Staff The Fort Frances Green’s Countrywide Predators tamed the Fort Frances Lions 4-2 as they took the title of a PeeWee ‘A’ tournament in Emo over the weekend. Green’s rebounded from a 3-2 loss to the Emo Thunderbolts in the opener to reel off four-straight wins to capture the championship. […]
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Press Release The local Taggs Bantam ‘AA’ squad had been dealt their share of defeats this season. But Taggs capped their season by winning the 10th-annual Bantam “Stars of Tomorrow” tournament hosted by the Norwest Minor Hockey Association in Thunder Bay on March 4-7. The squad, featuring only two returning […]
Staff The Fort Frances Aquanauts came out charging at the biggest meet of the season. Local swimmers were involved in 72 races at the regional championships in Thunder Bay on Feb. 26-28, setting 59 personal bests along the way. Adam Stromberg led the way for the Aquanauts with three first-place […]
Staff A week after losing by default to end their 10-game winning streak, Boston Pizza got back on track with a full lineup in local men’s basketball league action Monday night. BP edged Taggs 74-72 in a thriller to end the regular season. John Sivonen led BP with 23 points […]
the MNR Two Americans have been fined a total of $3,500 for illegal deer hunting. Michael Kautz, of Hiles, Wis., and Jeffery Kautz of Embarrass, Wis. both pleaded guilty and were convicted under the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act for unlawfully hunting and killing a white-tailed deer during the closed […]
Dan Falloon The Muskie boys’ hockey team swept their way to St. Catharines. After brooming the Red Lake Rams in the best-of-three NorWOSSA semi-finals, the black-and-gold did the same to the Dryden Eagles in the final to advance to the all-Ontarios in St. Catharines on March 23-26. Fort High opened […]
Dan Falloon The past two weeks have been a bit of a whirlwind for Mary Spencer. The 25-year-old product of Cape Croker First Nation just earned the right to represent Canada in women’s boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England. Spencer, who boxes in the 75-kg division, is […]
Dan Falloon Terry McClymont can take credit for starting up a college—only without the essays and the deadlines. The Kenora native has launched a website called “Faculty of Fishing” (http://www.facultyoffishing.com), which offers two live courses (Fishing 1 and Fishing 2) so far, with four more planned. The current lessons are […]
Dan Falloon Sophie Potvin-Begin and Michael Nelson picked an opportune time to blow their previous personal best out of the water. The pair scored a 27.74 en route to capturing the juvenile pairs free skate gold medal at the Ontario Winter Games in Huntsville. Their highest previous score for the […]
Staff Team Northwestern didn’t bow down in the face of stiff competition during the squash tournament at the Ontario Winter Games in Sudbury over the weekend. The eight-member squad, comprised of five players from the local Sunset Country Squash Club, entered the competition ranked seventh of the nine teams but […]
Dan Falloon After struggling in their opener, the Isaac Keffer rink came to play at the Ontario Winter Games in Gravenhurst over the weekend. Keffer and his rink of third Cody Ossachuk, second Cody Heyens, and lead Ian Grant lost 12-3 to Jack Lindsay (St. George’s Golf and Country Club) […]
Dan Falloon The Fort Frances Lakers are keeping things in perspective. Even though the Lakers lost an excellent chance at taking a 3-1 lead over the K&A Wolverines in their first-round playoff series, head coach Wayne Strachan didn’t feel drastic changes were in order for his team. “We need to […]
