Dan Falloon Donovan Taylor and Levi Rittau will be making their way to Laurentian University in Sudbury this summer. The two Fort Frances Aquanauts swimmers won’t be taking any classes there, but that doesn’t mean they won’t be learning. Taylor, 15, and Rittau, 13, were named to the Northwestern Ontario […]
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Staff The Barwick Blue Knights kept their perfect record intact in a makeup game against Big Island last night. Barwick romped to a 19-2 victory to improve to 3-0 in the Rainy River District Fastball League standings. The game originally was scheduled for Thursday night (May 13), but was postponed […]
Staff The Fort Frances Lakers have the first names on their roster for the 2010-11 season, including a familiar one. The local Junior ‘A’ hockey squad signed forwards Byron Katapaytuk and Brett Wur yesterday. Katapaytuk was the team’s rookie-of-the-year last season, netting 13 goals and 21 assists in 43 games […]
Staff The Muskie girls’ soccer team was looking to get off the offensive schneid at their home tournament over the weekend. The Hanover Hype, a club team from Winnipeg, seemed to be just the tonic the black-and-gold needed. Fort High combined for seven goals in their two games against Hanover, […]
Staff All five games in the Rainy River District Fastball League were washed out last night. They will be made up at a later date. Action is slated to resume Tuesday night with Sight & Sound at the Big Grassy Braves, Big Grassy Lightning at Sabaskong, Manitou at Barwick, Big […]
Staff Barwick, Sabaskong, and Manitou all improved to 2-0 in Rainy River District Fastball League action Tuesday night. Barwick cruised to its second-straight blowout, drubbing Northwest Bay 23-5. J.J. Landry took the win for the Blue Knights while Terry Smith was tagged for the loss. Kevin Gemmell went deep three […]
Staff The Muskie boys’ soccer team seems to have hit its stride in NorWOSSA play. The black-and-gold connected for six goals yesterday in Dryden as the squad improved its league record to 3-0-1. Fort High edged Kenora 2-1, with goals from Jameson Shortreed and Brendan Cawston, before trouncing the host […]
The Fort Frances Lakers’ board of directors is in place for the 2010-11 season and on behalf of the team, we would like to welcome the new members. It will be good to see their new ideas to help the team further grow. The board members who left will be […]
Dan Falloon Mark Loveday is becoming as sharp as a Sabre at Shattuck-St. Mary’s. The local goalie just completed his first year at the prestigious hockey school, playing in the Bantam ‘A’ program. Loveday said that even though he didn’t qualify for the Tier 1 team, he was able to […]
Staff The local under-14 club volleyball program put up a solid fight in its first competitive tournament. The program split its girls into two teams for a tournament in Portage la Prairie, Man. over the weekend. Team #2 won six of 10 sets over the weekend while Team #1 captured […]
Staff Donovan Taylor held his own against a contingent of swimmers in Winnipeg, including some members of the University of Manitoba swim team. The 15-year-old Aquanaut came away from the Golden Plains Invitational with five medals—a silver and four bronze—out of his nine events. Over the course of the weekend, […]
Dan Falloon A year after winning the East St. Paul Summer Soccer Classic’s ‘B’ flight in the first year of the program, the Emo under-13 boys’ squad is looking to expand its roster and gear up for another run. Tryouts for the team, coached by Martin Williams, are slated for […]
