Joey Payeur The man who’s been referred to as “the Wayne Gretzky of fastball” will be bringing his immeasurable wealth of pitching wisdom to share with players here in Rainy River District. International Softball Congress Hall of Fame inductee Darren Zack, originally from Garden River First Nation east of Sault […]
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Cameron Penney OTTAWA—Although no one knew it at the time, the game between the fifth-ranked Muskie boys’ hockey team and the No. 18 Frontenac Falcons (Kingston) on the opening morning of the OFSAA ‘A/AA’ championship in Ottawa last week proved to be a battle of juggernauts. The Falcons seemingly upset […]
Staff Christian Ripley’s latest work has the top of the SIJHL point production board starting to look like a roll call for the Fort Frances Lakers. The 20-year-old forward from Duluth collected eight points in three games to be named the Amyotte’s Awards & Promotions Corp. player-of-the-week yesterday. Ripley’s efforts, […]
Staff Those who like their SIJHL hockey with a healthy dash of suspense mixed in got their fill when it came to the Fort Frances Lakers over the weekend. First, affiliate player Matthew Glomba scored with 12 seconds left in regulation time to give the Lakers a 3-2 victory over […]
Staff One false move and it was over. Katherine Johnson netted the decisive goal at 9:43 of double-overtime to lift the University of Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs to a 2-1 win yesterday over the Rainy River Community College Voyageurs in the final of the ACHA Division 2 national women’s hockey championship in […]
Joey Payeur Jackie McCormick will get to play for a national championship again—and this time she gets to take her brother along. The Stratton native played third for skip Trevor Bonot, who now lives in Thunder Bay, as the rink captured the mixed provincial crown yesterday at the Fort Frances […]
Staff Kristofer Cochrane’s timing was impeccable. Cochrane scored what reportedly were his first two goals of the season in his team’s last tournament game to lead the Fort Frances Wu Warriors to a 4-1 victory over the Fort Frances Holmlund Leafs in the fifth-place final of the Fort Frances Minor […]
Staff Dylan Johnston had his own idea for an opening ceremony—beat the defending champs. That’s exactly what the Thunder Bay skip and his team of third Tirzah Keffer (Fort Frances), Mike Badiuk (Devlin) at second, and Sheree Hinz (Thunder Bay) at lead ended up doing last night in the first […]
Staff Noah Armstrong is ready for his next challenge. The Fort Frances resident, who represents Mighty Mustangs Wrestling in International Falls, finished first in the 4th grade, 85- to 90-pound division at the NYWA Districts amateur wrestling meet in Deer River, Mn. over the weekend. With the victory, Armstrong now […]
Staff The playoffs now beckon with the conclusion of the Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League’s regular season last night. All the first-round ‘A’-side matchups are set for the double elimination post-season, which gets underway March 24 at Fort High and St. Michael’s School. Eighth-ranked I’d Hit That (47 points) takes […]
Staff A championship push came up one point short but there was no shortage of pride among the Muskie boys’ curling rink. Skip Chris Silver and his team of third Daniel Vandenbrand, second Jason Bazylewski, and lead Davis Jackson matched the best-ever finish by a Fort High curling team at […]
Cameron Penney OTTAWA—The Muskies are provincial champs once again! The boys’ hockey team captured the gold medal after doubling the Silverthorn Collegiate Institute Spartans (Etobicoke) 4-2 in the final of the OFSAA ‘A/AA’ championship in Ottawa. “I can’t even describe what it feels like,” Muskie coach Jamie Davis grinned while […]
