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 […]
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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 […]
Staff After an almost two-week hiatus from NorWOSSA play, the four Muskie court teams returned to action yesterday in Kenora, where they ended up splitting their four matches with the Broncos. On the basketball court, Sarah Bagacki had 22 points as the junior girls (4-1) earned their fourth-straight win by […]
the OCOA Despite unseasonably warm weather across most of Ontario, fall is upon us and with fall comes the time for tens of thousands of Ontario residents to participate in a wide variety of hunting opportunities throughout the province. The Ontario Conservation Officers Association (OCOA) wants to remind anyone venturing […]
