Staff The young guys are starting to figure this out. Ian Jodoin and Joey Angus each scored once as the third-place La Place Rendez-Vous U18 Voyageurs battled first-place Manitou Forest Products to a 2-2 draw in Borderland Soccer League men’s division play last night. Ahamadou Idrissou tallied twice to give […]
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Staff Jeremiah Windego delivered a bomb, then gave a blunt observation after touching home plate. “Playoffs, boys!” His teammates got the message loud and clear. Windego’s lead-off homer ignited a 10-run first inning that sparked Windey’s Warriors to a 15-5 pounding of the visiting Sabaskong Cubs last night in their […]
Joey Payeur “So the last shall be first. . . .” (Matthew 20:16). Such was the case for the local father-son duo of Luc and Brale Levesque, who recorded 18.79 pounds to take the lead after Day 1 of the 21st-annual Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship yesterday. They were designated […]
Staff Jeff Morrison’s pitching acumen is well-known throughout Rainy River District. But with the game on the line Tuesday evening, the Manitou Thunderbirds’ ace showed he’s got a mighty live bat to go along with that arm. Morrison launched a 3-2 fastball over the left-field fence in the bottom of […]
Staff Al’s Racquet Stringing found a pair of hats that fit just right. Claire Crichton and Katie Beninger each netted hat tricks to lead Al’s to a 6-5 upset of the La Place Rendez-Vous U18 Voyageurs in Borderland Soccer League women’s division action last night. Al’s (4-5-2) handed the Vous […]
Joey Payeur The man behind trying to bring an SIJHL team to Kenora is looking to double down on his expansion investments. An article in Tuesday’s edition of the Thief River Falls Times/Northern Watch stated Kevin McCallum of Thunder Bay was investigating the possibility of getting the Minnesota city its […]
Staff The Couchiching Lady Raiders started off with a small ball strategy and worked up their way to post an exclamation mark with the long ball. Stephanie Racine and Darcy Jones each belted homers last night as the Lady Raiders snapped a five-game losing streak with a 12-7 win over […]
Joey Payeur If she can make it there, she’s gonna make it anywhere. Jane Wyder is in the midst of rigorous training as she gets ready for Nov. 1 and the prestigious TCS New York City Marathon—one of the most famous competitive races in the world. “My first choice for […]
Staff This year’s theme of the Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League post-season: expect the unexpected. The double-elimination playoffs begin tonight with four first-round games, followed by four second-round contests Monday. The fifth-place Mud Dogs (10-5-1) will host the 12th-place Big Island Wildcats (2-12-2) at VanJura Park at 7 p.m. […]
Joey Payeur It certainly was a sweet 16 for an 11-year-old, with the sweetest catch of all proving to be a winning one. Davis Wielinga of Fort Frances and his older teammate, Shane Wepruk, claimed the first Safeway Pro-Am Fishing Tournament title Sunday at the Sorting Gap Marina. Wielinga showed […]
Staff In what was the pure definition of role reversal, the player who had been hitting all game scored the winning run thanks to a teammate who hadn’t had a hit until the very end. Trish Smith raced home on Misty Perreault’s RBI single to centre as Team Genny Brown […]
Staff Four scores and 90 minutes ago, Pharmasave had a plan to try and contain Ahmadou Idrissou. Keeping some of the evening’s earlier lightning in a bottle may have been easier to achieve. Idrissou went past, over, around, and through Pharmasave’s defence to notch all his team’s goals in a […]
