Staff La Place Rendez-Vous continues to lead the way in local men’s basketball league action. The squad improved to 6-1 with a convincing 95-77 win over the Muskies on Monday night at Fort High. Josh Mastin had a 48-point outburst to lead the Vous while Caleb McIntosh netted 32 points […]
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Staff The Fort Frances Canadians Midget ‘AA’ hockey team once again was unstoppable during its annual trip to the FASA Invitational tournament in Grand Forks, N.D. The squad captured its third-consecutive crown and fourth overall. The final Sunday afternoon against the Richland Rangers was a one-sided affair as the Canadians […]
Staff Alina Eldridge was the top skater for the Border Skating Club at the Sunset Country regionals in Kenora over the weekend, nabbing three first-place finishes. Eldridge was tops in the Preliminary Elements Flight ‘B’ event on Friday, the Preliminary/Pre-Preliminary Skills competition on Saturday, and the Preliminary Flight ‘A’ event […]
Lucas Punkari The situation is simple. If there are not enough volunteers willing to help out with Fort Frances Youth Soccer this year, and if an interest to fill positions on the board of directors isn’t shown at the annual general meeting next Tuesday (Feb. 7), there won’t be a […]
Lucas Punkari For Stratton’s Trevor Bonot and Devlin’s Mike Badiuk, the goals are simple as they head into the Northern Ontario men’s curling playdowns starting Sunday in Sault Ste. Marie. Playoffs or bust. “If we have a good week, I think we have a good chance of making it to […]
Lucas Punkari Fort Frances native Jonathan Glueheisen took matters into his own hands when he saw that no one else was taking the initiative to submit a bid in this year’s Kraft “Hockeyville” contest. Glueheisen, who works at Fort Frances General Supply, put a bid onto the “Hockeyville” website ahead […]
Lucas Punkari Even though the Fort Frances Lakers are comfortably lodged in second place, the quest of being a consistent hockey team heading into the final month of the regular season has proven to be an issue of late. After a seven-game winning streak came to an end Jan. 14 […]
Lucas Punkari Having jumped into the lead early Saturday morning, local bowler Jeff Watts could not be caught for the rest of the weekend. Watts garnered a total pinfall of 5,394 in the two-day, 20-game Sunset Country ‘A’ Open, hosted this year by Plaza Lanes here, en route to first […]
Lucas Punkari Earning a bye straight to the final was one of the keys for the Norwest Stars of Thunder Bay on Sunday afternoon at the Ice For Kids Arena as they cruised to a convincing 5-1 win over the Baudette Bears in the final of the annual local Atom […]
Staff In an eerily-similar situation to a 6-5 shootout loss here back on Nov. 30, the Fort Frances Lakers fell 4-3 to the Dryden Ice Dogs in a shootout here last night after coughing up a two-goal lead in the dying minutes. Leading 3-1 through most of the third period, […]
Staff Fort Frances is vying to become the next Kraft “Hockeyville.” Local resident Jonathan Glueheisen, who works at Fort Frances General Supply, submitted a bid onto the “Hockeyville” website prior to tonight’s midnight deadline for communities looking to host a NHL pre-season game and also earn $100,000 in arena upgrades. […]
Lucas Punkari Calling it his best effort of the season so far, Fort Frances Lakers’ goalie Tanner Hamilton was near perfect between the pipes Friday night at the Ice For Kids Arena. The 20-year-old Saskatoon native made 40 saves to help the red-and-white beat the Duluth Clydesdales 4-2. Hamilton, who […]
