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 […]
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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 […]
Staff It won’t be back-to-back Jacksons making an appearance on the national curling scene. Fort Frances skip Lorne Jackson fell 6-1 to Thunder Bay’s Gary Weiss in the final of the Travelers Curling Club provincial championship there yesterday. Jackson and his rink of third Derek Jackson, second Mark Pederson, and […]
Joey Payeur All Christian Ripley was missing was his hair flowing in the breeze he created. Ripley’s short-handed goal at 11:57 of the third was the game-winner as the Fort Frances Lakers rallied to beat the visiting English River Miners 4-2 last night to grab a 2-0 lead in their […]
Staff It was an April Fool’s prank one day earlier, but Lorne Jackson and his team weren’t laughing. The Fort Frances skip and his rink of third Derek Jackson, second Mark Pederson and lead Todd Moxham were defeated 6-2 by Gary Weiss of Thunder Bay in yesterday’s opening draw at […]
Staff A solid season went up in smoke in two short weeks for one of the top contenders for the Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League championship. That’s What She Set, which finished fourth during the regular season with 87 points, was upset by 11th-ranked Rockstars in the first round of […]
Staff Dylan Robertson is the best of the best. The Fort Frances Lakers’ captain rode his SIJHL scoring title to the Amyotte’s Awards & Promotions Most Valuable Player, the league announced yesterday. Dryden GM Ice Dogs’ defenceman Kyle Pouncy and Thunder Bay North Stars’ goalie Riley Corbin were the other […]
Staff Lisa Penner and her rinkmates will have to settle for wading in a shallower pool. Northern Ontario, skipped by Kenora-based skip Peggy Taylor with Penner at third and Kenora’s Noreen Donnelly at second and Tracy Stasiuk at lead, failed to qualify in the top eight overall to advance to […]
Staff Nothing like a good night’s rest in Fort Frances to get a team ready to set franchise history. The English River Miners camped out overnight on Tuesday at a local hotel, then headed south yesterday to complete a riveting postseason comeback by beating the Minnesota Iron Rangers 3-1 in […]
Staff The underdogs need to find a new kennel. It was business as usual for most of the top teams as the Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League playoffs kicked off last Thursday (March 24) at Fort Frances High School and St. Michael’s School. Regular-season champion How I Set Your Mother […]
Staff The SIJHL galaxy’s brightest lights were recognized yesterday, with several Fort Frances Lakers selected among the league’s elite. Fort Frances placed four members of its squad on the CCM Hockey 1st All-Star Team, with two more making it onto the 2nd All-Star Team. Leading the way for the Lakers […]
