Staff It’s time to turn things around or they will have to wait for another turn next year. The Lakehead University Thunderwolves’ women’s rink, featuring skip Hailey Beaudry of Fort Frances and lead Erin Tomalty from Nestor Falls, finds itself in a dogfight for a playoff spot at the 2017 […]
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Staff Lisa Penner is liking the looks of Fredericton more and more by the minute. The Fort Frances resident is playing third on Kenora skip Peggy Taylor’s Northern Ontario rink, which is cruising so far with a 3-0 record in Pool ‘B’ at the 2017 Everest senior women’s curling championship. […]
Staff The host rink has got the home fans cheering for the most part so far. With Fort Frances-based skip Hailey Beaudry and Nestor Falls export Erin Tomalty at lead, the Lakehead Thunderwolves’ women’s curling team is in a three-way tie for second entering play today at the 2017 U-SPORTS/Curling […]
Staff The online play-by-play commentator compared goalie Sydney Swanson to Fort Knox. So Katie Sinclair and the Lakehead Thunderwolves broke in and grabbed all the gold. The Fort Frances resident set up the deciding goal by Olivia Carter in the second period as the Thunderwolves made history by beating the […]
Staff It will be the three-time defending champs against the new kids on the block. But the Fort Frances Lakers begin their quest for a fourth-straight SIJHL crown in unfamiliar fashion after wrapping up their regular season with a 3-2 loss to the Dryden GM Ice Dogs on Friday night […]
Staff Katie Sinclair saw the rest of her team having fun so she decided to join in. The Fort Frances native had a goal and two assists in the third period to help the Lakehead Thunderwolves rout the Aquinas College Saints 10-0 yesterday in their opening game at the ACHA […]
Staff There’s no room for error in a 3-on-3 overtime and Matt Tustin’s misplay made that perfectly clear to the Fort Frances Lakers. Nicholas Nigro took the turnover and went the other way to start–and then finish–a 2-on-1 with 14 seconds left in the extra session to give the visiting […]
Staff Molly Carlson is a true triple threat. The Fort Frances native will have three tries to close out her freshman season with the Florida State Seminoles in golden fashion at the NCAA diving championships that got underway yesterday in Indianapolis. Carlson qualified in all three individual events for the […]
Joey Payeur A year without a badminton tournament gave the Fort Frances Badminton Club a year to reflect, reassess, and rejuvenate its efforts to resurrect its biggest event of the season. This year, the club isn’t waiting until the last minute to attract entries to the tournament, which is slated […]
Joey Payeur Pity the foe who takes these Muskies lightly for they are intent on proving last season was an aberration. Fort High carries the No. 11 seed into the 16-team field for the OFSAA ‘A/AA’ girls’ hockey championship that begins next Wednesday (March 22) in Stratford. And that suits […]
Joey Payeur It was the most awkward of injuries and the most frightening of moments. Katie Sinclair initially thought her hockey season was over. Now that it’s not, she has every intention of making her second chance count. The Fort Frances native will be back in the Lakehead Thunderwolves’ lineup […]
Joey Payeur It’s hard for a team to win consistently if it plays soft with the game on the line. Fort Frances Lakers’ head coach and general manager Wayne Strachan wasn’t enamoured with his squad’s grit quotient–missing a chance at a two-game sweep by giving up two goals in 1:40 […]
