Staff Being the new guy can be tough but Sulley Bakh made it much easier on himself. Having recently joined the team, Bakh netted the game-winner as Pharmasave forged its first winning streak of the season with a 2-1 victory over the La Place Rendez-Vous U18 Voyageurs in Borderland Soccer […]
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Staff Two familiar faces will be back with the Fort Frances Lakers this coming season. The two-time defending SIJHL champs announced yesterday that veteran forwards Dylan Robertson and Colton Spicer are returning to the squad. Robertson, a 20-year-old native of Atlanta, collecting 16 goals and 23 assists in 39 regular-season […]
Staff Jaden Gustafson tossed a complete-game shutout, and the Tom brothers each belted homers, as the top-seeded Rainy Lake Pirates bombed the fourth-ranked Couchiching Raiders 18-0 in Rainy River District Fastball League East Division second-round playoff action Tuesday at the St. Francis Sports Field. The Pirates, who had a first-round […]
Staff Erika Paulsen tossed a complete-game shutout as the fifth-ranked Fort Frances Mud Dogs eliminated the 11th-seeded Fort Frances Juniors with an 18-0 romp in Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League playoff action last night at VanJura. After being tagged with the loss in an 8-1 defeat to the fourth-seeded […]
Staff The process to build what local hockey fans hope is the foundation for a third-straight SIJHL title will begin in less than a month. The two-time defending champion Fort Frances Lakers announced yesterday their main training camp will run Aug. 27-29. Times of the on-ice sessions will be revealed […]
Joey Payeur The Stratton Recreation Committee wants to take a bite out of unhealthy living. It will be a fall fiesta of fun on Saturday, Sept. 19 when the committee hosts its inaugural “Pi Run” on the jogging/skiing trails at the Kay-Nah-Chi-Wah-Nung Historical Centre off Shaw Road. “Myself and Jackie […]
Joey Payeur The SIJHL could wind up looking remarkably different by the time the puck drops for the 2016-17 season. The league originally planned to expand its current five-team stable by one by adding a franchise in Kenora next fall. But a media report, combined with comments last week from […]
Joey Payeur Duane Cridland and Chad Hanson shook so many hands on Saturday, one might have thought they were candidates for this fall’s federal election. The Fort Frances duo came within one team of the all-time comeback story in Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship history, but still were glad to […]
Joey Payeur Canada’s official national summer sport is being brought to local youth thanks to a new venture by the United Native Friendship Centre. Terry McMahon, co-ordinator for the UNFC’s Urban Aboriginal Healthy Living Program for Kids, is running weekly lacrosse instructional sessions for those aged seven-14. The hour-long get-togethers […]
Joey Payeur Steve and Scott Sandberg lived by a basic philosophy all week—keep moving and the rest can’t catch you. The Minnesota-based brothers (from Brooklyn Park and Ham Lake, respectively) netted a bounty of bass as they zipped around Rainy Lake for three days that translated into their first victory […]
Staff It was like coming out of a long stretch of solitary confinement for that first breath of fresh air in the prison exercise yard. Jodi Easton scored twice as Boston Pizza finally ended its season-long disappointment by registering its first win—a 3-1 victory over Al’s Racquet Stringing in Borderland […]
Joey Payeur From being a last-minute addition to the field that finished in 58th place on their first try to reaching the pinnacle, Steve and Scott Sandberg have travelled a long river together. “We really dedicate this win to each other,” said Steve Sandberg, a Brooklyn Park, Mn. resident about […]
