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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
