Lucas Punkari In the few days since the Tirzah Keffer rink captured the 2013 Northern Ontario women’s junior curling provincial title in Sault Ste. Marie, it’s been nearly impossible to wipe the grin off her face. “It’s still a bit of shock and excitement for me,” said Keffer, who is […]
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Lucas Punkari Thanks to feedback from anglers and the public, there will be two major changes when the 2013 edition of the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championships hits the water July 25-27. For starters, the 19th-annual event will return to the big tent at the Sorting Gap Marina for the […]
Staff Fort Frances native Tirzah Keffer, who currently attends school in Thunder Bay, will represent Northern Ontario at the Canadian junior curling championships in Fort McMurray, Alta. later this month Keffer and her rink from the Port Arthur Curling Club, which also includes third Sheree Hinz, second Megan Westlund, and […]
Staff The Fort Frances Lakers came home with a win and a loss after taking part in the inaugural “Superior-Northern Showdown” between two teams from the SIJHL and NOJHL over the weekend in Spooner, Wis. In their opening game Friday afternoon, the Lakers fell 7-1 to the defending NOJHL and […]
Staff The Fort Frances brother-and-sister curling tandem of Isaac and Tirzah Keffer find themselves in the lead after three draws at the Northern Ontario junior men’s and women’s provincials playdowns in Kapuskasing and Sault Ste. Marie, respectively. Tirzah Keffer, who attends school in Thunder Bay, improved to 3-0 with a […]
Staff The Fort Frances Lakers will return to SIJHL play a few days earlier than scheduled. The squad will host a make-up game against the Dryden Ice Dogs this Tuesday (Jan. 8) at 7:30 p.m. at the Ice For Kids Arena. That game—initially scheduled for Dec. 12—was cancelled due to […]
Staff Three curling rinks with local connections began their quests for provincial glory today as the Northern Ontario junior men’s and women’s provincial playdowns got underway in Kapuskasing and Sault Ste. Marie, respectively. On the men’s side, Fort Frances native Isaac Keffer, who currently attends school in Thunder Bay, plays […]
Sarah Pruys Ben Andrusco topped the 25th-annual Boxing Day men’s squash tournament last Wednesday, which shouldn’t come as a surprise given he’s won other titles here multiple times over the years. Andrusco beat Anniss Seid, the defending champ, 3-1 in the best-of-five ‘A’ final. Organizer Bob Tkachuk noted Seid had […]
Lucas Punkari If everything still was going according to plan for the Muskie boys’ and girls’ hockey teams, they would be using most of their holiday break to gear up for the second half of the NorWOSSA season. Instead, both squads are stuck in limbo as all games scheduled until […]
Staff Jessica Caul was unstoppable at the Fort High gym last Wednesday night in the final Borderland Indoor Women’s Soccer League action before the Christmas break. Caul scored an astonishing seven goals in a 10-0 rout by Peters’ Plumbing & Heating over Leon’s Fort Frances. Melanie Hyatt, Hailey Beaudry, and […]
Lucas Punkari Coming off a pair of less-than-satisfying performances in their previous two games, the general feeling among fans at the Ice for Kids Arena last Tuesday night was that the Fort Frances Lakers might have an extremely tough time against the Minnesota Wilderness. And while the SIJHL league leaders […]
Lucas Punkari After a humble beginning in 1987, the annual Boxing Day men’s squash tournament at the Memorial Sports Centre has become an event that fills up well in advance of the first match. “When we first started out, there were probably just six, eight, or 10 guys that just […]
