Staff The summer racing season had kept Matt DePiero out in the cold when it came to the winners’ circle—until last weekend. The Fort Frances resident surged to victory in the WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds feature race last Saturday at Emo Speedway to earn his first win of the Borderland Racing […]
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Joey Payeur Wendy Tilbury is a woman of few words, at least when it comes to interviews. She let her triathlon skills speak volumes for her this past Saturday. The Fort Frances resident was victorious in the female 40-44 sprint distance category at the inaugural Sioux Narrows Paradise Triathlon, making […]
Joey Payeur The Borderland Soccer League is taking its final kicks of the can for the 2013 season and the drama is building to what should be a thundering crescendo. The men’s division final is set, as the top two clubs on the circuit all season will clash to decide […]
Joey Payeur The underdog Sabaskong Cougars took an early lead in Monday night’s first-round playoff game in the Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League. Little did they know the Fort Frances Herricanes were packing sledgehammers in their bat bags. The Herricanes responded to the deficit with demolition-type force, bludgeoning the […]
Joey Payeur High schoolers with gridiron ambitions should start stretching their muscles now. The Fort Frances High School Muskies will hold their preseason training camp starting this upcoming Monday, with sessions running from 6:30-8:30 p.m. all week and again on Aug. 26. The practice schedule changes to after-school practices beginning […]
Joey Payeur Call them The Magnificent Seven. A group of riders saddled up for a good cause this past weekend as part of the Borderland Quarter Horse Association’s (BQHA) annual horse show at the Emo fairgrounds. Devlin residents Riley Caul and Rey Chartier were joined by Emo’s Paige McNally and […]
Staff It was the race Steve Arpin wanted to be in. It wasn’t the result he wanted to have. The Fort Frances product, representing the OMSE2 team, made it into the feature of the Global Rallycross Championship tour stop at the Atlanta Motor Speedway on Saturday. But Arpin never made […]
Joey Payeur Jeff Gustafson was staring an impressive double right in the face. But when the weather calmed down on the final day of the Kenora Bass International (KBI) tournament on Saturday, the Kenora angler and reigning Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship (FFCBC) winner blinked. When Gustafson opened his eyes, […]
Staff One game offered no surprises. The other was drenched in suspense until the final ball was struck. The Borderland Soccer League men’s division semifinals played out in dramatically different ways last night at the Struchan Gilson pitches. First-place International Travel Services easily dispatched the underdog La Place Rendez-Vous Voyageurs […]
Staff The Sight and Sound Wolves had a busy weekend in the heartland of America and showed plenty of heart during their stay. The Wolves, which added several all-stars from their rivals in the Rainy River District Fastball League (RRDFL) for their trip, finished with a record of 5-2 at […]
Joey Payeur Another familiar face will be donning the colours of the Fort Frances Lakers again this season. The Lakers announced on Saturday the signing of centre Miles Nolan, 19, who will participate in his second season with Fort Frances. The 5’9”, 160-pound Geraldton product posted four goals and 11 […]
Staff It was good news-bad news yesterday for the Sight & Sound Wolves. Playing with some all-star additions from other teams in the Rainy River District Fastball League, the Fort Frances-based squad went 1-1 in its opening day of ‘A’-Major Division action at the North American Fastpitch Association World Series […]
