Staff Three teams wanted to get everything they could out of the evening. League-leading One Hit Wonders, along with No Diggity and Bump it Up, each nabbed the maximum six points during Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League action last Thursday. One Hit Wonders (82 points) stretched its already-sizable lead over […]
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Staff Better safe than sorry was the thinking of the Borderland Women’s Indoor Soccer League last night. With a combination of rain and snow making for tricky driving conditions, the decision was made to postpone the two scheduled games at Fort High. The games will be made up April 15. […]
Staff They needed one more dose of comeback magic but it wasn’t in the cards for the Fort Frances Atom ‘AA’ Canadians. A late second-period goal by Joshua McKillop was enough to give the Westfort Maroons a 3-2 win in the final of the Canadians’ home tournament Sunday at the […]
Joey Payeur Making progress—even in defeat—helped Jamie Davis take heart. The head coach of the Muskie boys’ hockey team got a clear image of how far his squad has come since the start of the season despite being swept in a three-game exhibition series against the host Thunder Bay Minor […]
Joey Payeur The head coach was happy but at least one of his veterans wasn’t as ready to share in his good mood. There was a slight difference of opinion in the air after the Muskie girls’ hockey team fell 6-2 to the Warroad Warriors in exhibition play here last […]
Joey Payeur It was Devin Tappenden’s homecoming but the Fort Frances Lakers weren’t providing any gift-wrapped victories for their former goalie. Dylan Robertson scored twice as the Lakers edged the Minnesota Iron Rangers 5-4 here Saturday night to swept the home-and-home series. It also was the team’s 12th-straight victory. The […]
Joey Payeur Lorne McNay never became a professional hockey scout. But even at 10 years old, he could tell one of his minor hockey teammates had a gift for the game. The current Fort Frances resident grew up in Smooth Rock Falls, Ont., where he shared a dressing room for […]
Staff The Fort Frances Lakers can call themselves one of Canada’s 10 best Junior ‘A’ teams once again. The Lakers moved up one spot to No. 10 in the latest CJHL top 20 rankings released yesterday. Fort Frances (29-7-0-1) is on a 12-game winning streak and has the eighth-best winning […]
Staff There will be no representation from Rainy River District when Northern Ontario decides its curling kingpin next month. Stratton native Trevor Bonot and Fort Frances product Isaac Keffer both missed their last opportunities to qualify for the men’s provincial championship after coming up short at a West qualifier in […]
Staff The games got better for the road team as they went along but the end results remained the same. It was three swings and three misses for the Muskie boys’ hockey team as it failed to notch a win against the Thunder Bay Minor Midget ‘AAA’ Kings during a […]
Joey Payeur Most coaches would give their whistle for a 12-game winning streak but Wayne Strachan isn’t blowing sunshine in his team’s general direction at this point. The Fort Frances Lakers’ head coach and general manager watched his team give an uneven performance in a 5-4 victory over the Minnesota […]
Staff It was deuces wild for Trevor Bonot yesterday. The Stratton native, who now curls out of the Port Arthur Curling Club in Thunder Bay, used four two-enders to down fellow Port Arthur skip Matthew Johnson 8-5 in the first draw of the men’s West qualifier in Geraldton. The top […]
