Dan Falloon Local swimmer Donovan Taylor collected a quartet of medals at the Ontario Summer Games in Sudbury last week, earning two silvers and a pair of bronze over the three days of competition. The 16-year-old member of the Fort Frances Aquanauts grabbed silver in both the 400m I.M. (4:59.44) […]
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Dan Falloon Late-game heroics were the order of the day for the Sight & Sound Wolves at the North American Fastpitch Association’s World Series in Des Moines, Iowa last week. While the comebacks went in Sight & Sound’s favour as they earned a pair of wins to open action last […]
Dan Falloon The Muskies are hoping touch football was the answer. Incoming head coach Chad Canfield, who started the Sunday afternoon program, noted the games have unearthed some younger players interested in joining the black-and-gold for the upcoming season—and should boost numbers from the brink of disaster into a comfortable […]
Dan Falloon With the nucleus of the three-time defending champion Domino’s team still intact, the newly-minted Manitou Forest Products crew (11-1-4 during the regular season) was looking for a “four-peat” in Borderland men’s soccer action Thursday evening at the St. Francis Sports Fields. But Pharmasave (10-3-3 in the regular season), […]
Dan Falloon It was fitting that in a season where there hadn’t been too much separation between the teams that the championship game ended up the same way. When the La Place Rendez-Vous Voyageurs (11-4-1 during the regular season) and Al’s Racquet Stringing (10-4-2) met up in the Borderland Soccer […]
Staff After an encouraging start at the North American Fastpitch Association World Series in Des Moines, Iowa over the weekend, the Sight & Sound Wolves couldn’t keep the trend going forward. Faced with tough opponents on Thursday (the tournament’s opening day), the Wolves won their first two games in the […]
Staff Former local driver Steve Arpin once again performed best when it counted at the Garden State ARCA 150 over the weekend. He finished the race in ninth place after starting in 15th. Arpin crossed the finish line 9.197 seconds behind winner Casey Roderick, and had a top speed of […]
Staff Donovan Taylor has a little more hardware for his shelf thanks to his performance so far at the Ontario Summer Games in Sudbury. The 16-year-old member of the Fort Frances Aquanauts earned a pair of medals yesterday, taking silver in the 400m I.M. (4:59.44) and bronze in the 200m […]
Staff The Sight & Sound Wolves snapped their early-tournament jinx at the North American Fastpitch Association World Series yesterday in Des Moines, Iowa. After struggling to win their openers in past years, the Wolves jumped out to a 2-0 record in the A-Major division, toppling the highly-touted Westerville (Ohio) Capitals […]
Staff The Sight & Sounds Wolves are one win away from repeating as the Rainy River District Fastball League champs. The Wolves, who finished in third place during the regular season, upset the top-ranked Barwick Knights 8-1 on Tuesday night. Grant Swire went deep to help pace the Wolves’ offence […]
the MNR A Toronto-area man has been convicted of a number of offences related to illegal hunting. Pal Szamko of Newmarket was fined $1,500 for discharging his firearm carelessly while hunting, $3,800 for transporting an over-limit of grouse, and $1,500 for unlawfully possessing another person’s moose game seal. Szamko is […]
Dan Falloon The next generation of local golf left no doubt that it had arrived at the Kitchen Creek Classic over the weekend. Youth was served as 18-year-old Alex McDonald was crowned champion after edging 19-year-old Taylor Jorgenson, the 2008 Classic champion, on the first playoff hole Sunday afternoon. The […]
