Joey Payeur Byron Sharp is making this competitive fishing thing look easy. The 24-year-old from Stratton teamed up with cousin, Jon O’Connor, of Winnipeg to win the 2015 Kenora Bass International this past weekend in historic fashion with a new tournament record of 57.04 pounds. That left the rest of […]
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Staff The Northwest Bay Beavers can’t wait for another shot at sinking their teeth into the Fort Frances Her-icanes. Darcy Smith went the distance for the complete-game victory, as the No. 3-ranked Beavers downed No. 7-rated Manitou Blaze 13-5 in their Losers Side semi-final in the Rainy River District Women’s […]
Staff A year later, it will be game on for all the marbles once again between two foes very familiar with one another. The Borderland Soccer League women’s division championship game on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. will feature a rematch between defending champion Taggs/Source for Sports and this year’s regular-season […]
Joey Payeur Byron Sharp and his cousin saved all their best fishing for when it mattered most. The Stratton resident and Winnipeg-based relative, Jon O’Connor, set an all-time tournament record with a total haul of 57.04 pounds to cruise to victory on Saturday in the 141-team field at the 2015 […]
Staff Enough with the rehearsals. It’s showtime. The Borderland Soccer League women’s division gets down to playoff business tonight at 6:30 p.m. at the Struchan Gilson Soccer Pitch with a pair of semi-final matchups. It will be a Tyson v. Douglas-type confrontation when the heavily-favoured La Place Rendez-Vous U-18 Voyageurs […]
Staff A day’s delay was worth the wait for the Sabaskong Cubs. Following a 2-14 regular season, the sixth-ranked Cubs advanced to the East Division semi-finals of the Rainy River District Fastball League playoffs after a stunning 13-9 road victory over the fourth-seeded Couchiching Raiders last night. The Raiders, meanwhile, […]
Staff It’s going to take a titanic effort for any other women’s soccer team to sink the Good Ship Voyageur. Myla Angus netted four goals, and Erin Tomalty added three more, to pace the La Place Rendez-Vous U18 Voyageurs to a 9-0 rout over Taggs in the Borderland Soccer League’s […]
Staff Turnabout is fair play. After rallying from 10-0 down during the regular season to beat the Red Gut Babes at VanJura, the Fort Frances Her-icanes suffered their own collapse on the same field last night in Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League semi-final action. The second-ranked ’Canes let a […]
Joey Payeur This past weekend was about much more than just racing for the local International Boundary Waters Dragon Boat Team. Former Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce manager Annely Armstrong-Thorstad, who now lives in Ray, Mn. with her husband and fellow dragon boat teammate, Greg Thorstad, recounted how the team […]
Joey Payeur Wayne Strachan put an end to any hint of a goaltending controversy before it even had a chance to swirl this coming season. The Fort Frances Lakers’ head coach and general manager dealt goalie Nathan Park and forward Dylan Kooner to the Portage Terriers (MJHL) on Friday—a move […]
Staff Kristina Bombay belted an RBI triple in the bottom of the seventh to spark the Fort Frances Her-icanes to an 18-17 win over the Northwest Bay Beavers in Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League playoff action last night at VanJura. The second-ranked ’Canes next will host the two-time defending […]
Staff Mike Jourdain had an up-and-down regular season but had plenty more peaks than valleys last night. Jourdain tossed a complete-game victory as the fourth-seeded Couchiching Raiders upset the third-ranked Windey’s Warriors 11-5 in an East Division losers’ side showdown last night at Couchiching. With the loss, the Warriors were […]
