Staff Jon Carlson is heading to the nation’s capital. The local defenceman, who spent last season with the Thunder Bay Kings at the Minor Midget level, was drafted in the eighth round (156th overall) by the Ottawa 67’s in the Ontario Hockey League draft held Saturday. Carlson racked up four […]
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Staff The third-annual Barwick Gun & Hobby Show once again was a hit this past Saturday at the Barwick Hall. “It went really well,” enthused event organizer Scott Stafford. “We had about 543 people through the door, 83 of those were kids,” he noted. He added they also saw an […]
Dan Falloon After two years of increased participation and regional success, the local under-12 competitive soccer program is returning for another season. Tryouts are set to begin this Monday (May 10) at 5:30 p.m. and will run Monday evenings until May 31. Coach Sarah Noonan said the program will be […]
Staff The Borderland Roller Derby is rolling right along. The squad is nearing 30 regulars, with organizer Crystal Caul hoping to pick up a few new members after the fledgling league had a booth at last weekend’s trade show. “We had 23 out the first time, and then we had […]
Dan Falloon It will be a marquee match-up on opening night. The Sight & Sound Wolves of Fort Frances, the defending Rainy River District Fastball League champs, will open the 2010 season against the regular-season champion Big Grassy Lightning at VanJura Stadium here tomorrow night (May 6). Wolves’ player and […]
Dan Falloon The Fort Frances Youth Soccer Association kicked off its season a week later than usual, but it was hard to tell the difference when the first ball was booted Monday night “Normally we start soccer the last week in April, but we’ve always had snow or bad weather,” […]
Staff A motion on whether the Rainy River District School Board should join the Town of Fort Frances and Northwest Catholic District School Board to build tennis courts at the St. Francis Sports Field here will be voted on tonight. Under the proposal, the local Catholic board would provide the […]
Staff Local player Anika Alexander picked up her first victory at the 2010 Yonex Junior & U23 national badminton championships in Toronto yesterday. Competing in the under-13 girls’ singles, Alexander swept Evelyne Wilkie 21-15/21-13 on the consolation side of the draw. Earlier in the day, Alexander and partner Rachel Livergant […]
Staff Muskie boys’ soccer coach Shane Beckett maintained his crew was better last night than it was on Friday. The black-and-gold squeezed in a quartet of games at the annual St. John’s-Ravenscourt tournament in Winnipeg over the weekend, dropping their first two before rebounding with a pair of victories. The […]
Staff Local badminton player Anika Alexander dropped both of her opening matches at the 2010 Yonex Junior & U23 national championships in Toronto. In under-14 girls’ singles action, Alexander fell 2-1 (21-16, 16-21, and 21-12) to Quebec’s Camille Leblanc yesterday. Then in mixed doubles with partner Cam Jensen, they lost […]
Staff Fort Frances native Steve Arpin improved one spot on his first Nationwide Series result, finishing 25th at the Bubba Burger 250 at Richmond on Friday night. Arpin had finished 26th in his Nationwide debut in the Aaron’s 312 at Talladega on April 25. For Friday’s race, Arpin was 37th […]
