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 […]
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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 […]
Lucas Punkari The Muskie boys’ soccer team began their quest for all-Ontario glory on a losing note this morning, falling 2-1 to the fifth-ranked St. Paul Wolverines (Mississauga) in their Pool ‘C’ opener. “It was a tremendously unlucky result as we dominated the game,” Muskie head coach Shane Beckett said […]
Staff The Stratton Eagles were alone atop the Rainy River District Fastball League after two weeks of play, sporting a perfect 4-0 record heading into last night’s action. The Eagles remained unbeaten after beating the Barwick Knights 9-3 last Tuesday, then winning a 21-14 slugfest over the Manitou Thunderbirds on […]
