Joey Payeur There were dark clouds everywhere, and plenty of pouring rain, yet nothing but sunshine in the smile of Carlee Beazley. The 14-year-old from Fort Frances teamed up with local anglers Shane Wepruk and Pat Cross to catch a 3.52-pound bass that captured this year’s title in the Safeway […]
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Staff If bloodlines count for anything, the Fort Frances Lakers just may have pulled off a steal of a deal. The squad yesterday acquired forward Jared Virtanen from the Victoria Grizzlies (BCHL) for a player development fee. The 20-year-old from Abbotsford, B.C. is the cousin of Jake Virtanen, drafted sixth […]
Staff He’s the one heading out of town but it was Ian Jodoin who delivered the going-away present. Jodoin tallied his third and final goal of the season to help the La Place Rendez-Vous U18 Voyageurs earn a 2-1 win over Pharmasave in Borderland Soccer League men’s division play last […]
Staff The Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League regular season didn’t go out with a bang so much as a thud. With ninth place on the line, the Sabaskong Tebinaak was awarded the win over the Big Island Wildcats by forfeit last night in the final game before the double-elimination […]
Staff Sign-up set for on-site Wednesday. The Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship wants you. With the premier fishing tournament coming up here next week, volunteers still are needed for some tasks. And the perfect time to get involved is an on-site volunteer sign-up this Wednesday (July 20) from 4-6:30 p.m. […]
Staff Ben Whitburn notched his second-straight shutout as International Travel Services blanked Manitou 3-0 in Borderland Soccer League men’s division action last night. Nico Veldhuisen, Max Williams, and Jesse Fuhrer all scored for ITS (5-6-1), which moved one point ahead of Manitou (5-7) for second place while snapping its four-game […]
Staff The Couchiching Lady Raiders won their regular-season finale but wound up on the wrong end of a three-team tiebreaker that saw them miss out on a first-round playoff bye. Sydney Jones pitched the Lady Raiders to a 10-5 victory over the host Red Gut Babes in Rainy River District […]
Staff It was better but still not enough. Eighth-ranked Manitoba Silver was much more competitive in its second game at the 2016 Football Canada Cup in Winnipeg on Tuesday following a 52-0 shellacking at the hands of top-ranked Quebec three days earlier. But the team featuring three Muskies in defensive […]
Cameron Penney Seven local curlers recently returned from the “Amethyst Junior Curling Camp” held July 3-8 in Sudbury, where they gained plenty of curling knowledge while meeting new people. “[The camp] teaches them more skills and gives them an opportunity to better their existing skills during the summer,” explained Tirzah […]
Joey Payeur Dallas Gervais still was pinching himself after putting a much tighter grip on a Canadian five-pin bowling title. The 20-year-old from Fort Frances teamed up with Edmund Bernier, John MacDougall, Claude Burns, and Bill Luchka to lead Northern Ontario to the gold medal in the teaching men’s team […]
Joey Payeur Amber Berg isn’t much for interviews. Her fists of fury—and the impact they left on the face of Halley MacMillan—told enough of a story themselves. Berg won the Throwdown Championship Series belt at the inaugural “Throwdown at the Duke” Muay Thai kickboxing event at the Couchiching Arena on […]
Joey Payeur A three-day summer getaway in International Falls just doesn’t have the appeal it used to for prospective Junior ‘A’ hockey players. Fort Frances Lakers’ head coach and general manager Wayne Strachan announced yesterday the team’s annual summer tryout camp, scheduled for July 15-17 at Bronco Arena in the […]
