Joey Payeur Whether is was TSN or APTN, national TV audiences got plenty of chances to get to know Amy Wilson-Hands up close and personal. The head coach of the Fort Frances Fire ‘n Ice club volleyball program closed out a 47-day stretch away from home by serving as an […]
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Joey Payeur The third time most definitely was the charm for Bill Godin. After winning the Kenora Bass International in 2006 with Dave Lindsay, and then in 2013 with Leroy Wilson, Godin paired with Wilson again this past weekend to win his third title overall at the 30th-anniversary edition of […]
Joey Payeur It was an evening to both celebrate the past and inspire future generations to reach for greatness themselves. The second class inducted into the Fort Frances Sports Hall of Fame was granted official entrance Saturday night during ceremonies at La Place Rendez-Vous. First to be recognized were former […]
Joey Payeur A total of 100 minutes could not differentiate which was the better squad. So it came down to the showdown that tests the composure of the players while making short work of the spectators’ fingernails. Centra Pipelines turned out to have the nerves of steel on this night–claiming […]
Joey Payeur Wayne Strachan’s coaching batteries have received a much-needed recharge this summer. The head coach and general manager of the Fort Frances Lakers concluded the second of two trips to Calgary over the past couple of months after being chosen to take part in Hockey Canada’s Program of Excellence […]
Joey Payeur Grace Petsnick went from southern Ontario to Quebec to exhaustion. But it’s a trip she believes will help her go even further down the road to success in her martial arts endeavours. The 14-year-old member of the local Borderland Judo Club recently spent two gruelling weeks developing her […]
Joey Payeur Claire Sobkowicz missed the Game 1 goalfest, so she decided she had some catching up to do. Sobkowicz tallied twice, including the decisive goal in the second half, to give La Place Rendez-Vous/Taggs a 4-3 victory over Al’s Racquet Stringing in Game 2 of the best-of-three Borderland Soccer […]
Staff The Northern O Selects ran into more than a peck of trouble Saturday. More specifically, it was three Pecks. The Fleetwood Marlins (B.C.) cruised past the Rainy River District-based Selects 7-0 in the loser’s bracket of the ‘A-Major’ division at the North American Fastpitch Association (NAFA) World Series in […]
Staff One more Fort Frances Lakers’ player is confirmed to be coming back while another is on his way out of town. The SIJHL club today announced two moves in advance of its main training camp beginning Aug. 31 at the Ice For Kids Arena. Defenceman Mark Richter will be […]
Staff They swung for the fences but ran into some walls. The Northern O Selects and the Northern Extremes, both representing Rainy River District, came away from the North American Fastpitch Association (NAFA) World Series in Fargo, N.D. over the weekend with lots of good memories but no titles in […]
Staff The effort was there but the victories were not. Team Ontario’s female indoor volleyball team, with Fort Frances resident Amy Wilson-Hands along as an apprentice coach, finished in fourth place at the Canada Summer Games in Winnipeg over weekend. After going 4-1 during the preliminary round, then beating Saskatchewan […]
Staff By the end of the frame, the Elanco Blackahawks weren’t pleading the fifth–they were pleading for the fifth to end. The Northern O Selects, representing the Rainy River District, chalked up a seven-run fifth inning to lay the foundation for a 10-3 win in six innings over the Pennsylvania-based […]
