Staff A number of district elementary school students had strong showings in Thundery Bay on Saturday during the 40th-annual Mid-Canada Elementary School Run at Lakehead University. As well, the winner in the girls’ category has a Fort Frances tie. Molly Carlson, who was born here but moved to Thunder Bay […]
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Lucas Punkari It was the perfect way to start off a new season for the Muskie girls’ hockey team. The black-and-gold captured their annual home tournament on the weekend with a perfect 6-0 record—capped by a 3-2 victory over the Kenora Broncos in the gold-medal game Sunday afternoon at the […]
Lucas Punkari It might have taken longer than originally planned, but the new geothermal unit at the Fort Frances Curling Club finally is in place. And with it officially up and running last Thursday, the ice-making process is well underway in preparation for the first draw of the season next […]
Anthony Leek The Borderland Racing Association hosted its 2011 awards banquet on Saturday at the Emo Legion, with about 140 people on hand. It was a fitting way to officially close the books on the racing season, which saw several new Emo Speedway feature winners, including Carlee Bosma, Cody Ossachuk, […]
Lucas Punkari A switch in dates from February to October didn’t slow the Fort Frances Aquanauts in any way whatsoever during the Boston Pizza Fall Frolic Invitational over the weekend at the Memorial Sports Centre pool. “We did great,” enthused head coach Dawnn Taylor. “The younger swimmers really came up […]
Lucas Punkari Although their opponent might have found their meetings to be a bad case of déja vu, the Fort Frances Lakers certainly enjoyed their back-to-back run-ins with the Dryden Ice Dogs last week. A 5-3 win at the Ice For Kids Arena here last Tuesday night, followed by a […]
Lucas Punkari Even though his team captured their third ACHA Division II women’s hockey national championship in four seasons earlier this year, Rainy River Community College Voyageurs’ head coach Evan Amdahl hasn’t been basking in the glow of that accomplishment. “The week after nationals is when you start looking for […]
Lucas Punkari Even though his team was shellacked 36-0 by St. Norbert in their WHSFL season-opener here back on Sept. 9, Muskie head coach Chad Canfield is confident of his squad’s chances when they face the Celtics again in a Currie Division quarter-final showdown tomorrow in Winnipeg. “We are hoping […]
Lucas Punkari With the advantage of the crowd and home ice on their side, the Muskie girls’ hockey team proved to be unstoppable at the Ice For Kids Arena over the weekend. The black-and-gold captured their home tournament for the third time in seven years—the most by any school—after a […]
Staff Having been snake-bitten around the front of the net since the start of the season, Byron Katapaytuk certainly threw the monkey off his back last night in Dryden. The third-year forward exploded with a four-goal outburst, which also were his first four goals of the campaign, to help the […]
Lucas Punkari Momentum clearly is on the side of the Muskie football team heading into the WHSFL playoffs next week. The black-and-gold nabbed their second-straight win with a 7-0 victory over the St. John’s Tigers yesterday in Winnipeg, which clinched fifth place in the Currie Division standings with a 3-4 […]
Lucas Punkari There’s no place like home. The Fort Frances Lakers can attest to that after beating the Dryden Ice Dogs 5-3 on Tuesday night for their fifth-straight win in the friendly confines of the Ice For Kids Arena. Leading 2-0 after 40 minutes, the Lakers were forced to go […]
