Staff Local skip Wayne Beacham posted a 2-3 mark at the men’s Region 1 playdowns at Red Lake last weekend. Beacham and his rink of third Adam Bolen, second Craig Armstrong, and lead Grant Swire, had both hot and cold streaks during the tournament. The rink lost a hard-fought 8-7 […]
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Staff Local skip Isaac Keffer is taking the short way to Longlac. Keffer and his team of third Cody Ossachuk, second Cody Heyens, and lead Ian Grant finished with a 3-1 record at the Bantam boys’ inter-region 1-2 playdowns at the Port Arthur Curling Club over the weekend to earn […]
Staff A slow start cost the Fort Frances Lakers a chance for a victory Saturday night in Dryden. The second-place Ice Dogs erupted for four first-period goals, outshooting the Lakers 20-5, en route to a 7-2 win to improve their record to 27-5-5. The loss was the fourth-straight for the […]
Dan Falloon The OPP might be looking into laying some arson charges because there certainly was a barnburner last night at the Ice For Kids Arena. The Fort Frances Lakers (8-23-4) lost their third-straight game, falling 7-4 to the K&A Wolverines (14-22-5), who now lead the Lakers by 13 points […]
Staff The Muskie boys’ basketball teams remain undefeated just past the halfway point of the NorWOSSA season. The senior squad clipped the visiting Dryden Eagles 36-23 here yesterday while the juniors romped to a 61-33 victory. But it was a different story on the volleyball court as the black-and-gold were […]
Staff A pair of Fort Frances squads won the final games they played at an Atom girls’ hockey tournament in Emo over the weekend. The Rolling Lake Lightning captured gold with a 3-2 win over the Lake of the Woods Flyers while Kaemingh Esso tripped up the Emo Penguins 5-0 […]
Staff Things began well and ended well for the Fort Frances Pharmasave Wildcats Midget girls’ team at the 15th-annual Lake of the Woods tournament last weekend in Kenora. In between, though, the Wildcats fell in three-consecutive hard-fought battles. Fort Frances opened with a 6-3 victory over Lake of the Woods. […]
Staff The Fort Frances Canadians may have gone south over the weekend, but their play certainly didn’t. The local Midget ‘AA’ team captured gold at the Jr. Gold Tournament in Brookings, S.D., defeating foes from Fargo and Mounds View as well as their hosts. The Canadians got off to a […]
Staff Boston Pizza rolled to another win in local men’s basketball league action Monday night. BP steamrolled Rendez-Vous 86-55 on the strength of 24 points by Adrian Chapman. Chris Wiedenhoeft responded with 15 for the Vous in a losing cause. In the early game, Taggs beat the Muskies 76-49, with […]
Press Release A hunter has been fined $2,000 for illegal moose hunting. John Ireland, of Everett, Ont., was convicted under the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act and fined $2,000 for unlawfully hunting cow moose. His firearm was seized and will be returned once his fine is paid. Court heard that […]
Dan Falloon Judy LaBelle can see all the way to Blind River. The local skip, along with her team of third Nancy Evans, second Mary-Beth Tkachuk, and lead Trudy Badiuk, finished tied for first with three other rinks at 3-2 at the senior women’s inter-region playdowns at the Fort Frances […]
Staff The local Boston Pizza Royals can play good hosts. The PeeWee ‘AA’ hockey team hosted the first-annual Boston Pizza “Fire on Ice” tournament over the weekend in hopes of capturing the championship for the hometown fans but had to settle for a fourth-place finish. In their first game Friday, […]
