Lucas Punkari The next steps in the hockey careers of Fort Frances natives Jordan Larson and Colton Spicer began Saturday afternoon when both were selected in the 2011 edition of the OHL draft. Larson, who played forward for the Thunder Bay Kings this past season, was picked in the 12th […]
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Lucas Punkari It’s been happening for 28 years in Fort Frances, and the 2011 edition of the Ducks Unlimited banquet once again was a rousing success. Exact totals won’t be known for a few days but according to treasurer Chris Wielinga, about $15,300 was raised in the silent and live […]
Lucas Punkari All of the months of training and preparation couldn’t prepare Terry Carmody of Emo for what he was to experience Saturday night in Duluth as the 22-year-old made his debut in the world of Mixed Martial Arts. “I don’t think I’ve had that much adrenaline going into anything, […]
Lucas Punkari With only four swimmers competing at the Golden Plains Invitational in Winnipeg over the weekend, for the Fort Frances Aquanauts to place in the top 10 would be a major accomplishment. But to come away with a fourth-place showing out the of 13 teams that made up the […]
Lucas Punkari It wasn’t the two wins they were hoping for but the Muskies boys’ soccer team is off to a solid start after a win and a tie in their NorWOSSA openers here last Wednesday. The black-and-gold kicked things off with a 3-1 victory over the Kenora Broncos in […]
Lucas Punkari Any coach will tell you that you need to play a game from the start right until the final whistle. That’s the message Muskie girls’ soccer head coach Sarah Noonan relayed to her troops heading into today’s NorWOSSA matches in Kenora after the black-and-gold played the Kenora Broncos […]
Lucas Punkari With the grandstands now clean, the frontstretch wall painted, and the 3/8-mile dirt oval starting to resemble an actual racing surface, all that’s left to do at the Emo Speedway is for the drivers to start turning laps. Local drivers will get such a chance this Saturday afternoon […]
Lucas Punkari A pair of local hockey players were among the 302 skaters selected in the 2011 OHL priority selection on Saturday, which took place on the league’s website. Thunder Bay Kings’ forward Jordan Larson was taken in the 12th round by the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds while Muskie forward […]
Lucas Punkari Local badminton player Taylor Whitehead has been ousted from two flights of competition at the 2011 Junior National Badminton Championships in Richmond, B.C. but still was alive in the U14 boys’ doubles consolation event heading today’s action. Whitehead, 12, and his partner, Andre Inthavong of Saskachewan, were taking […]
Lucas Punkari The Muskie boys’ and girls’ soccer squads opened NorWOSSA play here yesterday with a mixed bag of results. The boys started their season with a 3-1 victory over the Kenora Broncos yesterday morning before battling the Dryden Eagles to a 1-1 draw in the afternoon. “If we can […]
Lucas Punkari Just getting the chance to head down to the UFC 129 event in Toronto was big enough for local MMA fan Trevor Fitzgerald. But to end up putting the UFC welterweight championship belt on his favourite fighter, Canada’s own Georges “Rush” St-Pierre, in the middle of the octagon […]
Staff Going into last’s night third round-robin game at the Royal Bank Cup Junior ‘A’ national championship against the host Camrose Kodiaks (Alberta), Fort Frances native Kyle Turgeon and the rest of the Portage Terriers sat in a three-way tie for second in the five-team standings with a 1-1 record. […]
