Staff The pitching matchup dictated runs were going to be hard to come by, but nobody would have guessed this hard. International Falls import Marissa Kerry outduelled Shelby Nosan, her future coach on the Falls Broncos’ girls’ softball team, as the Fort Frances Her-icanes repeated as Rainy River District Women’s […]
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Staff A group of former pro hockey players with a hefty list of combined accomplishments will be lacing up the blades here this fall. Legends All Stars Hockey Events announced earlier today a team of past NHL stars is slated to take on a team of local players in a […]
Staff Joe Basaraba is going to Carolina in more than his mind. The 25-year-old Fort Frances native has had his ECHL hockey path take a southeastern turn as he was traded yesterday from the Idaho Steelheads to the Greenville Swamp Rabbits. Basaraba played two seasons with the Steelheads, notching 78 […]
Staff A late-game rally had the Couchiching Raiders’ boisterous fans in a rapturous uproar. Half-an-inning later, after a bloop and a blast, the only noise to be heard emanated from the visitors’ dugout. The top-ranked Fort Frances Braves advanced to the Rainy River District Fastball League championship series after eliminating […]
Press Release The Township of Emo will offer a free walk/run program beginning in late August into the fall months. Rainy River Running will offer people of all abilities the opportunity to get active in an encouraging, supportive group setting. “Whether it be high school students looking to get in […]
Staff The Red Gut Babes have come back from the dead countless times over the past five seasons. But the grave they dug themselves Monday evening was too deep even for them to escape. The sixth-ranked Dawson Tigers, meanwhile, confirmed they were no one-hit wonder–beating the second-seeded Babes on their […]
Joey Payeur Chelsea Kabatay hasn’t even played an official point with the Rainy River Community College Voyageurs women’s volleyball team but she already is predicting good things ahead. The former Muskie spiker is ready to take on the challenge of post-secondary athletics as she and the rest of the Voyageurs […]
Staff Kyle Turgeon and Dave Byrnes thought they had hit one out of the park. But the Day 1 leaders reached out and stole a certain victory away from the Fort Frances tandem. Scott Anderson and Tim Donaghue of Bemidji, Mn. went wire-to-wire in winning the 2017 Morson Bass International […]
Staff Life at the Rea Memorial has been very good to Jamie Davis. The Devlin native, who now lives in Fort Frances, captured the WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds division of the annual two-day stock car extravaganza held in conjunction with the Emo Fair. Davis nabbed the checkered flag in Saturday’s feature […]
Joey Payeur Hustle is a valuable asset to have on a tennis court. It’s a pretty good characteristic to have when you’re trying to build one, too. The hard work and dedication of those commissioned to make the Fort Frances Multi-Use Courts a reality had an opportunity to bask in […]
Staff The NW Braves didn’t roll out the welcome mat for the Sight & Sound Wolves. Sight & Sound closed out it stay at the North American Fastpitch Association (NAFA) ‘A’ Division World Series in Fargo, N.D. with a 6-4 loss to the Oregon-based Braves on Saturday. Game stats were […]
Staff Trevor Croswell was rewarded for playing “Fair.” The Emo resident took a pass on the final Superior Dirt Riders Northern Ontario motocross event of the season in Kakabeka Falls on Saturday–despite leading the MX-3 Beginner division in points in his rookie campaign. The reason? So he could focus on […]
