Shelley Armit The Fort Frances Canadians Bantam ‘AA’ hockey team wrapped up its season this past weekend at the Norwest Stars tournament in Thunder Bay. After ending round-robin play with a 1-0-2 record, the squad went on to beat the Kenora Thistles 5-2 in the quarter-finals. Then they went up […]
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Lucas Punkari The first event of the year for local “Strongman” Luke Skaarup was one he won’t forget, coming away with an eighth-place showing at the third-annual World Amateur Strongman Championships in Columbus, Ohio over the weekend. “It was an outstanding weekend and it was one of the best ‘Strongman’ […]
Lucas Punkari It was another successful appearance at the Ontario junior provincial short-course championships in Nepean for Donovan Taylor and Adam Stromberg as both Fort Frances Aquanaut swimmers came away with medals. Taylor, 17, competing in his final junior provincials before enrolling at Indiana University this fall, repeated his gold-medal […]
Lucas Punkari Even though the Muskie girls’ hockey team fell a game short of advancing to the NorWOSSA final, first-year head coach Scott Clendenning was rather satisfied with what his squad brought to the table this season. “Overall, the effort was there throughout the year and I’m very proud of […]
Lucas Punkari After his Bantam Tier I team at Shattuck-St. Mary’s was ousted in the quarter-finals of last year’s USA hockey championships in Hackensack, N.J., local goalie Mark Loveday is anxious to have another shot at a national title. The 15-year-old will be travelling to Buffalo with the rest of […]
Lucas Punkari The Rainy River Community College Voyageurs women’s hockey team find themselves in a familiar but different situation this weekend as they travel to Wooster, Ohio to defend their ACHA Division 2 crown. While this year’s appearance is the fifth-straight for a program that has won three of the […]
Lucas Punkari Following a 4-1 win over the Kenora Thistles here Feb. 18, it seemed as if the Fort Frances Thunderhawks were in the driver’s seat to host the Gary Cook Cup playdowns heading into the second leg of their two-game, total-goal series this past Sunday in Kenora. However, the […]
Lucas Punkari For the ninth-straight year, the Muskie boys’ hockey team is heading to the all-Ontario championships. The black-and-gold captured the NorWOSSA crown—their sixth-consecutive and eighth in the last nine years—with a 6-1 win over the host Kenora Broncos on Saturday night to complete a two-game series sweep. “It feels […]
Lucas Punkari After defeating Wisconsin here last month, and having entered the post-season on a three-game winning streak, the Fort Frances Lakers were feeling pretty confident about their chances going into the first leg of a two-game, total-goal mini-series with the Wilderness last weekend in Spooner. But after losing both […]
Staff The Muskie senior boys’ basketball team’s trip to the ‘AA’ all-Ontario championships in St. Catharines was a quick one as they were eliminated after a pair of losses yesterday. The black-and-gold, seeded last in the 18-team field, lost their opening game 69-30 to the third-ranked St. Francis Phoenix (St. […]
Staff La Place Rendez-Vous improved its league-best record to 9-2 with an 85-69 win over Taggs in local men’s basketball play last night at Fort High. Josh Mastin once again led the Vous offensively, this time netting 52 points. Jacob McIntosh scored 19 for Taggs, which fell to a league-worst […]
Staff The start of the SIJHL post-season did not go according to plan for the Fort Frances Lakers. The squad dropped the first leg of the 1 vs. 2 showdown series against the host Wisconsin Wilderness by a two-game total score of 9-4 over the weekend. The teams were knotted […]
