Press Release Is Minnesota’s largest open contest rodeo The town of Effie, Mn. is gearing up for its biggest weekend of the year as the North Star Stampede, Minnesota’s largest open contest rodeo, is set to go. Excitement is running high as more than 250 cowboys and cowgirls from eight […]
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Lucas Punkari As the anglers and fans milled about the Ice For Kids Arena following the crowning of Richard Rud/Jon Austin and Glenn Leroux/Trevor Zimak as co-champs of the 2011 Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship, first-year chairman Gord Watson finally was able to relax just a little bit. “It was […]
Zoey Duncan Rainy Lake bass are a healthy breed, said local Ministry of Natural Resources biologist Darryl McLeod. McLeod, along with MNR senior technician Linda Chepil and a number of teen Ontario Stewardship Rangers, were at the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship on Friday to measure and age 200 fish. […]
Lucas Punkari After three days of fishing, it came down to an impromptu backstage meeting to determine the winner of the 2011 Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship. But following a lengthy discussion, it was decided Richard Rud and Jon Austin, from International Falls, and Thunder Bay’s Glenn Leroux and Trevor […]
Lucas Punkari With a week off between races in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Steve Arpin had an chance to head to a place that he hasn’t been to in a couple of years. Home. The 27-year-old made the trek up from Des Moines, Iowa last Monday for a […]
Lucas Punkari After becoming the first-ever member of the Fort Frances Aquanauts to reach a national final with a seventh-place showing in the 200m I.M. in Winnipeg last year, Donovan Taylor is hoping to once again have a strong showing at this year’s Canadian age group championships in Montreal. However, […]
Heather Latter Five local men tested their strength, stamina, mental grit, and camaraderie this past weekend as they participated in the “Tough Mudder” event at Devil’s Head Ski Resort in Merrimac, Wis. Terry McMahon, Matt Sweigard, Jason Sobkowicz, Adam Foley, and Sean Wiersema fought through a 10-mile course and more […]
Lucas Punkari It’s been a familiar feeling for Mark Raveling and Mike Luhman at the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship over the last few years. The three-time runners-up were in the mix once again on the final day of this year’s FFCBC, but again were unable to come away with […]
Lucas Punkari They were the talk of the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championships for two days, and far and away the crowd favourites as they backed into the Ice For Kids Arena late Saturday afternoon. But despite not being able to become the first all-Fort Frances team to capture the […]
Lucas Punkari In previous years, there wasn’t too much attention paid to those teams sitting outside the top 10 on Day 3 of the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship. But that wasn’t the case this time around as anglers in the second and third divisions were involved in some early […]
Lucas Punkari Although the end result was not quite what he was hoping for, the overall experience for Winnipeg Jets’ blueliner Dustin Byfuglien at the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship last week was one he won’t soon forget. Byfuglien, who won the Stanley Cup in 2010 as a member of […]
Zoey Duncan After Day 1 of the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship, a big gap separated locals Darren Ward and Sean Good and their tournament-best 19.61-pound catch from the grandfather-grandson duo of Paul Kielb and Tyler Long, who caught just a single 1.63-pound fish their first day out. With one […]
