Staff Making his first start in the ARCA Series in more than a year, Fort Frances native Steve Arpin drove to a 12th-place finish in the Akona 200 at the Elko Speedway in Elko, Mn. on Saturday night. Having started in 10th position, Arpin piloted the #66 Loenbro Pipeline Solutions […]
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Staff Fort Frances bowler Jeff Watts still was in the hunt for the national men’s singles title as of press time late this morning. Watts sat in fifth place at the 2012 Canadian Open 5-pin Bowling Championships in Gatineau, Que. near the midway point of the third and final 10-game […]
Lucas Punkari For the second-straight year, the Muskie boys’ soccer team is headed to the all-Ontario ‘AA’ soccer championships after blanking the Dryden Eagles 1-0 in the NorWOSSA final yesterday afternoon at St. Francis Field here. “I’m still trying to absorb everything all in right now as I have such […]
Lucas Punkari After a year’s absence, the Muskie track-and-field team returned to the NWOSSAA championships last week in Thunder Bay and made an impact. While no one on the 14-person squad qualified for the all-Ontarios in June, Fort High garnered 84 points to come away with a 10th-place finish in […]
Lucas Punkari In what was their first—and only—long course swim meet of the season, the Fort Frances Aquanauts wrapped up their year with a bang over the weekend at the annual May Invitational at the Canada Games Complex in Thunder Bay. “Overall, I thought we did great,” head coach Dawnn […]
Lucas Punkari It’s a different road than what they faced a year ago in Kenora, but the end goal is still the same for the Muskie boys’ soccer team. Having won both the semi-final and the final last May to capture the NorWOSSA title, the black-and-gold have a bye straight […]
Lucas Punkari The Muskie football team will hold its week-long spring camp for prospective players starting Monday in preparation for the 2012 WHSFL season. “This will be one of those camps that we will be just learning the basics of the game and hopefully getting a lot of new kids […]
Lucas Punkari Before they entered the Emo/La Vallee Arena for the final weigh-in of the Emo Walleye Classic on Saturday afternoon, Day 1 leaders Paul Allan and Jason Rostek were a little worried that they would be unable to hold on to top spot and claim the 2012 title. But […]
Lucas Punkari After travelling to Richmond, B.C. last year to participate in his first Yonex Junior National badminton championship, Fort Frances native Taylor Whitehead was looking forward to taking on the top players in the country once again. The 13-year-old, who is in Grade 8 at J.W. Walker School here, […]
Lucas Punkari After failing to finish the Street Stock main event in the season-opener the previous week, Emo’s Carlee Bosma returned to Emo Speedway on Saturday night with a picture-perfect evening. Bosma, who has been competing in the division since 2006, dominated the field all night long—cruising to the checkered […]
Lucas Punkari Thanks to an tournament-best, single-day catch of 13.51 pounds on Friday, Emo’s Paul Allan and Jason Rostek of Dryden were never challenged as they captured the 11th-annual Emo Walleye Classic crown Saturday afternoon with a two-day haul of 17.13 pounds In fact, the pair didn’t even need to […]
Lucas Punkari The 11th-annual Emo Walleye Classic got underway this morning as 42 teams hit the waters of the Rainy River, with most racing towards the dam in Fort Frances after departing from the Front Street boat launch. The hottest topic of conversation among the 84 anglers this morning was […]
