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 […]
Local Sports
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 […]
Conrad DueckSubmitted by Tuesday night saw two really good, close games in the Fort Frances Men’s Basketball League–and one really good 40 minutes of exercise for two teams that both played hard but had different levels of skills on display. In what ended up being a close game, Sunset Landscaping […]
Joey Payeur Brian Church has high hopes for his Muskie badminton contingent. With the squad playing a pre-season tournament tomorrow and then the NorWOSSA qualifier next Wednesday (both in Atikokan), the coach is dropping some broad hints of optimism as to the Muskies’ chances this year. “I am hopeful to […]
Staff Tanya Hughes hadn’t scored since the second week of the season. Kicker Instinct wished her drought had lasted one more week. Hughes, shaking off a foot injury, netted a hat trick to help fourth-place Goal Diggers beat first-place Kicker Instinct 4-1 in Borderland Women’s Indoor Soccer League semi-final action […]
Submitted byCaroline Spencer The 16U Fort Frances Vipers girls’ volleyball team travelled to Winnipeg on the weekend to compete in the Jr. Bisons’ tournament at the University of Manitoba. The first team they faced was the hosts, who came out swinging hard but the Vipers held their own. After giving […]
Staff Four goals against the SIJHL’s best goalie this season should have been a sign it was the Fort Frances Lakers’ night. But the Dryden GM Ice Dogs weren’t paying attention to the sign language. Lakers’ nemesis Derek McPhail had two goals, and Kristopher Hamlin added three points, as the […]
Staff The Fort Frances Canadians will leave Thunder Bay today feeling like they were struck by lightning. With one game left, the Canadians were at the bottom of the standings with an 0-5 record at the 2017 Ontario Hockey Federation and Central Region Bantam ‘AAA’ Hockey Championship. They already have […]
Staff Four Fort Frances bowlers weren’t content with being below average. Mildred Bedard, Rita Bagacki, Evelyn Barker, and Gary Vittie captured the Club 55 Cup Sunset Country zone title at Plaza Lanes on Monday by being the only one of the four teams to end up on the plus side […]
