Joey Payeur Wayne Strachan doesn’t approach each season as though he is rebuilding, but reloading. And the ammunition he’s chosen the past three seasons has been the most powerful in the SIJHL. A three-day training camp which starts tomorrow marks the beginning of Strachan’s attempt, as head coach and general […]
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Staff Make no mistake: the Couchiching Raiders are for real. Sheldon Kelly Sr. threw a two-hit, complete-game shutout, and also chipped in offensively with a home run, as the third-ranked Raiders upset the top-seeded Fort Frances Braves 3-0 in their Rainy River District Fastball League East Division semi-final last night […]
Staff Rob McGinnis said he only threw five knuckleballs the entire evening. He wishes he hadn’t thrown the last one. Faron Morrisseau’s three-run homer in the third inning was the biggest blow in a 5-1 win for the Couchiching Raiders over their reserve rivals, Windey’s Warriors, in Rainy River District […]
Staff Duncan Keith will have to watch the World Cup of Hockey with the rest of the world instead of playing in it. The Chicago Blackhawks’ defenceman, who played most of his minor hockey here, withdrew yesterday from Team Canada for next month’s tournament due to needing to continue rehabilitation […]
Joey Payeur Confidence and experience are Cole Tymkin’s companions on the way to what he hopes is his next full-time hockey gig. The 17-year-old Fort Frances resident, last season’s SIJHL rookie-of-the-year, is in southern Ontario right now awaiting his chance to crack the roster of the defending Memorial Cup champion […]
Joey Payeur Vaughan Wilson and his teammates saw the train coming—and couldn’t wait for it to reach the station. Unfortunately for him and the rest of the Pinewood Expos, the train left without them for its next stop down the line. The Northern Ontario Selects downed the Expos 6-2 on […]
Joey Payeur VanJura was awash in feel-good vibes Monday evening—even in the dugout of the conquered. From those playing for loved ones to those finding redemption, there was no shortage of emotion-charged stories to tell after the No. 1-ranked Fort Frances Her-icanes’ 9-7 victory over the No. 6-rated Red Gut […]
Joey Payeur Early-game misery, mid-game heroics, late-inning drama. The Fort Frances Her-icanes followed the same path two games in a row—and both times it worked. A five-run fifth inning proved to be the difference last night as the top-ranked ’Canes beat the sixth-seeded Red Gut Babes 9-7 last night at […]
Staff A bleary-eyed team of Northern Ontario Selects went down to defeat knowing they couldn’t have performed much better. The Selects, composed of players from the Rainy River District Fastball League, fought their way out of the losers’ bracket of the ‘A’ Division of the 2016 North American Fastpitch Association […]
Staff It was bad news times two for the pair of Rainy River District teams competing at the North American Fastpitch Association World Series yesterday in North Mankato, Mn. The Northern Ontario Selects fell 8-7 in eight innings to Len’s Automotive (St. Paul, Mn.) in their first-round game in the […]
Staff Rainy River District will have three teams in action at the 2016 North American Fastpitch Association World Series in North Mankato, Mn., which starts today. The Northern Ontario Selects will take on Len’s Automotive at 2:30 p.m. in a first-round game in the ‘A’ winners’ bracket. The Pinewood Expos, […]
Staff The ball left Stacy Patey’s bat bound for a place far, far away. Now the Fort Frances Her-icanes get to try and win their first-ever Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League crown on home turf. Patey’s second-inning inside-the-park grand slam broke a 3-3 tie and propelled the top-seeded ’Canes […]
