Lucas Punkari With his junior hockey career now in the books, Fort Frances native Kyle Turgeon is eying his options as to where he’ll go next following a two-year stint with the Portage Terriers. But at the moment, the recently-turned 21-year old is doing what most people his age do […]
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Lucas Punkari They were the top two athletes at Fort High this year, but both Chelsea Hill and Justin Anderson seemed stunned to receive the athlete-of-the-year crowns at the Muskie athletic awards banquet last Wednesday evening at the Townshend Theatre. “I wasn’t expecting anything other than a Letterman award,” Hill […]
Lucas Punkari Up until the late stages of the WinStar World Casino 400k at the Texas Motor Speedway on Friday night, it had been a nearly picture-perfect debut into the Camping World Truck Series for Steve Arpin. But with 31 laps to go, all of his momentum suddenly headed in […]
Staff Starting the fourth week of play in the Rainy River District Fastball League tied for third in the standings, Beef’s Warriors vaulted into first place in the 10-team loop following a pair of wins. Kevin Gemmell blasted a pair of bombs, while Rob McGinnis hit his sixth homer of […]
Staff The Fort Frances Lakers have begun to set the stage for the 2011/12 SIJHL season, re-signing a pair of key players from last year’s lineup earlier this week. Forwards Blake Boaz and Byron Katapaytuk, in their final year of junior eligibility, again will be taking to the Ice for […]
Staff Steve Arpin will start near the front of the pack in his Camping World Truck Series debut tonight at the Texas Motor Speedway. He’ll line up in the fourth position for the WinStar World Casino 400k after his qualifying run yesterday. Arpin’s #32 Mike’s Hard Lemonade-sponsored Chevrolet Silverado made […]
Lucas Punkari A freak injury to his left ankle suffered at the Thunder Bay May Invitational nearly derailed Donovan Taylor’s chances of going to Baltimore this weekend for the North Baltimore Aquatic Club Long Course Invitational. But it’s all systems go for the 16-year-old swimmer as he flies out to […]
Lucas Punkari Following two consecutive rain-outs, the 2011 racing season kicked into high gear under clear skies Saturday evening at the Emo Speedway. The driver to beat during the course of the night in the WISSOTA Modifieds division was Gavin Paull as the Fort Frances driver took the checkered flag […]
Lucas Punkari After experiencing the joy of capturing the NorWOSSA crown a little more than a week earlier, the Muskie boys’ soccer team faced the opposite end of the sporting spectrum at the OFSAA ‘AA’ championships in Windsor last week—finishing round-robin play with a 0-4 record in Pool ‘C.’ “If […]
Lucas Punkari It’s been nearly four months since his last race, which was the ARCA season-opener at Daytona. But for Fort Frances native Steve Arpin, his long wait is about to come to an end as he’ll take to the 1.5-mile Texas Motor Speedway in his #32 Mike’s Hard Lemonade-sponsored […]
Staff Barwick and the Big Grassy Lighting will be looking to stay atop the 10-team Rainy River District Fastball League standings when action resumes tonight (weather permitting). Both squads sported 5-1 records after the third week of play. Barwick will face the Big Island Huskies (0-5) this evening while the […]
Lucas Punkari The Muskie boys’ soccer team was eliminated from further contention at the all-Ontario ‘AA’ championship after a 1-0 loss this morning to the third-ranked St. Joseph’s Rams (St. Thomas). That left the black-and-gold with an 0-3 record in Pool ‘C’ heading into their final round-robin game this afternoon […]
