Staff For all the friendliness between participants in the air, Fort Frances’ legion of super seniors didn’t act in a very hospitable manner with medals hanging in the balance. The local contingent reigned supreme as hosts of the District 1A Senior Games last week, winning 15 of the 21 medals […]
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Joey Payeur Caroline Spencer believes the best way to harvest high school soccer gold at the provincial level is to focus first on planting the seeds for success and grow the grassroots. As such, the former Muskie girls’ soccer coach has created the Borderland Lightning U14 club team made up […]
Joey Payeur “Just a dream and the wind to carry me, soon I will be free.” When Christopher Cross wrote the words for his 1980 smash hit “Sailing,” he probably was envisioning more placid conditions than those faced by the Rendezvous Yacht Club so far this year. Club spokesman Colin […]
Staff Anybody wanting to “spike” up their summer with a little fun on the beach had best get in touch with the town’s recreation department in short order. Program director Leana Moffitt is trying to organize a summer beach volleyball league out at Point Park. The operative word is “trying” […]
Staff It looked like smooth sailing for Al’s Racquet Stringing before wave after wave of enemy offensive attacks became too much to defend. Al’s (1-3-1) watched a 3-0 second-half lead evaporate in settling for a 3-3 tie with a determined La Place Rendez-Vous Voyageurs U18 squad in Borderland Soccer League […]
Staff The Sight & Sound Wolves left the Sabaskong Lakers howling at the moon. Kurtis Wepruk and Cole Tymkin bashed home runs as the Wolves cruised to a 14-3 victory over the visiting Lakers in Rainy River District Fastball League action last night. The game was held at the St. […]
Staff A second member of last year’s SIJHL champs is ready to try for a repeat. The Fort Frances Lakers announced yesterday the signing of forward Bryson Jasper, who had two separate stints with the squad last year. “We will look to Bryson to come in ready to play at […]
The Associated Press BETHESDA, Md.—Tiger Woods was back on the PGA Tour for the first time in more than three months yesterday and said he felt “fantastic.” He was talking about his back, not his game. One day into his most recent return from injury, that’s what mattered to him. […]
Staff Laureen Hill had her ‘A’-game on the mound last night and supplemented her pinpoint accuracy with a lethal bat. The righthander tossed an eight-hit, complete-game victory while chipping in with three hits to led the Fort Frances Herricanes to an 11-4 victory over the host Couchiching Lady Raiders in […]
Staff While the 2014 World Cup played on TV screens all around them, the Borderland Women’s Indoor Soccer League paid tribute to its own players Saturday at Boston Pizza here. League champion Main Street Mayhem dominated the evening like they dominated the league this season—winning seven of the nine awards […]
Joey Payeur It’s T-minus three days to take-off for Vicki Stinson and the rest of her high-flying Team Saskatchewan colleagues. The Fort Frances native, who is living in Saskatoon while in her third year of pursuing her Ph.D. in geology at the University of Saskatchewan, will join the rest of […]
Joey Payeur The ball—or puck, as it were—is in Lucas DeBenedet’s court. Last year’s scoring sensation for the Fort Frances Lakers is facing a decision that will impact not only his own hockey future, but the Lakers’ fortunes for the upcoming SIJHL season. The 19-year-old forward from International Falls, who […]
