Lucas Punkari After watching the six other SIJHL teams begin the 2012/13 campaign last Friday night, the Fort Frances Lakers will get their regular-season slate underway tonight in Hoyt Lakes versus the Minnesota Iron Rangers. With training camp and the exhibition schedule behind them, both new and returning players alike […]
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Staff The first-annual “Sticks & Stones” bonspiel, a combined event between the Fort Frances Curling Club and Kitchen Creek Golf Club slated for this weekend, has been cancelled. An issue with the circuit board in the ice plant at the curling club is the reason for the cancellation. The problem, […]
Lucas Punkari The first trip to Winnipeg for the Muskie football team this season is one they’ll quickly want to forget after falling 20-7 to the Daniel McIntyre Maroons on Friday. Trailing 14-1 at halftime, with their lone point coming off a missed field goal attempt early in the second […]
Press Release Three Kenora residents have pleaded guilty and been fined a total of $4,750 for illegal moose hunting. Diane Neniska was fined $2,000 for discharging a firearm from a roadway and $750 for making a false statement to a conservation officer. Stuart Neniska was fined $1,000 for unlawfully hunting […]
Press Release A southern Ontario man has been fined a total of $3,500 for illegal moose hunting. Salvatore Verduci of Maple pleaded guilty to the charge of hunting without a licence and was fined $2,500. He also pleaded guilty to discharging a firearm from a roadway and was fined $1,000. […]
Lucas Punkari Although it was just a pre-season tournament, the smiles were easy to see on the members of the Muskie junior boys volleyball team on Monday at the Fort High gym, as they continued to hoist up the consolation side trophy that they earned over the weekend at a […]
Staff The Clearwater tandem of Wayne and Dean Howard outlasted 19 other boats over the weekend as they took home the 2012 Crow Lake Classic crown. The Howards’ two-day weight of 30.92 pounds was enough to take this year’s title, as they had a cushion of 3.46 pounds over the […]
Lucas Punkari While the record for a team during the pre-season means nothing once the years comes to an end, the Fort Frances Lakers will have to wait until the regular season to get their first taste of victory. After coming out on the losing end of a pair of […]
Staff An important three days for both local hockey players and coaches is set to take place here this weekend as the Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association is set to it’s development weekend starting on Friday. The weekend’s events will kick off at the Adventure Inn at 6 p.m. with […]
Lucas Punkari After letting a chance at a victory slip away during the regular season opener at home against the Elmwood Giants the week prior, the Fort High Muskies football team made sure that same fate didn’t happen a second time around. The black-and-gold proved to be the far stronger […]
Lucas Punkari It had been an 11 year gap between titles, but the wait was worth it for local golfer Brian Beers on Sunday afternoon, as he captured the 2012 Kitchen Greek Golf Club’s club championship with a two-day score of 157. “It’s a little bit of a different feeling […]
Lucas Punkari A squad of 20 players have been chosen to defend the NorWOSSA boys’ hockey title for Fort High this winter, as the 2012/13 Muskies roster was decided on Thursday night at the ’52 Canadians Arena following four days of tryouts. “The week of practice was pretty good and […]
