Lucas Punkari Normally, the summer months are usually an easy-going time for most youngsters as they spend time with family and friends back home. But for 19-year old Fort Frances native Joe Basaraba, his summer away from the campus of the University of Minnesota-Duluth has been anything but rest and […]
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Lucas Punkari The 2011 playoffs in the Rainy River District Fastball League got underway on ball diamonds across the district yesterday evening, and judging by the feelings from players in the league, it is certainly anyone’s title to win. “Every team in the league has picked up wins this year, […]
Staff The last two weekends saw two quite different events take place in Nestor Falls, as the town hosted a softball tournament during the Civic Holiday long weekend, and a ‘Triple P’ race occurring on the previous weekend. “Both events went quite well,” Holly Kropelin, chair of the Sioux Narrows-Nestor […]
Lucas Punkari While he was unable to snatch a berth into the finals of the Canadian Age Group Championships as he did a year prior in Winnipeg, local swimmer Donovan Taylor was able to come away with some valuable experience from this year’s championships in Montreal this past week. “I […]
Lucas Punkari In the world of television, sweeps weeks occur throughout the year as the big networks try to get the highest ratings possible. While the world of short track stock car racing is completely different from the Nielsen rating system, the Emo Speedway ended up having a sweeps week […]
Lucas Punkari For those who attended the Fort Frances Lakers’ summer camp in International Falls a couple of weeks ago, it was easy to see why newest signee Payton Ruter was quick to identify Boston Bruins forward Milan Lucic as the player that he looks up to the most. Over […]
Staff Though it wasn’t the top ten showing that he was hoping to get, Steve Arpin had another solid result in his #32 Mike’s Hard Lemonade Chevrolet Silverado in Friday night’s Camping World Truck Series race at Lucas Oil Raceway in Clermont, Indiana. The Fort Frances native piloted his Turner […]
Staff Three area golf courses are eligible to be named among the top 100 courses in the province as part of an online poll being done by Ontario Golf Magazine. The poll, which is done every two years, asks participants to choose their 10 favourite courses in the entire province. […]
Staff The second day at the 2011 Canadian Age Group Championships in Montreal went much like the first one for Fort Frances Aquanaut Donovan Taylor as he failed to qualify for the final in the 400m I.M. event yesterday. The 17-year old Taylor, competing in the 17-18 male age category, […]
Staff Fort Frances Aquanaut Donovan Taylor failed to qualify for the finals in his first two events yesterday at the 2011 Canadian Age Group Championships in Montreal. Taylor, 17, competing in the 17-18 male age category, placed 46th in the 100m butterfly heats with a time of 1:01.38. He then […]
Staff With the Rainy River District Fastball League playoffs set to start next week, some players in the 10-team loop will have one last game before the post-season gets underway. The league’s annual all-star game goes tonight at 7 p.m. at Barwick. “It’s a fun game for the players, for […]
Anthony Leek The weather was quite the opposite from the previous week on Saturday night as the Emo Speedway hosted the Amsoil Dirt Track Racing Series in three classes. While there was a threat of rain all day, the cool and cloudy weather was a bit of a welcome after […]
