Joey Payeur Instead of shuffling their feet dejectedly after a rough morning, the Muskie girls’ soccer team chose to kick up their heels and collect a hard-fought point in the afternoon. Fort High didn’t get an enjoyable start to the NorWOSSA regular season with a 4-1 loss to the Dryden […]
Local Sports
Joey Payeur The outcomes for local players competing at the National Aboriginal Hockey Championships in Cowichan, B.C. this past week each had an element of oh-so-close. For defenceman Izzy Smith (Couchiching), what nearly was a golden week ended with a silver medal as Team Ontario lost 6-5 in overtime to […]
Joey Payeur Two down and Chris Sinclair isn’t feeling very down at all. The head coach of the Muskie boys’ soccer team was impressed with his charges after opening the NorWOSSA regular season with a 3-1 win over the Dryden Eagles and then a 2-0 shutout of the Kenora Broncos […]
Joey Payeur One had plenty of reason to be ticked for the second-straight year while the other just was tickled to be there. The emotions were diverse for the two local representatives in the men’s singles division at the OFSAA badminton championships in Pain Court last week. For Muskie Aaron […]
Joey Payeur Sydney and Thunder White will be taking their volleyball family act to North Bay this fall. The Fort Frances siblings and members of Whitefish Bay First Nation will join the Canadore College Panthers in the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association to continue their competitive spike careers for the women’s […]
Joey Payeur They have won NorWOSSA and NWOSSAA gold together, and battled side-by-side against the best ‘AA’ high school teams in the province. Through it all, they’ve remained loyal friends and now will stay teammates for the next two years. Graduating Muskie senior girls’ volleyball players Chelsea Kabatay and Tanisha […]
Joey Payeur Forgive Brett Hahkala if he has become a Raider hater. The 17-year-old Fort Frances native and the rest of the NOJHL champion Powassan Voodoos have seen enough of the Georgetown Raiders after losing games on back-to-back days to the OJHL kingpins at the Dudley Hewitt Cup Central Canadian […]
Staff A local bowler is taking over as president of the Sunset Country 5 Pin Bowling Association. Times’ editor Mike Behan was elected to the position during the SC5PBA’s spring meeting held Sunday morning in Dryden. Behan, who has been president of the Fort Frances Bowling Club for the past […]
Staff The first three members of the Fort Frances Lakers’ graduating class have mapped out their educational–and hockey–futures. The team revealed Saturday that Jared Virtanen, last season’s leading scorer, has signed to play for the ACHA Division I Calvin College Knights based out of Grand Rapids, Mich. The 20-year-old forward […]
Joey Payeur The Sight & Sound Wolves were all too familiar with the role of the hunter in recent seasons. Now they’ll get to know what it’s like to be the hunted. The Wolves claimed the Rainy River District Fastball League title last year for the first time since 2011 […]
Joey Payeur There will be more players in the game in the Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League this season. The league began its fifth season since its rebirth in 2013 on Monday with five games, a new rule, and the presence at many ballparks of temporary fencing that president […]
Joey Payeur Bill Daly has been involved in plenty of new ventures in his time in the education field. He has an unshakable belief this latest one will be a big hit. The principal at Fort Frances High School will help oversee the implementation of a hockey academy there this […]
