Staff The Fort Frances Aquanauts came away from the 2017 Thunderbolts May Grand Prix in Thunder Bay over the weekend with nary a medal, but a 10th-place finish out of 17 teams with 34 points. The 60-plus member Oakville Aquatic Club finished miles ahead of the field with a first-place […]
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Staff The Ontario Volleyball Association will hold its 14U Region 1 tryouts this Sunday at Fort High for boys and girls born from Sept. 1, 2002-Dec. 31, 2003. A total of 12 girls and nine boys may be invited to attend the OVA Region 1 high-performance centre in North Bay […]
Staff Two perfect 10s helped the Fort Frances Her-icanes stay perfect for the season. The ‘Canes racked up 10 runs on 10 hits in the fourth inning en route to a 17-8 win over the Dawson Tigers in Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League action Monday night at VanJura. First-place […]
Staff It’s unorthodox but it’s better than nothing. So goes the thinking of the Borderland Soccer League, which announced this week it will go ahead with a two-team women’s division this season that will play every Monday evening. A best-of-three final then will be held in August to determine a […]
Joey Payeur Eat, sleep, conquer, repeat. It’s a mantra made famous by WWE Universal champion Brock Lesnar and followed to the letter by the Muskie boys’ soccer team. Fort High once again is king of the NorWOSSA hill after blanking the Dryden Eagles 4-0 in the league final last Wednesday […]
Staff Willem Kirk-Bertens left his home province to ride the Lightning. The Fort Frances resident was part of the Manitoba Atom ‘AAA’ Lightning, which finished fourth last weekend at the Regina ‘AAA’ Hockey Classic. It was a less than glorious start for the Lightning, who were trounced 14-2 by the […]
Staff Local women will be able to get their kicks on the soccer pitch this season after all. Borderland Soccer League president Chris Sinclair announced yesterday on the league’s Facebook page that the upcoming campaign will include a two-team women’s division to go along with four teams for the men. […]
Staff The Muskies almost thought they were already going to be en route to North Bay before finding out who they will play there. OFSAA finally released the official schedule yesterday for the ‘AA’ boys’ soccer championship that begins Thursday. Fort High, fresh off its seventh-straight NorWOSSA title, is ranked […]
Joey Payeur It was a wide-open horse race until Les Morrison and Oliver Gibbons concluded the day by morphing into Secretariat. After three-straight third-place finishes, the duo found their way back to the pinnacle Saturday by claiming the $5,000 top prize at the 16th-annual Emo Walleye Classic. They won their […]
Staff When an NWOSSAA gold medal is just the second-biggest highlight of your week, it’s been an exceptional one. Grace Petsnick of the Borderland Judo Club captured the gold medal in the U16 female under 63-kg division at the Canadian Judo Championships on Saturday in Calgary. That came only five […]
Staff John Dutton’s suspicions were correct and he also got an extra pleasant surprise. The Muskie track-and-field team coach got word earlier today that Sekina Scheibler’s silver medal-winning throw of 39.64m in the senior boys’ discus event at the NWOSSAA championships in Thunder Bay earlier this week was good enough […]
Staff Time marches on for the Muskie boys’ soccer dynasty while the Muskie girls’ title streak had its time run out due partly to an official case of bad timing. The boys’ squad jumped out to a 3-0 lead by halftime en route to a 4-0 win over the Dryden […]
