Joey Payeur Tara Allaire is the first to declare her university athletics career was nothing to get excited about. “We don’t really need to talk about that,” chuckled the new co-coach for the Muskie track-and-field team, which heads into its first meet of the season tomorrow at Falls High School. […]
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Joey Payeur The coaching staff of the Fort Frances Lakers must feel more like travel agents lately with all the extended vacations they’ve had to plan. Head coach and general manager Wayne Strachan first had to deal with a 12-day stretch between the Lakers’ last regular-season game and its first […]
Joey Payeur It could be a vital first step in providing an economic boost to the district. The Rainy River Future Development Corp. is holding a planning session on sports tourism tomorrow (April 13) from 7-9 p.m. at the Copper River Inn. The meeting will see local sports teams and […]
Staff The Fort Frances Lakers don’t really care who their opponent will be in the SIJHL final. That’s a good thing because the Dryden GM Ice Dogs and Thunder Bay North Stars are in no hurry to tell them. The North Stars staved off elimination with a 4-2 victory over […]
Staff It’s been quite a chore for anyone else to beat Team Black in the Fort Frances Men’s Basketball League this season. Trying to do it when one has just played a down-to-the-wire barnburner only makes it tougher. Team White pulled out a 72-71 overtime nail-biter against Team Red in […]
Staff Instead of leaving it in their coach’s hands, the Fort Frances Lakers made the decision themselves to take the weekend off. Six different players scored as the Lakers swept their best-of-seven semi-final series with a 6-3 victory over the host English River Miners last night. The Lakers now advance […]
Staff If the English River Miners are feeling something pressing against their backs today, chances are good it’s probably a wall. The Miners are down to their last gasp after falling 5-1 to the Fort Frances Lakers last night at the Cochenour to trail 3-0 in their best-of-seven SIJHL semi-final […]
Staff With over a month passing between games, Sara Kellar had plenty of pent-up energy to unleash—not to mention a stockpile of super shots. Kellar racked up six goals as the La Place Rendez-Vous Rage doubled the Fine Foods Fury 8-4 in Borderland Women’s Indoor Soccer League action last night […]
Joey Payeur Brian Church is busy tinkering with the lineup for this year’s Muskie badminton team after its annual pre-season exhibition tournament here Friday. “Many of the students had a cold start and lost their first match of the day, partially due to nerves and partially due to insufficient warm-up,” […]
Joey Payeur The Treaty #3 Titans brought plenty of “Fire ‘n’ Ice” with them to Sault Ste. Marie—and brought home plenty of memories. The Titans boys’ team captured the gold medal at the Ontario Native Invitational Volleyball Tournament over the weekend while the girls’ squad earned the bronze medal in […]
Joey Payeur The English River Miners are not going away quietly so the Fort Frances Lakers need to get rolling if they’re going to make some real noise this post-season. It took three third-period goals by the two-time defending SIJHL champs to finally shake the league’s last-place team during the […]
Staff Fort Frances native Ryan Faragher on Friday was called up by the AHL’s San Diego Gulls from the Utah Grizzlies (ECHL). It will be the 25-year-old netminder’s second stint with the Gulls this season after he went 1-3 earlier in the year with a 3.37 GAA and .895 save […]
