Staff The Kathie Jackson rink from Fort Frances captured The Dominion Curling Club Championship provincial women’s title in Sault Ste. Marie yesterday morning after a 6-2 win in seven ends over Janice Vettoretti (Sudbury) in the final. Jackson and her team, which includes third Teresa McFayden, second Lisa Penner, and […]
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Staff Kathie Jackson opened the 2013 Dominion Curling Club Championship provincial playdowns on a winning note this morning in Sault Ste. Marie. The Fort Frances Curling Club rink cruised to a 9-3 win in just five ends over Susan Lammi (Fort William Curling Club). Jackson, who is joined by third […]
Staff While their fans still are coming down from the dramatic high of Tuesday night’s overtime win in Game 7 of the semi-finals, the Fort Frances Lakers now know what lies ahead of them in their quest to capture their first Bill Salonen Cup in franchise history. Though it originally […]
Staff Muskie Taylor Whitehead turned in an impressive performance at the NorWOSSA badminton playoffs yesterday in Kenora, capturing the gold medal in the senior boys’ singles competition. Whitehead, who only is in Grade 9 at Fort High, went undefeated to earn a berth at the NWOSSAA championships set for April […]
Ken Johnston The Emo Walleye Classic has two big changes in store this year. “We would like to attract more anglers from the Rainy River-Baudette area,” explained EWC co-chair Lincoln Dunn. To do that, the committee has decided to expand the western boundary for the competition. In the previous 11 […]
Lucas Punkari While Fort Frances native Jordan Larson is happy to be back in his hometown, he would rather be out on the ice with the Pembroke Lumber Kings in the CCHL playoffs. Instead, he and the rest of his team have hung up their skates for another season after […]
Staff Four local bowlers were part of the Sunset Country contingent which competed at the Northern Ontario Open championships March 27-30 in North Bay. Once again, Jeff Watts led the way for the men, qualifying third in the singles competition after averaging 272.7 in the 10-game preliminary roll-off last Wednesday […]
Staff The Fort Frances Lakers are heading back to the SIJHL final after a dramatic 3-2 overtime win over the Dryden Ice Dogs in Game 7 of their semi-final series at the Ice For Kids Arena last night. Trailing 2-0 with less than four minutes to go, defenceman Jon Carlson […]
Lucas Punkari With his highly-successful collegiate curling career at Fanshawe College in London now in the books, Stratton native Cody Heyens finally has had a chance to look back on the ride that saw him win a gold and silver medal at the last two provincial championships and a gold […]
Lucas Punkari It will be a winner-take-all showdown at the Ice For Kids Arena here tonight as the Fort Frances Lakers and Dryden Ice Dogs clash in the seventh and deciding game of their spirited semi-final series. The Lakers staved off elimination last night with a 4-1 win in Dryden […]
Staff The Town of Fort Frances has received input from a consultant in Southern Ontario regarding ways to reduce costs at the Ice for Kids and ’52 Canadians arenas. A report received late last week suggested lowering lighting by 60 percent on the ice surfaces of both rinks could be […]
Staff Fort Frances native and St. Cloud States Huskies sophomore goaltender Ryan Faragher helped his team make history in Toledo, Ohio yesterday afternoon, as the Huskies men’s hockey program qualified for the Frozen Four for the first time in school history. The 22-year-old Faragher turned aside 20 shots in the […]
