Joey Payeur It may not be the same as taking over for Scotty Bowman or Al Arbour. For starters, those coaches only won four championships in a row. Chris Sinclair is trying to keep things in perspective as he heads into today’s NorWOSSA soccer regular-season opener here against the Kenora […]
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Joey Payeur The old adage that you can’t tell the players without a scorecard may never ring more true than with this year’s Muskie girls’ soccer team. Two dozen players will suit up for Fort High as it looks to win a third-straight NorWOSSA title and once again advance to […]
Cameron Penney With the warmer weather finally here, golf courses around the district have opened for the season. Kitchen Creek Golf Club was the first out of the blocks—welcoming golfers onto the course April 22. Kitchen Creek general manager Glen Kellar said this is about the usual time of year […]
Joey Payeur She may have new responsibilities but Stacy Patey has that same tingle going down her spine that accompanies the blooming of every fastball season. Patey recently was elected president of the Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League, which gets down to business on the field with its season-opening […]
Staff The excitement of making it to the next stage of the post-season died off in less than four minutes for Ryan Faragher. It was a nightmarish start to the second round of the ECHL Kelly Cup playoffs for the 23-year-old Fort Frances native and the rest of the Utah […]
Staff It’s hockey night tonight. The Fort Frances Lakers hope the third time’s the charm as they open play at the 2016 Dudley Hewitt Cup against the host Kirkland Lake Gold Miners at 6:30 p.m. (CDT). The Lakers have not played in 10 days after doubling the Dryden Ice Dogs […]
Staff Dylan Robertson may be in line for yet another honour after a standout season. The Fort Frances Lakers’ captain was nominated for the CJHL player-of-the-year award yesterday after the 20-year-old from Atlanta led the local squad to its third-straight SIJHL crown. The honour is given annually to the player […]
Staff Only one of the two Fort Frances natives in the ECHL will be sticking around for another round. The Utah Grizzlies, featuring goalie Ryan Faragher, will continue their push to the Kelly Cup after dumping the host Colorado Eagles 7-2 on Tuesday night to capture their best-of-seven quarter-final series […]
Staff Nathan Park’s latest adventure has been one to savour. The former Fort Frances Lakers’ netminder has been chosen as one of the five finalists for the CJHL’s top goalie award after a standout campaign for the Portage Terriers (MJHL). Park, a 20-year-old native of Edmonton, led the Lakers to […]
Joey Payeur Aaron Bujold wouldn’t mind a little respect—not so much for him but the entire sport of badminton. The Grade 10 member of the Muskie contingent repeated his result from a year ago—capturing the silver medal in senior boys’ singles play at the NWOSSAA championships last Wednesday in Dryden. […]
Joey Payeur Fort Frances will be the site of OFSAA championships in two different sports in back-to-back years. On the heels of the all-Ontario ‘A/AA’ boys’ hockey championship coming here next March, it was announced Thursday that the town will welcome the rest of the province for the 2018 OFSAA […]
Joey Payeur For once, Pierce Dushenko was on the other end of the dogpile and he was loving every oxygen-deprived, lung-crushing moment of it. Dushenko let in a goal in the opening minute, then was nearly perfect for the next 59 to preserve a 4-2 win for the Fort Frances […]
