for most improved player in the Novice division while Mya LePage was the recipient in Novice girls. Lucas Olson claimed the Doug […]
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Staff The Fort Frances Girls’/Women’s Hockey Association held its annual year-end banquet Sunday evening at the Memorial Sports Centre. Gianna Gushulak nabbed the Larry Tucker Memorial Novice rookie-of-the-year award. Here is a complete list of the winners from each team: •Novice Heat–Melia Friend (most improved), Peyton Sisco (most dedicated), Ainsley […]
Jamie Mountain The Dryden GM Ice Dogs will defend their SIJHL title from a year ago. Malcolm Huemmert and Jacen Bracko each notched a pair of goals to pace the Ice Dogs to a 10-2 romp over the visiting Fort Frances Lakers in Game 5 of their best-of-seven semi-final series […]
Jamie Mountain Jacen Bracko recorded a hat trick to pace the Dryden GM Ice Dogs to a 7-2 romp over the Fort Frances Lakers in Game 3 of their best-of-seven semi-final series Tuesday night at the Ice For Kids Arena. With the Ice Dogs holding a commanding 3-0 series lead, […]
Press Release The International Boundary Waters Dragon Boat Foundation will launch dragon boat teams from both sides of the border to race on the Rainy River for its seventh-annual International Boundary Waters Dragon Boat Festival on Saturday, June 30. The event also will feature the return of the International Tug-of-War, […]
Staff The Fort Frances Men’s Basketball League held its inaugural “mediocre” and “all-star” games last Tuesday night at the Fort High gym–and both featured plenty of action. The goal was to give as many players a chance to showcase their skills, be they of the mediocre variety or all-star calibre. […]
Staff The Couchiching Leafs cruised to a 9-1 win over the Red Lake Crimson Storm in the Bantam division final at the fifth-annual Chuck McPherson Youth Tournament held Sunday afternoon at “The Duke” (Couchiching Arena). The game was marred by poor sportsmanship and violence, with fights breaking out late in […]
Jamie Mountain The track-and-field season is right around the corner and the Muskies are well underway in their preparation for it. Coach John Dutton said everything is going well with his squad so far, noting they’ve been practising since mid-January. “So for about two months we have been focusing on […]
Jamie Mountain If last week is any indication, the Muskie badminton contingent will be a force to be reckoned with this season. The black-and-gold put on some impressive performances at an exhibition tournament in Atikokan last Wednesday. Being that it was exhibition, teams only played a single match to 21 […]
Jamie Mountain The Fort Frances Lakers don’t have much time to figure out how to regroup against the Dryden GM Ice Dogs. After wrapping up an impressive 3-1 win in their best-of-five quarter-final series with the fourth-place English River Miners last week, the Lakers were sent a clear message by […]
From the MNRF A Michigan resident has been fined $13,050 for possessing an over-limit of walleye. William Krueger, of East Tawas, pleaded guilty and was fined $13,050 for possessing more walleye than allowed under the Ontario Fishery Regulations. He also was suspended from fishing in Ontario for 10 years. Court […]
Staff Sitting in third place after the 10-game preliminary round last Wednesday, Jeff Watts knew he had to win his first “stepladder” match on Saturday afternoon at the annual provincial Open championships held in Azilda (Sudbury) to guarantee himself a medal. He also knew a trip to the national roll-offs […]
