Staff Abby Sanders, Myla Angus, and Max Williams all know a thing or two about winning. Sanders and Angus each scored twice as the La Place Rendez-Vous U18 Voyageurs capped a sensational season with a 4-0 victory over Taggs in the women’s division final of the Borderland Soccer League last […]
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Staff It all comes down to this. The Borderland Soccer League will crown its season champs in the women’s and men’s divisions tonight, with both finals beginning at 6:30 p.m. at the Struchan Gilson Memorial Soccer Pitch. In women’s play, the heavily-favoured La Place Rendez-Vous U18 Voyageurs will face Taggs. […]
Staff There will be a new top gun in the Rainy River District Fastball League this season. Amy Penner scored from third on an error in the bottom of the seventh to give the top-ranked Fort Frances Her-icanes a 10-9 win over the defending champion Northwest Bay Beavers in the […]
Joey Payeur The gauntlet has been thrown down and Amy Wilson-Hands’ troops are ready to pick it up and smack someone upside the head with it. Leading the Region 1 girls volleyball as head coach along with assistant coach Terry McMahon, Wilson-Hands has heard ad nauseum the history of the […]
Joey Payeur The change of the calendar will bring a slight change to the scheduling of next year’s Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship. The 23rd edition of the annual angler extravaganza will be held from July 20-22, 2017. While that differs by just one day from this year’s event, the […]
Joey Payeur Collecting $5,600 for three days of fishing would put most people in a pretty jovial mood. But when someone has grabbed the brass ring twice before at an event and had a firm belief a third title was for the taking, the smiles tend to be somewhat narrower. […]
Joey Payeur The only player from Fort Frances to ever get his name on the Grey Cup will now take his place alongside this region’s all-time sporting legends. Jeff Treftlin, who starred in the late 1970s for the Muskie football team before going on to an eight-year career in the […]
Staff Another major bass tournament in northwestern Ontario, another top 10 finish for Bill Godin. The Devlin angler teamed with Leroy Wilson from International Falls to be the top representative of the Rainy River District at the 2016 Kenora Bass International this past weekend, placing seventh with a total weight […]
Staff They’re off and fishing at two separate high-profile bass fishing events involving anglers with local ties. The Emo-based combination of Brett Meyers and Nathan Brigham are 10th out of 125 teams after Day 1 of the 2016 Kenora Bass International with a total haul of 16.38 pounds yesterday. Meyers, […]
Staff The new-look second season got underway in the Borderland Soccer League last night. International Travel Services topped Manitou Forest Products 2-1 last night in the first leg of their two-game semifinal at the Struchan Gilson Memorial Soccer Pitch. This year, the men’s division adopted the UEFA Champions League knockout […]
Staff There was no shortage of courage for the Couchiching Lady Raiders, only a shortage of runs. The No. 5-ranked Lady Raiders almost came all the way back from an eight-run deficit, but wound up losing 11-6 to the top-seeded Fort Frances Her-icanes to be eliminated from the Losers Side […]
Staff The Fort Frances Angels had their halos confiscated and won’t get them back again until the spring. Stephanie Racine had an inside-the-park home run as part of a 3-for-3, two-RBI night as the No. 5-ranked Couchiching Lady Raiders eased past the No. 11-rated Angels 15-2 last Wednesday (July 27) […]
