Staff The Fort Frances Lakers keep working towards filling their void up front. General manager and head coach Wayne Strachan announced today the signings of forwards Zach Bennett and Kyle Folson. Bennett, an 18-year-old from Grande Prairie, Alta., played with the Junior ‘B’ Grande Prairie Kings last season in the […]
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Joey Payeur They worked hard to get to the top of the mountain and weren’t about to get pushed off when it mattered most. Both first-place clubs in the Borderland Soccer League proved their regular seasons were no fluke as they claimed their respective division championships at the Struchan Gilson […]
Staff It was not the Rainy River District’s day to shine on the mounds of Moline. Both squads from this area lost their first games at the 2015 North American Fastpitch Association ‘A’ World Series in Moline, Ill., yesterday to drop into the losers bracket. The Sight & Sound Wolves […]
Staff The Fort Frances Lakers were the last ones left standing in the SIJHL last season and will be the last ones to hit the ice for meaningful action this fall. It will be the two-time defending Bill Salonen Cup champions heading to Ear Falls to take on the English […]
Staff Following a season that was rife wit losing, Pharmasave will be glad to say it finished its season on a winning note against the top dogs from a year ago. Anniss Seid had the lone goal as Pharmasave shut out defending champion International Travel Services 1-0 to win the […]
Joey Payeur Even a fully-healthy pitcher may not have been able to stop the Northwest Bay Beavers last night. A chucker with a damaged wing never had a chance. The Beavers racked up a 14-0 lead and never looked back in rolling to a 19-4 decision over the Fort Frances […]
Staff The Rainy Lake Pirates are the beasts of the East, thank in part to a sensational sixth. Rainy Lake turned a nailbiter into a rout with seven runs in their half of the sixth inning to eventually claim an 11-6 win over the Sight & Sound Wolves in the […]
Staff It’s the story that won’t stop because Tylar Wilson apparently can’t be stopped. The Fort Frances driver is now a perfect eight-for-eight for the season after capturing the feature the past two weeks in the Street Stocks division of the Borderland Racing Association. Wilson is now up to 431 […]
Staff Jasmine Kinnear’s go-kart career is off to a flying start. In just her second week of racing, Kinnear won the rookie class feature for the second week in a row during Borderland Kart Racing action at Emo Speedway this past Sunday. The female speedster claimed both heats before taking […]
Joey Payeur With his appetite whetted for the next level, Brandon Bodnar wants to get his fill of the savoury taste of the Junior ‘A’ hockey life. The 17-year-old goaltender from Fort Frances has a prime opportunity to earn a berth on the roster of the Fort Frances Lakers, who […]
Joey Payeur The waters of Rainy Lake will be quieter this summer, as will the footpaths in and around Point Park. Rainy Lake Triathlon Club organizer Jeff Tilbury confirmed on Monday there will be no third edition this summer of the “Splash and Dash” duathlon which has taken place the […]
Cameron Penney Alex McDonald had a six-stroke lead after the first round of the Kitchen Creek Classic, and never looked back while cruising to a fifth title in the last six years. The Fort Frances native, who now lives in Winnipeg, missed his second-day goal by one stroke, but finished […]
