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 […]
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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 […]
Submitted byCaroline Spencer The 16U Fort Frances Vipers travelled to Kenora on Sunday to compete in the Northstars 16U girls’ invitational tournament. Their first match was against a familiar opponent in the 15U Dryden Whiskeyjacks. The scoring was back and forth in the first game before the Whiskeyjacks edged ahead […]
Staff Taking top spot in two divisions helped propel Balmertown to a second-straight Aggregate banner at the annual tournament held this year at Plaza Lanes in Fort Frances over the weekend. It was a runaway as Balmertown finished atop the aggregate standings with 42 total points. Host Fort Frances wound […]
Staff Alex Booth handled the clutch scoring; Hayden Beckett looked after the big-time stopping. Booth made good on his chance in the fourth round of the shootout while Beckett thwarted four of five shooters to lead the Fury to a 3-2 triumph over the Borderland Hawks in the Atom division […]
Staff Long-time local bowler Rick Stamarski is now a Lifetime Member of the Sunset Country 5-Pin Bowling Association. He was presented with the prestigious award Sunday evening during the closing banquet for the 2017 Aggregate tournament, which Fort Frances hosted this year. Stamarski was recognized for four-and-a-half decades of dedication […]
Joey Payeur The fiery passion of many hockey fans instinctively leads them to dismiss any suggestion from outsiders that it is, after all, just a game and not life or death. There is no possible way for the Fort Frances Lakers to ignore such a premise after they experienced a […]
Joey Payeur For the Fort Frances Aquanauts, it was like having Oprah Winfrey show up at their swim meet over the weekend in Thunder Bay. “You get a medal, you get a medal, everybody gets a medal!” The eight-person contingent racked up podium finishes left, right, and centre–coming away with […]
Joey Payeur The Fort Frances Lakers got thoroughly outplayed on home ice and suffered a defeat that has them on the brink of the end of the their three-year run as SIJHL champs. Still, that wasn’t the worst loss they suffered over the weekend. The organization was shaken by the […]
Staff All the favourites held serve, save for one. Fourth-ranked Bump It Up was the only one of the top four seeded teams entering last night’s opening draw of the Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League playoffs that wound up leaving with a mark in the loss column. Fifth-ranked Gillons’ defeated […]
Staff The last time the Fort Frances Lakers lost a game by six goals, they showed up the next night and won a series-clinching game. The Lakers can’t win a series tomorrow night, but they had better show up more than they did last night or they likely can kiss […]
