Lucas Punkari For the third year in a row, Ben Andrusco finished atop the heap of the men’s ‘A’ event at the Wes Derksen Open squash tournament held over the weekend at the Memorial Sports Centre. The best-of-five final went the full distance before Andrusco prevailed over long-time friend Jason […]
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Lucas Punkari With home pool advantage at their disposable, the Fort Frances Aquanauts were able to parlay that into a successful showing during the annual Boston Pizza Winter Chill Invitational over the weekend at the Memorial Sports Centre. “These events at a home pool are sometimes the toughest for a […]
Lucas Punkari In what was their first competitive set of games in nearly a month, the Fort Frances Thunderhawks had differing results in a pair of games with the Dakota College at Bottineau Lumberjacks over the weekend in Bottineau, N.D. The first game between the two sides on Saturday evening […]
Lucas Punkari With the Wisconsin Wilderness already having clinched the regular-season crown, the Fort Frances Lakers now are looking to solidify the second seed come playoff time. The Lakers certainly helped their cause Saturday night at the Ice For Kids Arena, doubling the Sioux Lookout Flyers 4-2 to move them […]
Staff It certainly wasn’t the way Fort Frances native Steve Arpin wanted to start off his 2011 racing season. He was involved in a multi-car crash during the late stages of the Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 ARCA Series event Saturday at the Daytona International Speedway. After starting in the […]
Lucas Punkari Brad Jacobs captured his second-straight crown after rallying to a stunning 7-6 win over Joe Scharf of the host Fort William Curling Club yesterday in the final of the provincial men’s curling championship. Trailing 6-2 after eight ends, Jacobs scored a deuce in the ninth end and then […]
Staff The leaders of the local Wednesday night men’s basketball league continued their winning ways this week. Boston Pizza improved to 7-2 with a 69-61 victory over the Rendez-Vous at Fort High. Leading the way for Boston Pizza was Rob McGinnis, who finished with 19 points, while Brad Wardal netted […]
Lucas Punkari With any chance of making the playoffs at the Northern Ontario men’s provincial curling championships having gone out the window yesterday, Tim Nordin of the Stratton Curling Club will be trying to derail the hopes of two others today at the Fort William Curling Club. Sitting near the […]
Staff The Muskie boys’ hockey team suffered its first loss since Jan. 4—falling 3-2 in overtime to the host Kenora Broncos in NorWOSSA action Wednesday night. Jason Neniska netted the game-winner with less than two minutes to go in the extra frame when his shot went off the glove of […]
Lucas Punkari Squaring off for the second time in two nights, the pent-up emotions between the Fort Frances Lakers and Dryden Ice Dogs reached a boiling point last night up Highway 502. The SIJHL rivals combined for 90 penalty minutes in the game, which ended up going to the Lakers […]
Lucas Punkari After earning a pair of wins Tuesday to breathe life into his playoff hopes at the Northern Ontario men’s curling championship, three-straight losses have dashed any Brier hopes for the Tim Nordin rink from the Stratton Curling Club. Nordin’s foursome, which also includes third Mitch Sequin, second Adam […]
Staff The local Rolling Lake Lightning Atom girls’ hockey team was in Hibbing, Mn. over the weekend, where they came away with a silver-medal showing. After finishing the round-robin with a perfect 3-0 record, the Lightning clashed with the powerful Waconia Wildcats in the final, where they would come out […]
