Joey Payeur Jenna Walsh had one of her best friends prove last week the size of the town one is from doesn’t matter when it comes to achieving curling greatness. The former Devlin resident was overjoyed when Stratton native Trevor Bonot, along with his sister, Jackie McCormick, and Thunder Bay’s […]
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Joey Payeur More Fort Frances residents who climbed to elite status in the local sporting community will take their rightful historical place next summer. The latest group of inductees into the Fort Frances Sports Hall of Fame was announced this past week, with ceremonies slated to take place Aug. 12. […]
Staff In comes two, out goes three more. The tweaking of the Fort Frances Lakers’ roster continued yesterday with the announcement of two trades. Forward Austin Petrie was acquired from the Richmond (Va.) Generals of the United States Premier Hockey League Elite for a player development fee. Petrie, 19, is […]
Staff There will be half the hockey to watch than originally was planned for tonight at the Memorial Sports Centre. The NorWOSSA game between the Muskie boys’ hockey team and the Dryden Eagles—set for the ’52 Canadians Arena—was postponed due to poor weather conditions in the Dryden area. A make-up […]
Staff To those ready to bury the Fort Frances Lakers this season, it may be time to put the shovels away. The three-time defending SIJHL champs extended their season-high winning streak to five games with a pair of road victories over the weekend. The Lakers earned a wild 6-5 overtime […]
Staff The Fort Frances Atom Black Panthers captured their division at the “November Chill” tournament in Thunder Bay over the weekend, defeating the Thunder Bay Ice Cycles 3-0 in the final. Madison Bliss earned the shutout while Kiera Fairnington had the game-winning goal (the other goal scorers weren’t provided). The […]
Joey Payeur Two days, three games, 25 goals scores, none allowed. The bad news? That belongs to the rest of NorWOSSA because both Muskie hockey squads say they can play much better. The girls’ squad dumped the Kenora Broncos 8-0 in their regular-season home-opener Tuesday night at the Ice For […]
Staff The action was fast and furious, both here and away, the last couple of weeks for teams in the Fort Frances Girls’/Women’s Hockey Association. On Tuesday, the Fort Frances Atom Competitive Leafs blanked the Fort Frances PeeWee Fusion 4-0. Fairnington, Piper Miller, Courtney McCoy, and Julia Guertin all scored […]
Joey Payeur Erin Shikowsky professes to liking challenges—and she isn’t shying away from the big one that now faces her. Shikowsky recently was hired as the head coach for the Rainy River Community College Voyageurs women’s hockey team, replacing Jeff Wickstrom, who stepped down due to serious health issues involving […]
Joey Payeur The Muskie girls’ hockey team began its march towards a possible fourth-straight NorWOSSA title with a two-game sweep of the host Sioux Lookout Warriors last week. After opening the regular season with a 12-1 thrashing on Thursday night, Fort High capped the road trip with a 7-1 win […]
Joey Payeur It’s a little over 7,000 km from where it all began for Trevor Bonot and Jackie McCormick to where they’re heading next fall. Getting the chance to experience the trip together is something they wouldn’t have any other way. The brother-and-sister skip-third combination, who were born and raised […]
Staff The Sioux Lookout Warriors were viewed as an up-and-coming team in the NorWOSSA girls’ hockey during the pre-season. It seems as though they still have a way to go before meeting those expectations. The three-time defending league champion Muskies made it business as usual against the host Warriors late […]
