Joey Payeur The top young soap box derby racers on the planet will gather next month–and a Fort Frances resident once again will be among them. Marie-Mai Langevin is heading back to Akron, Ohio for the 80th FirstEnergy All-American Soap Box Derby World Championship Race on July 22 after dominating […]
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Staff It took patience, courage, and grit but Steve Arpin finally has that champion’s look about him once again. The Fort Frances native captured his second career feature race on the Red Bull Global Rallycross circuit Sunday to conclude a two-day, two-event stop in Thompson, Conn. Arpin and the Loenbro […]
Staff It’s rare enough to lose by the same score two games in a row one time per season. The Emo Renegades now have done it twice–and they’re tired of being anomalous. By scoring 13 runs over the final two innings, the Fort Frances Mud Dogs broke a close game […]
The venue for the upcoming Bob Mainville Memorial golf tournament incorrectly was reported as being set for Heron Landing on July 8. In fact, the tournament will take place at Kitchen Creek this year. The Times regrets any confusion or inconvenience this error may have caused.
Joey Payeur Sean Huziak missed his first chance at OFSAA glory in the javelin event on Friday. But the Muskies’ lone double gold-medalist from the NWOSSAA championships rebounded in a big way Saturday–garnering a top throw of 40 metres to finish in seventh place out of 23 entrants in the […]
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 […]
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 […]
