Staff The SIJHL was the only one of the 10 Junior ‘A’ hockey leagues in Canada not to have a player selected for the CJHL’s “Prospects Game” on Jan. 26 in Surrey, B.C. The annual game showcases those considered the top NHL prospects at this level by NHL Central Scouting. […]
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Staff The Ontario Trillium Foundation officially announced yesterday that the local tennis court project will be getting a financial boost. As reported in the Times last month, the OTF is granting $150,000 toward the proposed multi-use facility on the grounds of St. Francis School. The project is expected to cost […]
Joey Payeur Bad serving put the Muskie senior girls’ volleyball team in a bad spot. Then Chelsea Kabatay decided to gear down to help put the points up. Fort High fought back from a 24-20 deficit in the fourth set thanks to Kabatay fuelling a 6-0 run with her work […]
Staff When a team has first-year players producing like veterans, it’s a winning formula. Rookies ruled the day for the Muskie boys’ hockey team last night in Kenora as the NorWOSSA leaders improved to 8-0 with a 9-0 romp over the St. Thomas Aquinas Saints. Cooper Witherspoon led the way […]
Staff The end of the old year and start of the new one brought a fresh batch of thrilling hockey action in the Fort Frances Girls’/Women’s Hockey Association. The Fort Frances Atom ‘AA’ Calder Legal Eagles closed out 2015 in style with a 3-2 win over the Fort Frances Minor […]
Staff Not even their goalie could save the Fort Frances Lakers this time. Brad Arabia and Brad Thrower each had a goal and an assist to lead the host Thunder Bay North Stars to a 4-2 win over the Lakers last night. The Lakers (25-4-01), who were outshot 47-31, also […]
Joey Payeur The Muskie girls’ hockey team took over sole possession of first place in NorWOSSA with a 3-2 shootout victory over the Dryden Eagles here Tuesday night. Fort High (7-1) prevailed in the fifth round of the shootout when Janelle Kaemingh unloaded a perfect wrist shot right under the […]
Joey Payeur It’s the most popular New Year’s resolution—and typically the least successful one. The changing of the calendar always brings a resounding chorus of pledges from people seeking to get themselves in better physical shape. While the number who stick to the pledge is far lower than those who […]
Joey Payeur Faith can move mountains but having a team with a ton of talent doesn’t hurt, either. The Muskie girls’ hockey team finished off 2015 in dramatic style last Thursday—erasing a 2-0 third-period deficit en route to a 3-2 victory in overtime against the St. Francis/North Branch Fighting Saints […]
Joey Payeur The mild winter so far has brought a smile to just about everybody’s face in Fort Frances. Trevor McKinnon is not among them. The supervisor with the Town of Fort Frances has been fighting what’s so far been mostly a losing battle to get the community’s three outdoor […]
Staff It was their worst end at the worst possible time. A five-ender in the second for Tiana Gaudry (Thunder Bay) was the beginning of the end for the Fort Frances rink skipped by Hailey Beaudry, which lost 10-2 in six ends in the second tie-breaker yesterday morning at the […]
Staff If the Fort Frances Lakers keep getting this kind of offensive production from the back end, they will have their defencemen putting on shooting clinics for the forwards. On the heels of blueliner Nick Minerva earning the SIJHL Gongshow Gear Inc. performer-of-the-month award for the second-straight month on Friday, […]
