Staff Rolling sevens is a sign of good luck at the craps tables. But four teams in the Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League were content with hitting sixes last night during matches at Fort High and St. Michael’s School. The quartet that garnered the maximum half-dozen points available included league-leading […]
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Staff Starting Ryan Faragher in goal is a no-lose proposition these days for the Utah Grizzlies. The 25-year-old Fort Frances native earned the ECHL’s goalie-of-the-week honours on Tuesday. Faragher went 3-0 last week with a 1.67 GAA and .947 save percentage following a quick, two-day call-up to the AHL’s San […]
Staff One of Canada’s best female volleyball players is coming to town. Janie Guimond, the starting libero for the national women’s team, will conduct a two-day clinic at Fort High on Nov. 20-21 for club players in the U14, U16, and U18 age groups. The Nov. 20 session will run […]
Staff The past week in the Fort Frances Girls’/Women’s Hockey Association featured both tight battles and convincing routs. Marti Woods notched a pair of goals to lead the BDO Canada Stars to a 3-2 victory over Kaemingh Esso in PeeWee action last Thursday. Makenna Hill had the other marker for […]
Joey Payeur There was a big question as to whether the reigning NWOSSAA senior boys’ volleyball champions even would have a chance to defend their title. Now, there’s no question they are on track to do exactly that while ending another school’s reign atop the NorWOSSA standings at the same […]
Joey Payeur Ashley Croswell and her fellow veterans were keen on proving their own merits this season. The five-pack of Grade 12 returnees on the Muskie senior girls’ basketball team did just that—finishing off the squad’s third-straight 8-0 regular season with a 39-20 win over the visiting Dryden Eagles last […]
Joey Payeur The first goal with a new team always is one for the memory banks. To do it in front of Mom and Dad? That just makes it an even grander occasion. Ryan Gazich lit the lamp—and the faces of his happy loved ones on hand for the occasion—as […]
Joey Payeur The layout seemed more appropriate for training Green Berets than being used as a racing venue. But the Muskie cross-country running team proved itself to be army tough as all five black-and-gold competitors made it through the mud and mire that made up much of the OFSAA course […]
The Associated Press ATLANTA—Andrew Wiggins was hoping he wouldn’t lose his shooting touch as the Atlanta Hawks kept pushing to wipe out a huge deficit. “I was feeling it,” he said. “My shot was falling. “My teammates kept encouraging me, giving me the ball.” Wiggins tied a career high with […]
Staff The Fort Frances Lakers keep winning and their star in the national sky keeps rising. Riding a seven-game streak of victories, the Lakers jumped from No. 10 to No. 5 in the latest CJHL weekly top 20 rankings. The Lakers, sitting in first place in the SIJHL with a […]
Staff It was short and sweet for the Fort Frances Lakers here Saturday night. The two-time defending SIJHL champs notched three short-handed goals, including two during the same penalty kill, as they romped to an 8-2 win over the Thunder Bay North Stars 8-2. The Lakers (14-2) now have won […]
Staff The Muskie cross-country running team went to the school of hard knocks on Saturday. Team captain Jenny Hammond was the lone Muskie to finish in the top half of the field, coming in 136th place out of 278 runners in the senior girls’ division at the OFSAA championships near […]
