Staff Brandon Zajicek’s penchant for play-making cast him in a good light this past week—once he finally got credit for his work. The Fort Frances Lakers’ defenceman had five assists in two games to earn the Play It Again Sports player-of-the-week award in the SIJHL, the first Laker to do […]
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Staff They didn’t like the feeling of trailing and decided to do something about it in short order. Northern Ontario, featuring the Stratton-raised brother-sister tandem of Trevor Bonot and Jackie McCormick at skip and third, fell behind for the first time this week earlier today against the Northwest Territories at […]
Staff They scored early and often. Northern Ontario, featuring the Stratton-raised brother-sister tandem of Trevor Bonot and Jackie McCormick at skip and third, doubled B.C.’s Wes Craig 10-5 yesterday in the opening draw of the 2017 Canadian mixed curling championship in Yarmouth, N.S. With the husband-and-wife combination of Thunder Bay’s […]
Joey Payeur The band may be getting back together—the one that was the SIJHL’s greatest hit-makers the past three seasons. Jaden Gustafson had his first two goals of the season, and his first two-goal game in Junior ‘A,’ as the Fort Frances Lakers doubled the expansion Thief River Falls Norskies […]
Staff The Fort Frances Lakers finally may have turned a corner that didn’t have a locomotive coming from the other direction. Dylan Kooner made a successful return to the lineup by scoring the game-winning goal in the third period as the Lakers edged the host English River Miners 3-2 in […]
Staff Defending league champion How I Set Your Mother earned the maximum six points last night to surge atop the Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League standings with 39 in all. Kiss My Pass dropped down to second place (37), followed by No Diggity (36) and Let’s Talk About Sets (29). […]
Staff Action is in full swing in the Fort Frances Girls’/Women’s Hockey Association. Here is a rundown of game results from the past few weeks: The Fort Frances PeeWee Lightning battled the Fort Frances PeeWee Fusion to a 4-4 tie. Savannah McGinnis and Jorja Pope scored for the Lightning while […]
SubmittedConrad Dueck Week 2 of the Fort Frances Men’s Basketball League season saw more new players coming out, meaning most ever team had plenty of subs—and thus fresh legs—throughout the game. The added bodies didn’t equal up to more points on the board, however, as the scores were low once […]
Staff Dawson Waddell is a man on the move. The 18-year-old from Brandon, Man. was acquired late last night by the Fort Frances Lakers from the Steinbach Pistons (MJHL) in exchange for a player development fee. It was the Lakers’ first regular-season deal this season. Lakers’ head coach and general […]
Staff The four Muskie court teams were kept out of the winners’ circle Tuesday at the NorWOSSA playoffs in Dryden. Three of the four played in their respective finals but were denied gold by the host Eagles each time. The heavily-favoured senior and junior girls’ basketball teams both were upset […]
Joey Payeur “Silver Linings Playbook” not only is an Oscar-nominated movie but an accurate depiction of Jordan Sinclair’s end-of-the-weekend review. His Muskie boys’ hockey team was on the wrong end of a three-game sweep at the hands of the Thunder Bay Minor Midget ‘AAA’ Kings—losing 4-3 on Friday, followed by […]
Joey Payeur It’s been a while since Jackie McCormick had a shot at a Canadian title. But she has given a long look to the ceiling of her hometown Stratton Curling Club and has envisioned a shiny new decoration to join the two already hanging from it. “The last national […]
