Staff Wayne Strachan officially has had it up to here with his hockey team. The Fort Frances Lakers’ head coach and general manager had steam coming out of his ears after last night’s 7-2 loss to the host Dryden GM Ice Dogs. “We had far too many players not show […]
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Joey Payeur Molly Carlson still is flying high even after finally getting her feet back on solid ground. The Fort Frances native made her second appearance at the FINA world junior diving championships—and the last competition of her junior career—a memorable one as the 17-year-old finished in eighth place with […]
Joey Payeur A miss here and a few inches there were all it took to delay the Olympic ambitions of Jenna Walsh and her curling mates until another day. The Devlin native, who plays second for Sudbury skip Tracy Fleury, was displeased with how things unfolded as her team went […]
Joey Payeur With the Christmas season having arrived and the guys up front experiencing a power outage, the Fort Frances Lakers’ collection of blueliners picked a perfect time to finally light it up. After only a combined seven goals from its defencemen in the first 20 games of the season, […]
Staff They were the kind of firm pushes a team planning on defending a provincial championship this spring needed. The Muskie boys’ hockey team was tested twice by the St. Paul’s Crusaders (Winnipeg) in exhibition games Saturday at the Ice For Kids Arena and then yesterday at “The Duke” (Couchiching […]
Staff The Fort Frances Lakers were taking care of business by working overtime. Maverick Lynes netted the game-winner with 40 seconds left in the extra session to give the Lakers a 3-2 win over the host Thief River Falls Norskies in SIJHL action Saturday. Dylan Kooner and Jared Virtanen drew […]
Staff With their eyes sagging and their tails dragging, the Muskie girls’ hockey team pushed through their fatigue to keep their NorWOSSA winning streak intact. Playing their third game in three nights, Fort High (6-0) did enough to get the job done last night in a 4-1 victory over the […]
Staff Seven games off was more than enough rest for Cole Tymkin. The Fort Frances resident got an assist in his first game back for the London Knights in a 5-3 win over the Guelph Storm in OHL action Saturday. Tymkin had received a six-game suspension for getting a major […]
Staff The weather may be getting colder but How I Set Your Mother is just getting warmed up. The defending Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League champs had a six-point outing for the third time in four weeks last night to remain in first place with 56. Second-place Kiss My Pass […]
Joey Payeur When it was time to play, the Muskie girls’ hockey team decided playtime was over. With the sour taste of a 7-4 exhibition loss to the International Falls Broncos here Tuesday night still in their mouths, the black-and-gold came out snorting fire last night in routing the host […]
SubmittedConrad Dueck Play continues to be fun to watch, and the competition is fierce, in the Fort Frances Men’s Basketball League. In a closely-fought first half in Tuesday night’s opening game, Revco did a great job of shutting down RRFN scoring machine Sam Soderman by holding him to only seven […]
Staff One of the SIJHL’s best scorers cooled off the league’s hottest team. Nicholas Nigro had two goals and an assist last night as the host Thunder Bay North Stars snapped the Fort Frances Lakers’ five-game winning streak with a 5-3 victory. With the loss, combined with Thief River Falls’ […]
