Staff Things got a little too heated for Fort Frances driver Steve Arpin at the Racing for Wildlife 200 at Michigan International Speedway on Friday. Arpin overheated on Lap 68 of the ARCA race and finished 33rd after starting in seventh position. The result also dropped Arpin to eighth in […]
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Staff Josh Strain and Sara Roach captured the male and female athlete-of-the-year honours at Fort High’s annual athletic awards banquet last night. It was Strain’s third award of the evening after claiming the track and field MVP and sharing the senior boys’ basketball MVP honours with Justin Anderson. There were […]
Staff For the second time this week, Rainy River District Fastball League games were rained out, with all of last night’s games being postponed. Play is slated to resume on Tuesday night—weather permitting—with five games on the schedule. The Sabaskong Cubs (7-1) and Barwick Blue Knights (7-2) lead the pack. […]
Staff All five games in Rainy River District Fastball League action were washed out Tuesday night. Play is scheduled to resume tonight with another quintet of games on tap (weather permitting), including Sight & Sound hosting Rainy River at VanJura. Elsewhere, the Big Grassy Lightning will visit Stratton, Manitou heads […]
Dan Falloon Josh Strain felt he came a long way in his third trip to the all-Ontario track and field championships this year. And that progress has left him with a strengthened resolve to make the jump into the elite class next year—his final year of eligibility. “This year was […]
Dan Falloon Two provincial diving records are now history thanks to locally-connected diver Molly Carlson. Carlson, who competes for the Thunder Bay Diving Club, shattered the records at the 2010 Ontario Provincial Diving Championships in Ottawa from May 28-30. Carlson, who was born here but moved to Thunder Bay at […]
Dan Falloon The Muskie football team took the first on-field step to recovery Monday evening. The black-and-gold opened spring camp with optimism for the future—even as the squad looks to rebound from a tumultuous 2009 season when the club went winless, including having to forfeit a game after the roster […]
Dan Falloon A local contingent of athletes is looking to clarify exactly what their organization is all about. Borderland Combat Sports (BCS), a collection of mixed martial artists who have trained at a number of facilities here and over in International Falls, are stressing they’re in training to either compete […]
Dan Falloon Shannon Jackson entered the Northern Cup Challenge in Sault Ste. Marie uncertain of what to expect. But once Saturday’s competition was done, the rookie in figure competitions ended up with some hardware and another competition on the horizon—the provincials. Jackson topped the figure (medium) novice division in the […]
Staff If a local Facebook group has its way, the Stanley Cup will be coming to Fort Frances—if the Chicago Blackhawks win it, that is. The group, “If Duncan Keith Wins The Cup, Bring It To Fort Frances,” had 443 members as of this morning. Born in Winnipeg, the Blackhawks’ […]
Staff The two Muskie field athletes struggled at the OFSAA championships in London over the weekend. In terms of exceeding expectations, Josh Strain put together the best Fort High performance of the competition, tying for eighth in the senior boys’ high jump. He completing the 1.83m jump before bowing out […]
Dan Falloon Incoming Muskie football coach Chad Canfield isn’t shy about his hopes for this year’s team. The former team MVP is looking for a good number of bodies for the annual spring camp, which kicks off today at 6 p.m. at Fort High. Canfield said he hopes to have […]
