Staff It’s a matter of perspective–either the clock struck midnight for the English River Miners or the Dryden GM Ice Dogs just picked up the clock and smashed it over their opponent’s collective heads. The best team in the SIJHL by far proved its regular season was no fluke as […]
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Joey Payeur They had their eyes firmly on the prize but blinked at the wrong moment. The Plaza Lanes team of Mildred Bedard, Ruth Bagacki, Gary Vittie, and Evelyn Barker came within inches of winning the Northern Ontario Club 55 Cup Provincials last Wednesday in Azilda (near Sudbury). But after […]
Staff Impending motherhood cost them one of the cogs in their championship machine, but the rulers of the kingdom weren’t going to let that be a reason to give up their throne. Back-to-back titles suited the defending champions of the Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League just fine last Thursday at […]
Duane Hicks The OFSAA Hockey 2017 committee showed its thanks to the Town of Fort Frances for its support of the OFSAA ‘A/AA’ boys’ hockey championship held here last month. Committee chair Bob Miller presented mayor and council with a large, framed photo of the 2016-17 Muskie boys’ hockey team […]
Staff They were pretty good against older competitors. Against their own age group, the newer members of the Muskie track-and-field squad were fantastic. The black-and-gold racked up 27 medals at the Junior High Bronco Booster Invite for Grades 7-9 at Falls High School on Friday. That lifted Fort High to […]
Conrad DueckSubmitted by The playoff atmosphere was in full swing Tuesday night at Fort High as the Fort Frances Men’s Basketball League semi-finals took place. Fans were cheering, there was lots of talking on the court, great basketball plays were on display, and there even was an “upset.” The first […]
Staff The past two years, Aaron Bujold knocked on the door of NWOSSAA badminton supremacy but wasn’t allowed to come in. This time, he blew the door to smithereens. The Grade 11 ace upgraded from his two silver medals in senior boys’ singles play at the last two NWOSSAA championships […]
Staff Brett Hahkala is proving to be an integral part of the playoff march of the Powassan Voodoos in the NOJHL. The Fort Frances forward had a goal and an assist Saturday to help lift Powassan to a 3-2 win over the Blind River Beavers to give them a 2-0 […]
Staff Two local volleyball coaches will be in on the ground floor of a new provincial program designed to further the development of grassroots players. Amy Wilson-Hands and Terry McMahon will oversee the tryout process for the Region 1 team that will be selected to take part in two province-wide […]
Staff Hudson Mann and his team left their opponents “Thunder”-struck. The Fort Frances native, who now lives in International Falls, helped the Minnesota Thunder to a 7-1 record and first place in the Platinum Division of the Heartland National Wrestling Duels competition held in Council Bluffs, Iowa over the weekend. […]
Staff One’s a player and one’s a coach–but both are thrilled. Forward Cooper Witherspoon of Fort Frances was chosen as one of the 20 players who will make up Team Hockey Northwestern Ontario at the 2017 OHL Gold Cup on May 4-7 in Kitchener. Witherspoon had 14 points in 20 […]
Press Release The Backus Community Center and Koochiching County Department of Public Health/State Health Improvement Partnership (SHIP) would like to invite and encourage the community to attend the “Pennies for Play” carnival and picnic set for April 25. Everyone also is urged to bring their coins to dump into the […]
