Joey Payeur In the wide-ranging pantheon of curling shots a skip can call, the angle double raise double take-out rarely sees the light of day. But facing a possible two-point deficit with two ends to play, Raymond Roy dared to embrace the rare. “That’s exactly how we drew it up,” […]
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Joey Payeur The Muskie girls’ hockey version of “The Fantastic Four” will continue their puck adventures just across the river this fall. Forwards Shelby Tymkin, Hailey Clendenning, Shilo Beck, and Katie Sinclair all signed with the Rainy River Community College Voyageurs yesterday, ensuring the graduating seniors will get plenty of […]
Staff “My boy’s gonna play in the big league, My boy’s gonna turn some heads; My boy’s gonna play in the big league, My boy’s gonna knock ’em dead.” Tom Cochrane’s lyrics are ringing a little truer for a pair of Fort Frances natives after developments over the past two […]
Joey Payeur The Fort Frances Lakers are not married to the idea of playing the bridesmaid’s role yet again. But another team from Minnesota has exactly that in mind for the local squad. It will be the Lakers and Minnesota Iron Rangers duking it out for the Bill Salonen Cup, […]
Staff There were three sure facts of life this past week—death, taxes, and Miles Nolan once again being recognized as the SIJHL’s top player. The 19-year-old forward from Geraldton copped his second-straight Pizza Hut Player of the Week honour today for his role in the Fort Frances Lakers’ four-game sweep […]
Staff It was a take-out order that was necessary—but still difficult to digest. Borderland Women’s Indoor Soccer League convener Amy Wilson-Hands announced last week that the last-place Boston Pizza Ball Blasters (0-6-1) have been dissolved. A lack of available players led to forfeits by the Ball Blasters the past two […]
Staff What hopefully was Old Man Winter’s last hurrah last Monday was enough to throw a monkey wrench into the playoff plans of the Fort Frances Men’s Basketball League. A major storm that blew into the region cancelled the league semi-finals scheduled for that night. With the gym at Fort […]
Staff Two Fort Frances natives have moved forward in their respective quests to live the dream of many Canadian youths. Goalie Ryan Faragher, who just completed his junior season with the NCAA Division I St. Cloud State (Minn.) Huskies, on Saturday signed a free-agent, entry-level contract for reportedly one year […]
Joey Payeur Can the Fort Frances Lakers see the Bill Salonen Cup in their sights? Yes, they “KAN.” Thanks largely to the “KAN Line” of Kevin Kurm, Brent Aiken, and Miles Nolan, the Fort Frances Lakers completed a four-game sweep of the English River Miners in their best-of-seven SIJHL semi-final […]
Joey Payeur Teams only get better when playing better competition. So at least the Fort Frances Vipers’ U17 girls’ volleyball team can embrace the fact they got plenty of chances to improve this past weekend. The Vipers went 0-4 at “VolleyJam” in Winnipeg—Manitoba’s biggest club volleyball tournament of the year. […]
Staff Bump It Up might want to run out onto the court next week with the theme from “Rocky” playing in the background. Now all they need to do to finish the classic underdog story is to knock out the regular-season champions in their upcoming title fight. Entering the playoffs […]
Joey Payeur Miles Nolan remained on fire while the English River Miners’ frustration boiled over in a third-period explosion. Nolan netted four goals last night in Ear Falls to pace the Fort Frances Lakers to a 7-2 victory in Game 3 of their best-of-seven SIJHL semi-final series. The Lakers lead […]
