Joey Payeur The best young curlers in Northern Ontario will congregate here this coming season. The Northern Ontario Curling Association recently announced the under-21 (formerly junior) provincial championship will be contested at the Fort Frances Curling Club from Dec. 27-30. “We’re quite happy with the news,” said club president Ron […]
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Joey Payeur Old Man Winter’s last gasp two weeks ago left local golfers muttering about having to temporarily stash their clubs. It took a few extra days but now the season truly is in full swing. At Kitchen Creek Golf Club, manager Glen Kellar actually opened the gates on April […]
Staff A rematch of last year’s championship final was the featured game as the Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League opened its new season yesterday evening. And the Fort Frances Her-icanes again came out on top against the Red Gut Babes–this time by a score of 21-16. Newcomer Sarah Noonan […]
Staff Cooper Witherspoon finally got on the scoresheet while his team finally got in the win column. The Fort Frances resident’s first goal of the week was one of three insurance markers for Team Hockey Northwestern Ontario in a 4-0 victory yesterday over Team Northern Ontario Hockey Association in the […]
Staff Two now former Fort Frances Lakers will have new hockey homes this fall. The team announced Saturday that Jared Virtanen, last season’s leading scorer, has committed to play for the ACHA Division I Calvin College Knights based out of Grand Rapids, Mich. Virtanen, a 20-year-old forward from Abbotsford, B.C., […]
Staff Brett Hahkala got one more shot at playing but the Powassan Voodoos needed one more shot from any of its players to go in the net. Instead, the NOJHL champion Voodoos fell 2-1 to the OJHL kingpins, the Georgetown Raiders, in the semi-final of the 2017 Dudley Hewitt Cup […]
Staff Ontario had Manitoba on the run but the “Bison Province” showed its horns when it need to. Team Ontario, featuring local defenceman Izzy Smith (Couchiching), were on a third-period roll with three-straight goals to take a 5-4 lead in Saturday’s gold-medal final of the boys’ division at the National […]
Staff They backed in but what matters is they’re in. The NOJHL champion Powassan Voodoos, featuring Fort Frances native Brett Hahkala on its roster, lost their final round-robin game 5-2 to the OJHL champion Georgetown Raiders at the Dudley Hewitt Cup Central Canadian Jr. ‘A’ Championship in Trenton. But the […]
Staff A second-period high-five left Team Ontario in a mood to celebrate. Five goals in a span of 6:22 turned a close game into a blowout yesterday as Ontario, featuring Izzy Smith of Couchiching on defence, dumped Team North 8-2 in the quarter-finals of the male division at the National […]
Staff Muskie Aaron Bujold is down one flight in men’s singles play at the OFSAA badminton championships in Pain Court. Bujold, the reigning NWOSSAA champ making his third-straight OFSAA appearance, had a bye to the second round yesterday. He then rallied to beat Jeff Zhang (WOSSAA) by scores of 15-21, […]
Staff The fate of Team Hockey Northwestern Ontario no longer is in its own hands. Team HNO, with Fort Frances resident Cooper Witherspoon at forward and Emo-based Luke Judson as an assistant coach, were winless at the OHL Gold Cup in Kitchener after Day 1. Witherspoon had no points in […]
Staff Brett Hahkala got a little revenge for his hometown team. The Fort Frances native didn’t get a point but still was part of a 4-3 win by the Powassan Voodoos (NOJHL) over the SIJHL champion Dryden GM Ice Dogs yesterday at the Dudley Hewitt Cup Central Canadian Jr. ‘A’ […]
