Staff If this is how good they are shorthanded, imagine how good they will be at full strength–and on home ice. With boys’ skip Chris Silver (hamstring) and girls’ third Anika Beaudry (wrist) unable to play due to injury, the three Muskie curling teams still went a combined 10-2 at […]
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Staff One step forward, two steps back. It’s been that kind of season for the three-time defending SIJHL champion Fort Frances Lakers, who hit another bump by falling 3-1 to the host Dryden GM Ice Dogs last night. After winning four-straight games and seven-of-eight, Fort Frances (18-16-2-3) now has lost […]
Staff How quickly things can change. The Fort Frances Lakers had a chance to get as high in the SIJHL standings as they’ve been all season with a victory Saturday night against the host Thief River Falls Norskies. But instead of tying Thief River Falls for third place, the Lakers […]
Staff Move along, nothing to see here. The same day he was put on waivers by the Anaheim Ducks and going unclaimed by the rest of the NHL, Fort Frances native Ryan Faragher inked a new one-year, two-way deal with the Ducks this past Thursday. Terms of the deal, which […]
Staff Lisa Penner will try to bring yet another national curling title to Rainy River District. The Fort Frances resident once again played third for Kenora’s Peggy Taylor, who nabbed a third-straight provincial senior women’s title by sweeping Pina Luomala (Geraldton) in their best-of-three showdown Saturday at the Kenora Curling […]
Staff With two of their three teams missing a starter due to injury, the Muskie curling rinks still are cleaning up on their opponents at the NorWOSSA qualifier in Sioux Lookout, which started yesterday and continues through today. With regular skip Chris Silver sitting out due to a pulled hamstring, […]
Staff Lisa Penner hopes it’s as easy as one, two, three–and if she can be finished in two, even better. The Fort Frances resident will aim for her third-straight Northern Ontario senior women’s curling title starting tomorrow as the third for Kenora skip Peggy Taylor as they enjoy home-ice advantage […]
Staff They were makeup games but No Diggity’s effort wasn’t just cosmetic. With the Fort High gym unavailable due to exams, St. Michael’s School last night hosted to a quartet of postponed games from Dec. 8 in the Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League. Third-place No Diggity reigned supreme in its […]
Staff Ryan Faragher’s roller-coaster season just went off the rails. The Fort Frances native was put on waivers yesterday by the Anaheim Ducks–possibly ending his affiliation with the only NHL team with which he has been associated. In 21 games this season with the Utah Grizzlies, the Ducks’ ECHL affiliate, […]
Staff Two weeks ago, the Fort Frances Lakers had lost three in a row and were wondering how to get out of fifth place in the SIJHL standings. Now they’ve won four-straight and look to be in fifth gear while having a more than realistic shot at second place. The […]
Submitted byJeremy Mann “Mighty Mustangs” wrestling is back at it for a new season in International Falls. Our youth wrestling has been around for about eight years. After a few years of losing kids, due to the Boise/Cascade paper mill cutting 300 jobs, our program is back on track. We […]
Staff Parting the Red Sea worked so well once for the Armstrong Crushers, they decided to play Moses twice. Parker Sisco and Landen Hanson scored almost carbon-copy goals 1:40 apart late in the third period to carry the Crushers past the red-clad Fine Foods Fury 5-4 in the final of […]
