Joey Payeur You can take the swimmer out of the province, but you can’t take the provincial championship skills out of the swimmer. Adam Stromberg proved that as the Fort Frances Aquanaut swam to two golds, two silvers, and a bronze at the annual Man.-Sask. short-course provincial championships in Winnipeg […]
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Joey Payeur Big Jake was hotter than a $2 pistol in rejecting every bullet fired his way. The Muskie boys’ hockey team came out of Day 1 at the OFSAA ‘AA’ championships in Burlington with a 1-1 record after goalie Jake Bly’s superb 44-save effort gave the 15th-seeded Anne & […]
Joey Payeur It was win or tie—or go home. That was the scenario facing the Muskie girls’ hockey team heading into their final game of Pool ‘B’ play earlier today in Sudbury. The black-and-gold needed at least a draw against the Ecole secondaire catholique Theriault Flammes (Timmins) to advance to […]
Joey Payeur The drive for five is alive. Fort Frances High School athletic director Shane Beckett has confirmed plans are in the works to submit a bid to host the OFSAA ‘AA’ boys’ hockey championship as early as 2017. “The Blueline Club, and especially Bob Miller, have been thinking about […]
Joey Payeur Eric Mann was the man Saturday night although the Fort Frances Lakers had something to do with his ascendancy to the starring role. The Thunder Bay North Stars’ goalie turned in a 39-save performance to backstop his team to a 4-3 win over the visiting Lakers in the […]
Staff Score one for the good guys—and the good girls, too. Both Muskie hockey teams earned wins in their opening games at the OFSAA ‘AA’ championships this morning. Playing in Sudbury, the eighth-seeded Muskie girls—making their inaugural appearance at the all-Ontarios—eked out a 1-0 victory over the ninth-ranked Ecole secondaire […]
Staff Every player wants to get better at the start of every season. Mason Meyer took that concept to a new level. The Fort Frances Lakers’ forward today was named the SIJHL’s most improved player after an outstanding season that saw him team up with linemates Lucas DeBenedet and Lyndon […]
Joey Payeur If the Fort Frances Lakers want the right to choose their next playoff opponent, they need to take care of business against their current one better the second time around. Kris Kellaway’s goal with 3:39 to go lifted the host Thunder Bay North Stars to a 4-3 victory […]
Staff The pats on the back keep coming for Ryan Faragher. The Fort Frances native was named a 2014 All-National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC) second-team all-star for his work in his junior season with the St. Cloud State Huskies (Minn.). In addition, the 23-year-old was chosen for this year’s All-NCHC […]
Staff It will be a star-studded cast that leads the Fort Frances Lakers into battle tomorrow night in Thunder Bay, where they’ll take their first step towards a possible first SIJHL championship. The league unveiled its inaugural first and second all-star teams yesterday, with five Lakers’ players, the team’s bench […]
Staff Who the Muskie girls’ curling rink will face at OFSAA next week in Brampton no longer is a guessing game. But just how good their opponents will be remains a mystery that won’t be solved until Fort High hits the ice. Competing in Pool ‘A,’ the Muskie rink—consisting of […]
Here’s hoping the out-of-town bowlers enjoyed the food while they were here over the weekend. That’s because those from the host community weren’t exactly hospitable on the lanes. Fort Frances took first place in five of the six divisions, and garnered a slew of individuals honours, to capture the banner […]
