Joey Payeur The Muskie boys’ soccer team was running hard all weekend. But by this past Sunday, the black-and-gold were just running out of bodies and running on fumes. With their two top defenders out of the lineup, Fort Frances fell 3-0 to the Crocus Plains Plainsmen (Brandon) in the […]
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Joey Payeur If organizers of the Ducks Unlimited banquet and auction were worried about how people would respond to its reprisal, this past Friday showed their fears were unfounded. The Fort Frances Curling Club played host to the event, which was not held last year due to a lack of […]
Joey Payeur It wasn’t the position he was originally brought on board to fill. But Brady Meeks is more than glad to contribute any way he can on either side of the ball. The Fort Frances resident was part of the Thunder Bay Knights U16 football team which swept a […]
From the MNRF Two Winnipeg residents have been fined a total of $1,700 for fishing offences. Brent Kruger and Cynthia Nault each were fined $750 for having an over-limit of walleye, as well as $100 for packaging fish in such a way that they could not be easily counted. Justice […]
Staff The old and the young, the tall and the small, the fast and those not so much. There was one thread–having fun–that tied all the competitors together at the four-team ‘0 to 100’ Sprint Relay Meet hosted by the Fort Frances Aquanauts Swim Team this past weekend at the […]
Staff The Couchiching Lady Raiders would prefer a second chance at their second inning last night. Six errors led to seven runs to set the table for a 17-8 victory by the Fort Frances Her-icanes (2-0) in their Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League matchup at the Rodrick and Telford […]
Staff It was a different level of competition by far than what the Muskie track-and-field team has seen so far this year. Fort High needed a wheelbarrow to bring home its medals in its first two meets this year, both over in International Falls. But with 11 schools in the […]
Staff It nearly was a perfect day for Muskie soccer yesterday in Kenora. The boys’ squad widened its first-place lead atop the NorWOSSA standings with a pair of 2-1 wins over the host Kenora Broncos and Dryden Eagles. Chase McGuire and Aaron Bujold bulged the twine for the Muskies (4-0) […]
Submitted byBrittany Bowman The Rainy River Recreation Centre started its soccer season with 125 children ranging in age from three-14. The youngsters were divided up by age groups, and assisted by a coach to learn various skills before participating in a fun game against one another. Parents gathered around the […]
Joey Payeur Luke Judson swears he’s telling the truth–the numbers are lying. The Emo native insisted the story of Team Hockey Northwestern Ontario at the OHL Gold Cup in Kitchener this past week, for which he served as an assistant coach, can’t be summed up simply in the team’s 1-3-1 […]
Staff The Rainy River Owls’ soccer squads found the going significantly easier against their fellow visitors than their less-than-hospitable hosts. A trip Sunday and Monday to Kenora for NorWOSSA ‘A’ play saw both the girls’ and boys’ teams blanked twice each by 4-0 scores against the St. Thomas Aquinas Saints. […]
Staff A national team-calibre fastball talent will be here to impart her wealth of mound knowledge to children and adults alike. Sarah Shotton of Winnipeg will lead the two-day CANPitch clinic at the Rainy River First Nations’ diamond at Manitou Rapids this Saturday and Sunday from noon-4 p.m. Shotton was […]
