Lucas Punkari With the first games of the NorWOSSA court sports season not taking place until next Thursday in Dryden, the senior girls’ basketball and senior boys’ volleyball teams at Fort High weren’t going to spend their weekend just sitting around waiting for the season to get underway. Both teams […]
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Lucas Punkari For a team that wasn’t set in stone until two weeks before the start of the 15th-annual “Bassin’ for Bucks” on Friday in Sioux Narrows, it didn’t take long for the pairing of Bryan Gustafson of Fort Frances and Winnipeg’s Darrin Bohonis to make their presence known. The […]
Lucas Punkari While the games themselves mean nothing in the grand scheme of things, you can count Sioux Lookout Flyers head coach and general manager Brad Zangs among those that are very impressed with the performance of the Fort Frances Lakers during the SIJHL pre-season. “Let’s face it, Fort is […]
Lucas Punkari Going into his final event of the season, local strongman Luke Skaarup was hoping to end his year on a positive note at the Dubreuilville Pro Strongman Challenge and come away with a podium finish. While his third place showing allowed to accomplish that goal, Skaarup picked up […]
Lucas Punkari For Fort Frances hockey players Colton Spicer and Jon Carlson, their recent trips to Ontario Hockey League camps have not only set the tone for their first seasons with the Fort Frances Lakers, but for their goals for the rest of the hockey careers. After both players came […]
Lucas Punkari As another racing season was drawing to a close at the Emo Speedway on Saturday evening, most drivers were already looking forward to getting things ready for the 2012 campaign. Though in the case of Street Stock driver Ron Westover, this season was coming to a close quicker […]
Lucas Punkari The Fort Frances Lakers have completed their 2011 SIJHL exhibition schedule with an undefeated record, as they rounded out their four-game slate with an 8-5 victory over the Wisconsin Wilderness in Spooner, Wisc. last night. Early on, the game played out in a very similar fashion to what […]
Lucas Punkari The process to determine the 2011/12 Fort High Muskies boys hockey team began last night at Ice for Kids Arena, as this year’s training camp officially got underway. “I think everyone is pretty eager to get back going,” head coach Shawn Jourdain said. “We as a staff are […]
Lucas Punkari The Fort Frances Lakers are still undefeated in their SIJHL pre-season slate following two games at the Ice for Kids Arena this past weekend, as they edged the Wisconsin Wilderness by a score of 6-4 yesterday afternoon, after they throttled the Sioux Lookout Flyers 10-0 on Friday night. […]
Lucas Punkari The Fort Frances Lakers opened their SIJHL exhibition schedule on a winning note last night in Sioux Lookout, doubling the host Flyers 8-4. Trailing 1-0 after the first period, the Lakers’ offence exploded for five goals in the second before adding three more in the third to secure […]
Staff A total of 16 competitors were divided up into eight pairs for the annual Labour Day horseshoe tournament at Pither’s Point Park on Monday, which saw the tandem of Ray Smith and Bonnie Councillor come away with the victory. Albert Cochrane and Stewart Allen finished in second place, with […]
the MNR An American man has been fined for having more than the daily limit of fish. Chris Lind, of Fargo, N.D., pleaded guilty under the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act and was fined $1,350 for having nine walleye over the daily limit. The court heard that on July 9, […]
