Staff The Thunder Bay North Stars spotted their guests a big lead in last night’s Game 3 and couldn’t come back. Now they have done the same with the SIJHL best-of-seven semifinal and, barring the start of a monumental turnaround tonight, will wind up with an identical result. The Fort […]
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Staff Northern Ontario had two chances to get one win, but ended up on the outside looking in. Skip Peggy Taylor of Kenora, with Fort Frances resident Lisa Penner at third, missed qualifying for the semifinals of the 2015 Everest Canadian senior women’s curling championship in Edmonton, finishing in a […]
Joey Payeur With the Fort Frances Lakers and Thunder Bay North Stars delivering one thunderous hit after another, Theoren Fleury must have been getting a little nostalgic for his “Battle of Alberta” days. The former NHL star, who tormented the Edmonton Oilers a quarter of a century ago as a […]
Staff “The Jackson Four” will be on tour this November in our nation’s capital. Skip Kathie Jackson and her rink of third Teresa McFayden, second Jacquee Loerzel and lead Leanne Eluik overcame a rough first day to win their final four games and capture the Travelers Curling Club Championship provincial […]
Staff Wayne Strachan will match wits tonight with the man deemed to be the top bench boss in the SIJHL this season. The league announced yesterday that coach-of-the-year honours went to Jeremy Adduono of the Thunder Bay North Stars. Kurt Walsten (Dryden GM Ice Dogs) was the other finalist for […]
Staff The prospect of winning the 2015 national senior women’s curling championship just got significantly more real for Northern Ontario. Peggy Taylor from Kenora, with Fort Frances resident Lisa Penner handling duties at third, upset previously-undefeated Terri Loblaw (Alberta) 6-5 yesterday morning in the second draw of the championship pool. […]
Staff Lisa Penner and her Northern Ontario teammates are doing their best curling at the right time. The Fort Frances resident is playing third for the Peggy Taylor rink of Kenora, who defeated Manitoba’s Kim Link 6-3 yesterday in their first game in the championship pool at the senior women’s […]
Staff Jaymee Fiset kept pounding rockets at the Rockettes. Fiset tallied four times to lead the Main Street Mayhem to a 6-3 win over Wright Physiotherapy Rockettes in Borderland Women’s Indoor Soccer League action last night. Jessica Wilson and Katie Stearns each scored once for the second-place Mayhem (5-2-1), which […]
Joey Payeur There will be a “Chill” in the air next month—and it’s going to happen indoors. Fort Frances Youth Soccer will host the Thunder Bay Chill Youth Development Kickstart Satellite Camp in its return for its second year on April 11 at Fort High. The camp is open to […]
Joey Payeur Brian Church’s most potent weapon the past two years now is sowing new oats in the land of wheat and “Rider Pride.” But that doesn’t mean the coach of this year’s Muskie badminton team isn’t armed with some high-quality players who plan to make their own noise. The […]
Staff A strike, a spare, eight strikes in a row, and then a corner pin (which he picked with his last ball) all added up to a 403 for local bowler Jeff Watts on Saturday afternoon at the annual aggregate tournament hosted by Kenora. Watts’ monster game sparked the Fort […]
Joey Payeur Wayne Strachan isn’t letting a season’s worth of dominance over his team’s semi-final opponent cloud his vision. The head coach and general manager of the Fort Frances Lakers has genuine concerns as his first-place team heads into its best-of-seven semi-final clash against the fourth-place Thunder Bay North Stars, […]
