Staff It only can get better from here–or so Team Hockey Northwestern Ontario hopes. Team HNO let 2-0 and 3-2 leads slip away en route to a 5-4 overtime loss to Team Greater Toronto Hockey League Blue in their first game at the OHL Gold Cup in Kitchener earlier today. […]
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Staff It’s time for the playoffs at the National Aboriginal Hockey Championships in Cowichan, B.C., with the cross-over quarter-finals getting underway today involving both Team Ontario squads, which each feature district players. Annalise (CC) Hayes (Couchiching) and Makenna Henttonen (Onegaming) are part of the girls’ squad that finished 2-1 and […]
Staff A pair of district teens hoped to get off to a smashing start at the OFSAA badminton championships in Pain Court. Muskie Aaron Bujold and Jackson Arpin of the Rainy River Owls began play in the senior boys’ singles division earlier today at the event, which wraps up Saturday. […]
Staff The wide range of weather yesterday was a microcosm of the fortunes of the Muskie soccer teams on home turf. Like the sunny start to the day, the six-time defending NorWOSSA champion Muskie boys shone bright in their season-openers with a 3-1 win over the Dryden Eagles and then […]
Joey Payeur Rainy River High School could have changed its team nickname to the Snow Owls for the day. An unwelcome last burst of winter, combined with a chilly reception from their visitors, left the Owls’ girls’ and boys’ soccer teams with just a win and a tie out of […]
Joey Payeur The finish line is in sight and soon there will be “love” in the air here–as in, 15-love, 30-love, and 40-love. Work will resume May 22 on the four new multi-use tennis courts running adjacent to the fenceline that separates Fort Frances High School from the St. Francis […]
Joey Payeur They just missed the podium but their coach still came away beaming with pride. The Fort Frances Fire ‘n Ice Royals fell 2-0 (set scores unavailable at press time) to Cats Blue of Winnipeg in the bronze-medal game of the Volleyball Manitoba 14U Girls Tier 2 provincial championship […]
Staff There really isn’t much more Molly Carlson could have accomplished this past NCAA diving season. The Fort Frances native and freshman for the Florida State Seminoles recently added three more accolades to her already lengthy list of accomplishments. Carlson first was named to the 2017 ACC All-Academic teams, which […]
Staff It was a night of many winners as the Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association held its year-end awards banquet April 23 at the Memorial Sports Centre auditorium. Here are the winners: Novice •Most Valuable Player–Landon Hanson •Most Valuable Defenceman–Anthony Yerxa and Layton Hanson •Most Valuable Goaltender–Eleazar Andrusco •Most Sportsmanlike […]
Staff Tatum Glowasky made plenty of shots but the last one was the biggest. The diminutive point guard’s game-high 10 points came on a free throw with 31 seconds to go, which wound up being the difference in a 15-14 overtime win by the St. Francis Sentinels over the Donald […]
Conrad DueckSubmitted by All good things must come to an end–and on April 25, there was a great ending to a really good season for the Fort Frances Men’s League Basketball. With the biggest crowd of fans of the year on hand, third-seeded Arctic Cat faced off against top seed […]
Staff Steve Arpin used the “Joker” to be a smoker and leave other podium chasers gagging on his fumes. The Fort Frances native waited until just the right time to use the “Joker Lap” advantage to surge his way to third place in the opening main event race of the […]
