Joey Payeur It will be the league’s best team this regular season versus its best player. The regular-season and defending league champion Fort Frances Lakers will tangle with Cole Golka, this year’s scoring champ, and the Dryden GM Ice Dogs in the best-of-seven SIJHL final, which gets underway tomorrow at […]
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Staff Neither rain nor snow nor sleet nor hail will keep Northern Ontario from its appointed poundings. The rink skipped by Thunder Bay’s Ron Rosengren, with Devlin native Jenna Enge at second, won twice yesterday to improve to 6-0 at the 49th Canadian Postal Employees Curling Classic in Winnipeg. Northern […]
Staff Northern Ontario is delivering on time so far at the Canadian Postal Employees Curling Classic in Winnipeg. The rink, featuring Devlin native Jenna Enge at second, was in first place at 4-0 after two days of action in what will be the final edition of the event after 49 […]
Joey Payeur After shooting down the North Stars, the Fort Frances Lakers are ready to put the bite on their toughest opponent this season. The Lakers earned their fourth-straight strip to the SIJHL final after thrashing Thunder Bay 8-3 in Game 5 of their best-of-seven semi-final here Thursday night. With […]
Staff It wasn’t seven, but three that was the lucky number for the Muskie badminton team yesterday—top three, that is. Two singles players and two doubles teams representing the black-and-gold managed to grab one of the coveted first three placings in their respective divisions at the NorWOSSA qualifier in Atikokan. […]
Joey Payeur The Fort Frances Lakers’ early-game effort was questionable. By the time they got that sorted out, Nathaniel Dupuis had all the answers. The Thunder Bay North Stars netminder racked up 47 saves as his team scored four times in the first period and then held on for a […]
Staff Last week, there was an opportunity to stumble and not pay too dearly. Tonight leaves no mercy for the same transgression. The Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League enters the second round of playoffs with six of the league’s 12 teams headed for an early postseason exit after tonight’s action […]
Joey Payeur One game in, and Lisa Penner and her rinkmates were wondering what in the world they had got themselves into. Then the nerves wore off, the rocks starting curling their way and the Northern Ontario team discovered it did belong under the national spotlight. In the end, the […]
Staff The Muskies’ senior boys’ singles competitors were a double delight on their home floor. Aaron Bujold and Jeremy Shypit had the best day of any of their teammates during an exhibition badminton tournament held at Fort High on Friday to kick off the NorWOSSA season. Bujold mowed down all […]
Joey Payeur On a memorable weekend, it was the memory that will remain forever ingrained in the minds of those on hand to witness it. Three days after being in the front row of an emotionally-charged sendoff for his deceased father, it was Jake Clendenning’s breakaway goal that put the […]
Staff It doesn’t get any bigger—at least in Manitoba. A pair of Fort Frances teams threw their helmet into the ring at the Stars Cup in Winnipeg this past weekend, the largest girls’ minor hockey tournament in the province. The Fort Frances Bantam ‘AA’ Leafs posted a 2-2 record at […]
Staff Kathie Jackson decided missing out on a chance at national curling glory last year was not something she was going to settle for this year. The Fort Frances skip and her rink of third Teresa McFayden, second Jacquee Loerzel and lead Leanne Eluik dumped Jodi Judd of Thunder Bay […]
