Joey Payeur It was 24 hours of their lives they never will want to repeat again. The Fort Frances Lakers were among the mourners at Our Lady of Lourdes Church at Couchiching yesterday morning for the funeral of former assistant general manager and assistant coach Grant Perreault, who passed away […]
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Staff Two trips to Atikokan in five days paid off with an assured journey to Kenora next week for those who love raising a racket. A total of 11 Muskies earned berths at the NorWOSSA badminton finals this coming Wednesday after nabbing top-three finishes yesterday at the qualifier in Atikokan. […]
Staff Once again, the birdies will not be flying at Fort Frances High School. The Fort Frances Badminton Club announced this week that it is cancelling its annual tournament for the second-straight year due to insufficient registration numbers. Any questions regarding the tournament can be sent to Shari Bujold at […]
Staff The champs are still alive–barely. The London Knights, whose roster includes Fort Frances resident Cole Tymkin, will live to play another round after rallying from a 3-1 series deficit against the Windsor Spitfires in the opening round of the OHL playoffs. The defending Memorial Cup champs took Game 7 […]
Submitted byBrittany Bowman Big Grassy First Nation joined Skyway Canada at the Stratton Curling Club last Thursday to participate in a curling clinic led by siblings and Canadian mixed curling champs Trevor Bonot and Jackie McCormick. The students from Big Grassy were able to learn safety tips about the sport […]
Joey Payeur Volleyball obligations have had Amy Wilson-Hands going to so many different places, she could have sold tour T-shirts. The head coach of the Fort Frances Fire ‘n Ice volleyball club and Muskie senior girls’ squad has experienced quite the life on the road of late with a variety […]
Staff It’s now official if it wasn’t already obvious. When it came to the Atlantic Coast Conference this past diving season, there wasn’t another female who could hold a candle to Molly Carlson. The Fort Frances native, in her freshman year with the Florida State Seminoles, capped an outstanding rookie […]
Staff It was no easy task to determine who were the best of the best in the Fort Frances Girls’/Women’s Hockey Association this past season. But decisions had to be made and those considered the most deserving were given their just rewards at the FFGWHA’s year-end banquet Sunday at the […]
Joey Payeur All early signs point to it being a boffo season for the Muskie badminton brigade. The black-and-gold stood tall on top of four different divisions at the lone exhibition tournament of their NorWOSSA season, which continues today back in Atikokan with the qualifier event. The top three in […]
Staff Tyler Miller saw the train coming but kept his team standing on the tracks anyway. The head coach of the Fort Frances Canadians squad that took part in the Bantam ‘AAA’ Division at the Ontario Hockey Federation Championships in Thunder Bay last week knew beforehand that his squad likely […]
Staff The only out-of-town hockey team almost came away with a trophy. Windey’s Warriors were done in by Daimon Gardner of Eagle Lake First Nation, whose goal with 3:16 to go boosted the Thunderhawks to a 3-2 win Sunday in the PeeWee division final at the fourth-annual Chuck McPherson Memorial […]
Staff Couchiching had everything it wanted–momentum, home crowd support, and a chance to win hockey gold. The Borderland Selects took it all away. Borderland beat Couchiching 5-1 on Sunday in the Bantam division final of the fourth-annual Chuck McPherson Youth Memorial Hockey Tournament at the Couchiching Arena. Jarren Mullner scored […]
