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 […]
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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 […]
Joey Payeur It’s in with the old and the new for the Fort Frances Her-icanes. And, no, those descriptions have nothing to do with the age of anyone on the roster. The ‘Canes start their mission to defend their Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League crown Monday against their victims […]
Joey Payeur Brett Hahkala knew he was on a strong team. But even he didn’t realize how good until taking a magic carpet ride through the post-season that he hopes will continue this week. The 17-year-old forward from Fort Frances was part of the championship run pulled off by the […]
Joey Payeur Not having much finish pretty much finished off the Muskie boys’ soccer team. The black-and-gold returned from the St. John’s/Ravenscourt Eagles’ pre-season tournament in Winnipeg over the weekend carrying an 0-3 mark and with just two goals total to show for their efforts. Fear not, said head coach […]
Joey Payeur Cole Tymkin would rather have had his season end with him on the ice or the bench than in the stands. And he’s already in the process of remedying that. Tymkin’s rookie season on right-wing for the OHL’s London Knights concluded April 18 when the defending Memorial Cup […]
Joey Payeur There wasn’t much time to get settled, so the realizations about his newest hockey adventure took a while to sink in for Morgan McNeill. “About halfway through the game, it really sunk in that I’m playing hockey in Australia,” chuckled the former Fort Frances Lakers’ defenceman about his […]
Submitted byChuck MacDonald Members of the Borderland Judo Club enjoyed huge success at the annual Lake of the Woods Judo Championships held April 22 in Kenora. Teams from across Northwestern Ontario and Manitoba attended the event, which featured a huge cross-section of judokas from the smallest, newest ones right up […]
Staff Mission accomplished, at least for one day. Makenna Henttonen of Fort Frances had two assists to help Ontario to a 4-1 victory over Quebec on the opening day of play in the girls’ division at the 2017 National Aboriginal Hockey Championships in Cowichan, B.C. Henttonen and fellow forward Annalise […]
Staff Caroline Spencer’s crew was snake-bitten, to say the least. The head coach of the Fort Frances Vipers saw her team finish third in Pool ‘C’ before it made a quick exit from the playoffs in the 16U division of the 2017 PVC girls’ volleyball tournament in Winnipeg over the […]
Staff The Donald Young School All-Stars once again have established themselves as the team to beat when it comes to Grade 8 boys’ basketball in the Rainy River District Athletic Association. The defending regional champs went 5-0 to capture the Jim Oster Memorial Tournament on Saturday at Robert Moore School–capping […]
