Staff They were the best two teams during the regular season—now they’ll get to see who is the best of the post-season. The two-time defending SIJHL champion Fort Frances Lakers will face the Dryden GM Ice Dogs in the final for a second-straight year after Dryden beat the host Thunder […]
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Joey Payeur It’s a win for the environmental lobbyists. But the president of the North Western Ontario Tourism Association said the cancellation of a Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry proposal to loosen restrictions on wolf and coyote hunting in Northern Ontario won’t be a shot-in-the-arm for local resort owners. […]
Joey Payeur One went all the way to OFSAA last year; the other hasn’t played competitively in four years. Aaron Bujold and Jacob Jack are the Muskie badminton version of “The Odd Couple,” but they will gladly go together to Atikokan today as the lone black-and-gold players to advance to […]
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. […]
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,” […]
