Staff Sunday saw the season premiere of HBO’s wildly-popular “Game of Thrones.” The following night, the Fort Frances Her-icanes starred in “Game of Thrown Away.” It was not the ideal finish to the regular season for the defending champs, who committed a whopping 13 errors in a 17-7 loss to […]
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Staff Even an infusion of Canadian talent and home-field advantage weren’t enough to push two International Falls baseball teams through to a shot at Minnesota mastery. The International Falls U12 and U11 squads both went 0-2, and lost in their respective semi-finals, of the 2017 Minnesota District Four Little League […]
Staff At the rate he was going, Jamie Davis was about to leave two divisions of drivers spending the rest of their summer Saturday nights just worrying about who was going to finish second to him. But a pair decided this past Saturday was the time to throw a monkey […]
Joey Payeur When you’re a Junior ‘A’ hockey general manager, there’s no such thing as an off-season. And when you’re trying to figure out how to return a former three-in-a-row champion to its previous high standing, that’s even doubly true. Such were the circumstances over the weekend as Wayne Strachan […]
Staff Rainy Lake is buzzing with more than mosquitoes these days. Most of the anglers taking part in the 2017 Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship already have hit the water for pre-fishing to try and find their own special spot to haul in what they hope will be a prize-winning […]
Staff But for a female cameo, the night would have been a complete write-off for Pharmasave. Claire Hyatt had the only goal for the basement-dwellers in the Borderland Soccer League men’s division as Pharmasave was dumped 7-1 by CJ Contracting last night. Hyatt, who normally plays for La Place Rendez-Vous/Taggs […]
Staff With their top two pitchers this season unavailable, the Barwick Blue Knights were desperate to fill their void on the rubber Tuesday night. The Rainy River Royals sensed the desperation and attacked like famished sharks. The Royals halted Barwick’s 11-game winning streak with a 22-6 thrashing of the Blue […]
Staff Centra Pipelines had to sit idly back as Manitou Forest Products took their place at the top of the standings. Centra took it right back yesterday evening. Nico Veldhuisen netted a pair of goals to lead Centra to a 4-2 victory over Manitou in Borderland Soccer League men’s division […]
Staff They already had their open tryout camp scheduled for this weekend but the Fort Frances Lakers weren’t sitting around counting the minutes to pass the time. Rather, a trio of team-related events occurred over the past two days. Yesterday, head coach and general manager Wayne Strachan traded last season’s […]
Joey Payeur A two-man mission has become a solo quest but Pascal Bredin refuses to let his departed companion down. The 20-year-old from Gatineau, Que. stopped in Fort Frances for a few days this past week before continuing on a most epic adventure along the waterways of Canada. Bredin is […]
Staff The challenge has begun. Bill Michl, past district governor for Lions District 5M10, started his 1,985-km (1,300-mile) trek around Lake Superior on Saturday. The “Making Superior Lions Run” is scheduled to take 82 days to complete, meaning the Fort Frances Voyageur Lion should finish on Sept. 28. Michl is […]
Staff The Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League has announced the two teams for its annual all-star game set for next Wednesday (July 19) at Manitou. The teams were picked by Stacy Patey of the Fort Frances Her-icanes and Kayla Windigo of the Red Gut Babes, the two captains from […]
