Joey Payeur Grab your shorts and hit the court–and don’t forget the sunscreen. Fort Frances Fire ‘N Ice Volleyball Club head coach Amy Wilson-Hands intends to start a beach volleyball league at the sand courts at Point Park. The plan is to start the league sometime in mid- to late […]
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Staff The Dawson Tigers’ tendency to stay busier than the rest of the league is proving to be a productive strategy. A doubleheader sweep in Sabaskong on Sunday has pushed the Tigers into first place in the Rainy River District Fastball League with a 5-1 record. Jeff Morrison was dominant […]
Staff If it’s happened before, nobody for the moment can seem to remember it. Jamie Davis of Devlin won the WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds and WISSOTA Modifieds feature races Saturday night at the Emo Speedway to unofficially became the first driver in Borderland Racing Association history to capture two features in […]
Joey Payeur The results page on the OFSAA website was willing to cut the Muskie boys’ soccer team a break, which was more than could be said for any of their opponents last week. Fort High came home disappointed yet again from the all-Ontario ‘AA’ championships in North Bay–getting blanked […]
Joey Payeur To help get his team back to being the best in the SIJHL, Wayne Strachan is going to have his ears wide open during his two visits to Calgary this summer. It was announced Thursday that the head coach and general manager of the Fort Frances Lakers has […]
Staff The Muskie track-and-field team saved its best for last. Sean Huziak recorded Fort High’s best individual result at the OFSAA championships in Belleville when he placed seventh in the Midget boys’ discus on the final day of the competition Saturday. Huziak, a double gold-medalist at the NWOSSAA championships in […]
Staff Another year, another NorWOSSA title, and another difficult end to the season. The story remained the same for the Muskie boys’ soccer team, which went to the OFSAA ‘AA’ championship in North Bay as seven-time league champs but came away with not much to show for it for the […]
Staff It’s down to playing for pride for the Muskie boys’ soccer team. A close battle with the Bishop F. Marrocco/Thomas Merton Royals (Toronto), the top-ranked team in Group ‘C,’ ended up in a 1-0 loss for the third-seeded Muskies earlier today at the OFSAA ‘AA’ championships in North Bay. […]
Staff The Muskie track-and-field team discovered there’s a large gap between NWOSSAA success and OFSAA achievement. Three members of the black-and-gold had their first taste of facing the best in the province as the all-Ontario championships kicked off yesterday in Belleville. Carson Noga’s time of 56.93 seconds in the Midget […]
Staff Wayne Strachan will have an extra busy off-season. The head coach and general manager of the Fort Frances Lakers will have to divide his time between his own squad and helping evaluate talent on a national level after being selected to work with Hockey Canada’s Program of Excellence (POE) […]
Staff The jitters got the best of the Muskie boys’ soccer team in its opening game at the OFSAA ‘AA’ tournament this morning in North Bay. The King’s Christian Cavaliers (Oakville), the second-ranked team in Group ‘C,’ scored a pair of goals in each half en route to a 4-0 […]
Staff A few diamond men were busy last night on what usually would have been a night off. Two makeup games postponed from Tuesday were held last night in the Rainy River District Fastball League, with two undefeated teams staying that way. The Fort Frances Braves gave up their first […]
