Joey Payeur Nolan and Davis Ross didn’t like being apart for the first time in their hockey lives. So now that they’re back together, they’re going to keep it that way. The Fort Frances Lakers announced today the 21-year-old local twins have signed commitments to play for the WCHA’s St. […]
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Joey Payeur Change the coach, shuffle a few players in and out of the roster—it makes no difference to the Muskie boys’ soccer team. Their NorWOSSA dominance remains inarguable and absolute. Fort High nabbed its sixth-straight NorWOSSA title last Wednesday—routing the host Dryden Eagles 8-0 in the final to cap […]
Joey Payeur Right player, right place, right time. Sydney Radigan came up clutch in the biggest game of the season for the second-straight year—once again scoring the game-winning goal to lead the Muskies to a 1-0 victory over the host Dryden Eagles in the NorWOSSA final last Wednesday. The victory […]
Joey Payeur The Muskies’ latest jaunt to the OFSAA track-and-field championships is all about hang time—whether it be throwing an object through the air or themselves. Jacob Empey and Sekina Scheibler will carry the black-and-gold banner into Windsor for the all-Ontarios that begin tomorrow without their normal coaches, but with […]
Joey Payeur Fort Frances’ speedy sister-brother combination is heading south to heat up the U.S. Midwest concrete once again. Marie-Mai and Yannick Langevin will return to Valley City, N.D. on Saturday to take another run at being the best in their class at the FirstEnergy All-American Soap Box Derby Region […]
Joey Payeur In just over five weeks, Saturday night is going to be alright for fighting. The Couchiching Arena will be the venue for Combat Culture’s “Throwdown at the Duke” Muay Thai amateur kickboxing event on July 9, sanctioned by the World Kickboxing Federation. Combat Culture co-founder Dave Zuniga of […]
Joey Payeur Every competitive and recreational angler searches for that one big fish they always will remember. That’s the fish that ended up in the live well of Ted Heyens and Kelvin Caul—and it won’t be forgotten anytime soon. Heyens latched onto a mammoth 8.79-pounder Saturday morning for the big […]
Staff All the pieces are in place. Now the Muskie girls’ and boys’ soccer teams just have to solve the puzzle. The seedings and pools have been announced for the OFSAA ‘AA’ girls’ championship in North Bay and the ‘AA’ boys’ playoff in Kingsville, which both run June 2-4. Fresh […]
Joey Payeur Every competitive and recreational angler searches for that one big fish they always will remember. That’s the fish that ended up in the live well of Ted Heyens and Kelvin Caul—and it won’t be forgotten anytime soon. Heyens latched onto a mammoth 8.79-pounder Saturday morning for the big […]
Staff The black-and-gold now will go search for OFSAA gold. The Muskie boys’ and girls’ soccer teams both are headed back to the all-Ontarios after posting shutout wins over the host Dryden Eagles in their respective NorWOSSA finals yesterday. Ian Jodoin netted two goals in the first four minutes—and the […]
Joey Payeur “It’s supposed to be hard. If it wasn’t hard, everyone would do it. “The hard is what makes it great.” So uttered Jimmy Dugan, the rough-edged manager of the Rockford Peaches professional women’s baseball team played by Tom Hanks in the 1992 film, “A League of Their Own.” […]
Joey Payeur Being “Hockeyville” wasn’t meant to be for Fort Frances. How about “Lacrossetown?” Canada’s official national summer sport is finding a foothold locally—thanks to the efforts of a youth program organized by the United Native Friendship Centre here. Organizer Terry McMahon said numbers for the weekly sessions, which run […]
