Joey Payeur It’s not her home province but Manitoba could end up being Adyson Wilson-Hands’ home in the near future. The 14-year-old Fort Frances resident has attracted attention from some of the top amateur volleyball scouts after her showing with the Fort Frances 14U Vipers at the Manitoba Volleyball Association […]
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Joey Payeur The Muskie boys’ soccer team is a runaway train right now and its two NorWOSSA rivals have to be feeling like they are tied to the tracks. Fort High nailed down first place—and a bye to the league final here May 27—following a pair of victories last Wednesday […]
Joey Payeur Time stands still for no man—except possibly a certain soccer referee. The Dryden Eagles’ girls’ soccer team was the beneficiary of almost 10 minutes of extra time that likely should not have been allotted—scoring a penalty kick in what was deemed the final minute of play in the […]
Joey Payeur For Davis Ross, it was pure elation. For Jordan Larson, pure agony. The two best friends and former teammates in the Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association went head-to-head in Sunday’s RBC Cup final in Portage la Prairie, Man. Ross and host Portage (MJHL) prevailed 5-2 over Larson and […]
Staff Those thinking of playing in the Borderland Soccer League this season still can do so without penalty. President Sarah Faragher said last night on the league’s Facebook page that anyone who signs up before the end of today, and gets their year’s fee of $100 to any board member, […]
Staff The waiting game was getting old so a few district fastball teams decided to play a real game instead. Despite a steady rain, which already washed out most of the schedule this week, some games did take place yesterday evening in both local leagues. Matt Anderson homered, and picked […]
Staff Should tomorrow’s RBC Cup semi-finals turn out a certain way, a Fort Frances native will be skating around with the trophy come Sunday. Davis Ross and the host Portage Terriers (MJHL) locked up first place with a 3-2 win over the Melfort Mustangs (SJHL) in their round-robin finale last […]
Staff The Soo Thunderbirds will be flying home well before they wanted to. Fort Frances native Davis Ross notched his first point of the tournament to help the Portage Terriers dump the Dudley Hewitt Cup champion Thunderbirds 7-2 on Tuesday at the 2015 RBC Cup in Portage la Prairie, Man. […]
Staff Weather woes continue to affect both local fastball leagues. The host Big Grassy Lynx and Northwest Bay battled to a 9-9 tie last night in the only game to get off the ground so far this week in the Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League. The game had to […]
Staff The Boston Pizza Ball Blasters are queens of the hill. Sydney Radigan scored twice, and Becky Selman went end-to-end to net the game-winner with five minutes left, as the Ball Blasters doubled the Wright Physiotherapy Rockettes 4-2 in the final of the Borderland Women’s Indoor Soccer League last night. […]
Staff Wayne Strachan’s shopping list just got a little longer and much tougher to fill. The Fort Frances Lakers’ head coach and general manager will have to adjust to life next season without high-scoring forward Lucas DeBenedet, who signed with the NCAA Division III Northland College Lumberjacks (Ashland, Wis.) of […]
Staff That didn’t take long. The Muskie boys’ soccer team already knows it will have an easier day than its league rivals at the NorWOSSA playoffs here May 27. That’s because Fort High clinched first place—and a bye to the final—after sweeping its two games yesterday in Dryden for the […]
