Joey Payeur The masked man who stepped into a huge hole and nearly stole the Dudley Hewitt Cup will be back for another go-round with the Fort Frances Lakers. The Lakers announced late last night that Pierce Dushenko will return to the team this fall, guaranteeing one of the SIJHL’s […]
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Staff Soccer players don’t fret about mixing it up in the rain. Toss lightning into the equation, though, and that’s where they draw the line. For the second time in three days, Borderland Soccer League action was postponed yesterday evening after thunderstorms rumbled through the area. It was the second […]
Staff The Fort Frances Lakers have postponed their summer evaluation/tryout camp slated to run tomorrow through Sunday at Bronco Arena in International Falls. No reason was given for the postponement other than the team saying the situation was “due to reasons out of our control.” The Lakers plan to reschedule […]
Staff Two heads are better than one, but three heads from Fort Frances were almost better than everyone. The Plaza Lanes trio of Betty Robinson, Sylvia Beadle and Irene Laing, representing Northern Ontario, won silver in the women’s division with seven out of a possible 10 points at the 2015 […]
Joey Payeur Bryan Gustafson threw down the gauntlet twice, once with his fishing and once with a good-natured, but pointed verbal volley. Jeff Gustafson has every intention of answering the challenge before the month is out. In what has become a respectful, but fierce rivalry, the two anglers have taken […]
Joey Payeur By all accounts, Leland Indian’s life revolved around two things: looking after others and making the fastball diamond his second home. From now on at the place he cherished and was in turn revered in himself, he will do exactly that in spirit. A giant of a man […]
Joey Payeur After losing by less than a pound last year, Bryan Gustafson and Brian White were leaving nothing to chance this time. The Fort Frances tandem turned in a record-setting performance with an unprecedented two-day haul of 34.57 pounds to capture the “Castin’ for Cash” bass fishing tournament hosted […]
Staff They were close, but the cigar will have to wait until another day for Pharmasave. Aaron Kavanaugh had the only goal of the match as the La Place Rendez-Vous U18 Voyageurs held on for a 1-0 win over Pharmasave in Borderland Soccer League men’s division action last night at […]
Staff Led Zeppelin would be pleased—Ryan Faragher is “Going to California.” The 25-year-old goaltender and Fort Frances native signed a one-year deal with the San Diego Gulls of the AHL yesterday, one of four players inked by the Anaheim Ducks’-affiliated organization yesterday. Financial terms of the contract were not released, […]
Staff Manitou Forest Products is threatening to run away and hide from the rest of the field. Ahamadou Idrissou notched both goals as Manitou blanked International Travel Services 2-0 last night in the lone game in the men’s division of the Borderland Soccer League at the Struchan Gilson Soccer Pitch. […]
Joey Payeur Two long years of hard work is about to come to a big “Finnish” for Vicki Stinson. The Fort Frances native, who now makes her home in Saskatoon, will be part of Team Canada’s 68-member contingent that will participate in the 15th World Gymnaestrada in Helsinki, Finland from […]
Joey Payeur There is a storm warning for the Grand Forks, N.D. area this weekend, with a guaranteed chance of “Lightning.” Head coach Caroline Spencer will lead the Borderland Lightning U14 soccer team into its first competitive test of the season against four boys’ teams at the Greater Grand Forks […]
