Dan Falloon Another year, another trip to the Canadian Junior Squash Championships for a pair of local players. But both Anniss Seid and Angel McCormack are looking to improve on their 2009 experience at the nationals when they were held at Niagara-on-the-Lake. This year’s showdown runs April 22-25 in Calgary. […]
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Dan Falloon Joe Basaraba has seen NHL scouts milling around his games with the Shattuck-St. Mary’s Sabres this past season, but he hasn’t been letting the big-league buzz get to him. “Some teams have been showing interest. I’ve been getting phone calls and e-mails, stuff like that,” noted Basaraba, who […]
Dan Falloon Many of the players on the Muskie badminton team have been around the block before—and now they’re looking to strut around it more confidently. The girls’ doubles pairing of Kimika Alexander and Chelsea Carlson qualified for the all-Ontarios last spring in Sudbury, as did boys’ singles player Rory […]
Dan Falloon Between Luke Judson with the Belleville Bulls (OHL), Cody Mosbeck with the Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties (NCAA), and Jake Esselink with the American College Hockey Association’s Dordt Blades, Emo has produced its fair share of hockey captains of late. But Esselink had to use his captaincy in a […]
Dan Falloon Fort Frances racer Steve Arpin is going to have a tough time topping the week he just had. In the span of six days, the 26-year-old earned his first win on the ARCA circuit in Salem, Ind., landed a new sponsor, and was named to JR Motorsports’ Nationwide […]
Staff After taking more than a year to record his first win on the ARCA circuit, Fort Frances driver Steve Arpin needed only five days to earn his second. Arpin captured his second-straight race Friday night, taking the checkered flag at the Rattlesnake 150 despite starting 22nd. Since Thursday afternoon’s […]
Staff Six members of the Muskie badminton squad have qualified for the NorWOSSA playoffs. Four seniors and two juniors advanced from yesterday’s qualifier in Dryden, and will compete next Wednesday in the NorWOSSA showdown in Kenora. At the senior level, Fort High’s boys’ doubles team of Spencer Pearce and Robert […]
Staff Local skeet shooters had to contend with high winds on Tuesday but didn’t let that rattle their scores. Tony Manuge recorded the highest score of the day, posting a perfect round of 25 while also shooting rounds of 24, 22, and a pair of 21s. Len Noonan scored 24 […]
Press Release Four U.S. residents have been fined for using a motorboat in Quetico Provincial Park. Weslie Buell of Oklahoma City, Okla., Chad Selman of Skiatook, Okla., Fredie Buell of Ankeny, Ind., and Don Buell of Elkhart, Ind. were fined a total of $800 under the Provincial Parks and Conservation […]
Dan Falloon Johnathan Carpenter is looking to strike as a Stingray. The 15-year-old, originally from Lac Seul First Nation near Sioux Lookout, was named to the Ontario Stingrays ‘AAA’ hockey team, an all-aboriginal squad. The Stingrays are set to compete in six tournaments this summer, beginning with the “Summer Sizzler” […]
Press Release The public is invited to attend one of two forums to learn about, and comment on, Voyageurs National Park’s proposed fee and reservation system for interior lake campsites and boat rentals on the Kabetogama Peninsula, as well as fees for tour boat programs. Voyageurs National Park superintendent Mike […]
Staff Fort Frances Aquanaut Adam Stromberg led the local contingent at the Northwestern Ontario Open in Kenora over the weekend. Stromberg hit the podium seven times, collecting three golds and four silvers. Stromberg, 11, finished first in his age division in the 50m fly (37.66), 100m fly (1:31.32), and 100m […]
