Staff Win and move on. Lose and go home. So it goes for the fourth-place La Place Rendez-Vous Voyageurs U18 squad and fifth-place Senior Pharmasave as they battle tonight at 6:30 p.m. to open the Borderland Soccer League men’s division playoffs. The two teams had a dress rehearsal for tonight’s […]
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Staff There’s no more room for error. The Fort Frances Juniors and Couchiching Lady Raiders are down to their last lives after both squads lost second-round games last night in the Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League double-elimination playoffs. Second-ranked Northwest Bay scored a run in the bottom of the […]
Joey Payeur No more guessing required—the SIJHL officially has shrunk by one team. The league released its 2014-15 regular-season schedule this morning and it did not include the Wisconsin Wilderness. The squad folded due to the team’s owners not being able to handle the operational costs of its home arena, […]
Staff He already was trailing the pack entering Sunday and didn’t exactly get off to a heavenly start. But with the tournament on the line in the final two holes, Norman “Mike” Copenace had the shooter’s touch as the ground caved underneath the feet of his competition. Copenace parred the […]
Joey Payeur Even without his famous father on hand, Brandon Nolan is doing his best to help local minor hockey players sharpen their skills. The former Carolina Hurricanes’ centre brought his hockey school, which started Sunday and wraps up today, back to the Couchiching Arena for a second-straight year. “I […]
Joey Payeur The group heading south to represent the Sight & Sound Wolves might be a little long in the tooth. But there’s so substitute for having gone to battle before. The squad left today for the North American Fastpitch Association A-Major tournament in Quad Cities, Iowa, which starts tomorrow […]
Joey Payeur It was like a scene straight out of “A League of Their Own.” And now with an important milestone behind them, that’s something local diamond experts truly can say they have. With the stands jammed to overflowing on a picture-perfect summer’s evening, the first Rainy River District Women’s […]
Staff International Travel Services can’t afford any more stumbles if they still want a crack at finishing in first place. Last night, they played like they knew it. Aaron Kavanaugh booted a pair of goals, and Ben Whitburn was unbeatable in goal, as ITS blanked Pharmasave 3-0 in Borderland Soccer […]
Staff And just like that, it was over. The No. 12-seeded Manitou Thunderbirds survived a late rally to upset the sixth-ranked Couchiching Raiders 15-14 in Rainy River District Fastball League third-round playoff action last night at Couchiching. Coupled with their 16-3 loss to the Sight & Sound Wolves on Tuesday, […]
Staff Manitou Forest Products slammed the door shut and James Pavier slid the deadbolt. Pavier earned the shutout as first-place Manitou won 2-0 over the fourth-place La Place Rendez-Vous Voyageurs U18 in Borderland Soccer League men’s division play last night. Nick Ashworth and Anniss Seid scored for Manitou (8-2-2), which […]
Staff It’s onwards and upwards for two local teams in the Rainy River District Fastball League playoffs. Cole Tymkin drilled a grand slam, and Cole Kaemingh added a homer, as the third-seeded Sight & Sound Wolves dumped the sixth-ranked Couchiching Raiders 16-3 in second-round action Tuesday at VanJura. Marcel Pagee […]
Staff The Fort Frances Lakers’ offensive outlook for the coming season just became a whole lot brighter. The team announced today it will have high-scoring forward Mason Meyer back in the fold. “Mason, at this point, is the highest-scoring player we have returning from last year’s roster,” noted Lakers’ general […]
