Staff The start of the long-course month of competition gets underway this weekend as four members of the Fort Frances Aquanauts will be taking part in the Golden Plains Invitational meet in Winnipeg. Donovan Taylor, Levi Rittau, Regan Danylchuk, and Adam Stromberg will be competing in their usual set of […]
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Joey Payeur St. Francis School’s volleyball version of the “Furious Five” went a long way on their own merits. Enter stage left, instead of “Kung Fu Panda,” a cross-over addition from the school’s other on-court entry to help lock down a hard-earned podium finish. The St. Francis Sentinels ‘A’ squad […]
Lucas Punkari A pair of local squash players turned in impressive performances at the Canadian Junior National Squash Championships in Calgary over the weekend. Anika Alexander was ousted in the “silver” semi-finals of the girls’ U15 division to eventual winner Nada Kheiralla (Halifax) in three-straights sets Sunday morning after having […]
Staff Before any cars can to take to the track at the Emo Speedway this season, the grounds itself will have to be in tip-top shape for both the fans and drivers. As such, the Borderland Racing Association will be holding its annual workbee this Saturday from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. […]
Lucas Punkari After all of the months of anxious waiting, Fort Frances native Steve Arpin finally can get to do what he loves most: go racing. In an announcement broadcast on the Speed Channel yesterday evening, Arpin will be joining forces with the Turner Motorsports Camping World Truck Series team […]
Lucas Punkari The end result wasn’t quite what the Muskie boys’ soccer team was hoping for from the annual St. John’s-Ravenscourt tournament in Winnipeg over the weekend, but head coach Shane Beckett said his squad is shaping up exactly like he wanted. “I think we’re going to be a really […]
Lucas Punkari The pre-season preparations are over and the real season can now begin. That’s the attitude the Muskie girls’ soccer team is bringing into their opening set of NorWOSSA games today at Fort High. They faced the Kenora Broncos at 11:30 a.m., then will take on the Dryden Eagles […]
Lucas Punkari As both an organizer and a competitor, it was a double victory for local resident Luke Skaarup on Friday night at the first-ever Fort Frances “Strongman” competition. Skaarup helped organize the event, which was held in conjunction with the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce’s annual Home & Leisure […]
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 […]
Lucas Punkari After months of hard work, and weeks of waiting to make sure that every ‘t’ was crossed and every ‘i’ dotted, local racer Steve Arpin finally will be able to tell the racing community his plans for the 2011 season on national television this evening. Arpin, along with […]
Staff The Muskie boys’ soccer squad was in Winnipeg over the weekend for the annual St. John’s-Ravenscourt tournament, where they were eliminated in the ‘B’-side semi-final Saturday afternoon. The black-and-gold fell 2-1 to Fort Richmond (Winnipeg), with Anniss Seid netting their lone goal. Fort High had opened the tournament with […]
Staff A pair of local squash players missed out on medals in the girls’ U15 division at the Canadian Junior National Squash Championships in Calgary over the weekend. But they still came away with solid showings. Anika Alexander lost in the “silver” semi-finals to eventual winner Nada Kheiralla (Halifax) yesterday […]
