Elisabeth Heslop The usual mental picture that accompanies sport shooting is a bunch of men with guns, but at the Fort Frances Sportsmen’s Club skeet range, that mental picture has been shot full of holes. Over the last three years, 14-year-old Jillian Gustafson has become a regular shooter alongside her […]
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Staff The Sight & Sound Wolves advanced to the semi-final of the Rainy River District Fastball League playoffs by the skin of their teeth. The local squad salvaged a 4-3 win over the Big Island Huskies last night thanks to a four-run outburst in the fifth inning. “It was a […]
Staff Another ARCA RE/MAX race, another top-five finish for Steve Arpin. Arpin finished fifth in his return to dirt track racing at the Allen Crowe 100 at the Illinois State Fairgrounds yesterday. Series rookie Parker Kligerman padded his points lead with a historic victory in the 47th running of the […]
Staff The hope is summer will stick around for a while yet, but the Muskie football fall camp starts today and runs all week from 6 p.m. until dark. Positions on this year’s team are wide open with a lot of turnover from a season ago—giving added importance to training […]
Staff Mother Nature washed out both games in the Rainy River District Fastball League playoffs last night. The Sight & Sound Wolves game at Big Island never got started while the showdown between Barwick and Big Grassy was tied 1-1 after three innings when the rains came. Both games have […]
Elisabeth Heslop The Sound & Sound Wolves face a must-win game tonight at Big Island if they hope to stay alive in the Rainy River District Fastball League playoffs. The Wolves fell 3-2 to host Barwick on Tuesday night to mar their previously unbeaten record in the post-season. “Barwick was […]
Staff After placing second last year at the Atikokan Bass Classic, the Thunder Bay duo of Trevor Zimak and Glenn Leroux won the event this past weekend with a two-day total of 42.08 pounds. They were followed by Todd and Steve Bryk (40.29 pounds), Kim and Aaron Wiens (40.02), Tammy […]
Mitch Calvert Sport-specific training was a label yet to be conceived two decades ago, but that trend has taken a 180-degree turn over the past few years. Local personal trainer Terry McMahon was recently certified as a sport conditioning coach through Twist Conditioning, and has brought this specialized form of […]
Staff The annual Ladies Open golf tournament at Kitchen Creek Golf Course was a success on Saturday despite the heavy rain from the night before. Pro shop manager Glen Kellar said that it was really well attended, all things considered. “It turned out well for the weather conditions we had,” […]
the MNR A Winnipeg angler must pay $3,000 for possessing an over-limit of walleyes. Harold Bumstead was convicted under Ontario fishing regulations. All the fish were seized and forfeited to the Crown. Court heard that on May 31, conservation officers conducting a road check on Highway 596, north of Kenora, […]
Elisabeth Heslop For years his was a household name in Fort Frances—at least when the subject of local hockey came up. Dave Allison is well-known here for his contributions to sports, both locally and at higher levels. Now he’s being honoured for those years of contributing by being inducted into […]
Mitch Calvert Back-to-back titles for Gillons’ It was young versus younger in the Borderland Soccer Association’s men’s final last Wednesday evening at the Struchan L. H. Gilson Soccer Pitches, so it seemed only fitting that a rookie notched the game-winning goal in Domino’s 2-0 win over Emo. Mike Sande’s goal […]
