Staff Everybody wants to be No. 1. But out of more than 100 possible landing spots, No. 5 isn’t too shabby. That will be the fate of the Fort Frances Lakers in terms of the Canadian Junior ‘A’ Hockey League top 20 rankings, the final edition of which was released […]
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Staff First place is up for grabs in the Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League with the playoffs on the horizon. Alliance used a five-point night last week to move into a tie for top spot with Scared Hitless at 71. If that wasn’t crowded enough, Gillons’ Cougars are just one […]
Staff With one night of registration left, Fort Frances Youth Soccer is prospering on some fronts but struggling on others. FFYS spokesperson Catherine McGuire encouraged those players, coaches, and referees interested in signing up to attend tonight’s third and final registration from 6-8 p.m. at the Memorial Sports Centre. “Right […]
Joey Payeur Momentum definitely is in the Fort Frances Lakers’ corner at the moment. The Lakers ran their winning streak to eight games Monday night with a 7-2 pounding of the host Wisconsin Wilderness to close out their regular-season road schedule. “I thought we played a pretty good 60 minutes,” […]
Joey Payeur Hailey Beaudry and her rinkmates weren’t about to let the Muskie hockey teams have all the fun. Beaudry skipped the team of third Nicole Hartlin, second Erin Tomalty, and co-leads Tory and Anika Beaudry to the gold medal at the NWOSSAA championship in Chapleau on Monday, finishing the […]
Joey Payeur Going to the all-Ontario boys’ hockey championship is something to shout about. But when one is part of a team getting the chance to do so, the words can be tough to come by. Such was the case for the head coach and captain of the Muskies, who […]
Joey Payeur John Homer wants to bring back the excitement to the district’s snowmobile trails. The Fort Frances resident and two-year member of the Borderland Snowmobile Club is spearheading Saturday’s snowmobile poker run, which will begin at La Place Rendez-Vous and head west to Emo and back again. “I came […]
Joey Payeur It’s all over but the breath holding. Fort Frances will find out during Saturday’s broadcast of CBC’s “Hockey Night in Canada” whether it has advanced to the top 16 communities for the 2014 Kraft “Hockeyville” contest. If that happens, it will mean an automatic $25,000 in arena upgrades […]
Joey Payeur Amber Jourdain’s journey this season started in the dog days of August, skating miles in front of empty stands at a hockey camp at the new Couchiching Arena. That dedication—combined with the efforts of her teammates—culminated in a memory she and the rest of the Muskie girls’ hockey […]
Joey Payeur Gold fever is catching in Muskieland. One day after both Muskie hockey teams advanced to their respective all-Ontario championships, the Muskie girls’ curling team did the same yesterday after winning gold at the NWOSSAA showdown in Chapleau. The rink of skip Hailey Beaudry, third Nicole Hartlin, second Erin […]
Joey Payeur The Fort Frances Lakers are scoring lots of goals but would like to see a lot less of the injury bug. The line of Bryce Lipinski, Kevin Kurm, and Donovan Cousineau combined for eight points as the Lakers won their final road game of the regular season with […]
Joey Payeur Double gold in 2014 is where it’s at when it comes to our national sport. Mirroring the efforts of Team Canada in Sochi at the recent Winter Olympics, the Muskie girls’ and boys’ hockey teams captured their respective NorWOSSA crowns by sweeping the best-of-three finals. Amber Jourdain’s second-period […]
