Lucas Punkari In order to capture NorWOSSA gold here today, the Muskie girls’ volleyball teams face a long road ahead of them. Both squads first had to defeat the Kenora Broncos in semi-final action this morning (results were not available by press time) to earn a spot into their respective […]
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Staff The next two weekends will be busy ones at the Fort Frances Curling Club. The annual ladies’ bonspiel gets underway this Friday at 6 p.m., with opening ceremonies slated for 8 p.m. Action will resume Saturday at 9 a.m. and continue until 4 p.m., although the exact time for […]
Lucas Punkari The third time indeed was the charm for the Fort Frances Timbits on Sunday. After losing to the Lake of the Woods Red Devils in the final of their home tourney last year, and dropping a title game in Kenora earlier this season, the local squad came through […]
Lucas Punkari After having to wait until the beginning of May last year to announce his plans for the 2011 racing season, Fort Frances native Steve Arpin is making sure he won’t have to wait as long to get back behind the wheel on the NASCAR circuit this year. The […]
Lucas Punkari It can be described as not only the biggest and most important win of the season, but also the biggest statement the Fort Frances Lakers have made throughout the SIJHL campaign. With only two weeks left in the regular season, the Lakers finally got the monkey off their […]
Lucas Punkari For Fort Frances Thunderhawks’ head coach Gary Noga, the excitement he has for this weekend’s game with the Kenora Thistles is pretty easy to see. “It’s about time that we get started,” Noga enthused. “We’re really excited about this game and it should be a very entertaining game,” […]
Staff The N.W.O. All-Stars PeeWee ‘AAA’ hockey team, which features seven players from Fort Frances, had a strong performance in its first tournament this past weekend, finishing in fourth place at the Tournament of Champions in Brandon, Man. In the ‘B’-side final against the Portage Terriers on Sunday morning, the […]
Staff The Fort High gym will a beehive of activity tomorrow as the Muskie court teams host the NorWOSSA playoffs. Action is set to get underway at 10 a.m. with the junior boys’ basketball semi-final taking place in the large gym between the Kenora Broncos and Dryden Eagles. At the […]
Staff Front-running Rendez-Vous lost for only the second time this season in local men’s basketball league action. The Vous was bombed 93-61 by Boston Pizza last night at Fort High, dropping their record to 8-2. The two-pronged attack of Jon Sivonen and Adrian Chapman proved too much for the Vous […]
Staff After a number of close losses over the last few months, the Fort Frances Lakers finally beat the league-leading Wisconsin Wilderness for the second time this season. The red-and-white outplayed the defending SIJHL champs en route to a 5-0 victory here Saturday night, handing Wisconsin only their seventh loss […]
Staff It was a successful Friday for the Muskie hockey teams as both came away with road victories. The boys romped to an 11-2 victory over the host Dryden Eagles in their final game of the NorWOSSA regular season. Leading the way offensively was Jeff Davis, who had three goals […]
Staff Currie also eliminated A pair of rinks with local connections came up short in their quest to make the playoffs at the Northern Ontario men’s provincial championships in Sault Ste. Marie. The Trevor Bonot rink from the Stratton Curling Club, which included third Al Macsemchuk, second Scott McCallum, and […]
