Staff Members of the Border Figure Skating Club fared well at the first-ever Northwestern Ontario Futures competition held back on Dec. 9 in Kenora. Rachel Ste. Croix claimed gold in the STAR 1 freeskate. In the STAR 2 freeskate, Jordyn Seguin took home gold while Whitney Williamson snagged silver and […]
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Jamie Mountain After narrowly falling 4-3 in a shootout to the host Dryden GM Ice Dogs on Saturday night, it was a much different story when the Fort Frances Lakers headed back up there last night. The outcome was never in doubt this time around as Lakers were dumped 8-0 […]
Jamie Mountain For the second-straight game, a shootout was needed to decide the outcome. And once again it didn’t go the Fort Frances Lakers’ way. Two points from Hunter Buzzi weren’t enough as the Lakers fell 4-3 to the host Dryden GM Ice Dogs on Saturday night to extend the […]
Jamie Mountain Wins were hard to come by for the Muskie girls’ hockey team over the weekend in Thunder Bay. The squad was there to play a trio of exhibition games Friday and Saturday–coming away from with a tie and two losses. The Muskies kicked off action Friday night with […]
Jamie Mountain The Muskie boys’ hockey team used a late push to come back and stun the Kittson Bearcats 6-5 in overtime in an exhibition game last night. With the Bearcats leading 5-3 in the third period, Byron Stewart brought the black-and-gold back within a goal with a blast off […]
Jamie Mountain Well, you can’t say it wasn’t entertaining. Despite a valiant comeback effort, the Fort Frances Lakers dropped their 11th-straight game with a 7-6 shootout loss to the last-place Minnesota Iron Rangers last night at the Ice For Kids Arena. Jaedin Ness scored twice for the Lakers (6-19-1-2) in […]
Staff The 31st-annual La Place Rendez-Vous squash tournament is set to take place this weekend at the Memorial Sports Centre here. Club president Bob Tkachuk said 55 players, including 14 juniors, are scheduled to take part in the tournament, which runs Friday through Sunday. Divisions include men’s ‘A,’ ‘B,’ and […]
Jamie Mountain For any local sports league to run smoothly, a set of rules must be enforced and adhered to by its players. Such is the story for the Fort Frances Men’s Basketball League, which runs every Tuesday night in the Fort High gym. League co-ordinator Conrad Dueck has been […]
Jamie Mountain It was a tough day Saturday for a pair of Fort Frances rinks at the U21 provincial playdowns held at the Fort Frances Curling Club. Tory Beaudry’s rink, consisting of Katrina Slomke (third), Ashley Payne (second), and Andrea Schram (lead), finished double round-robin play with a 3-3 record […]
Jamie Mountain The Fort Frances Lakers (6-19-1-1) are hoping better days lie ahead. Given the squad ended the first half of the SIJHL regular season mired in a 10-game losing streak, any type of good fortune early on in 2018 would be a welcome gift. Head coach and general manager […]
Jamie Mountain Former Muskie Hailey Beaudry and Tanner Horgan of Sudbury came out on top at the U21 provincial curling playdowns that wrapped up Saturday afternoon at the Fort Frances Curling Club. Hailey Beaudry first had to win a tie-breaker that morning against her younger sister, Tory, after both rinks […]
Jamie Mountain It was an up-and-down day for local curlers yesterday at the U21 provincial playdowns being held at the Fort Frances Curling Club. The day didn’t start out so well for Chris Silver’s rink but the ending was a sight to behold. After having the bye in the first […]
