Mitch Calvert Baby steps. That’s the mantra being preached by Muskie football head coach Dean Bruyere heading into the Winnipeg High School Football League season next month. “I’m looking forward to the challenge, but I’m hoping people aren’t expecting miracles this year,” Bruyere stressed. “It’d be fairly optimistic to say […]
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Mitch Calvert Colin Drombolis exchanged his squash racket for a golf club this past weekend and the decision turned out to be a wise one. Drombolis is probably more known for winning squash tournaments in these parts than for his prowess on the golf course, but he promptly put the […]
Staff The Fort Frances Jr. Sabres have sold off some of their remaining assets with just over a month to go before the puck drops on the SIJHL season. Rainy River native Dan Usiski has been sent to the Aurora Tigers of the Ontario Junior Hockey League. Usiski tallied 19 […]
Mitch Calvert The pipeline of local talent to the Minnesota college hockey ranks continues. Fort Frances products Chris Sinclair and Tyler Miller will be donning the blue-white-and-yellow jerseys of the St. Scholastica Saints hockey team this fall. “We grew up playing against each other when I was in Kenora and […]
Staff Taggs plays Curves in the semifinal of women’s adult soccer while International Travel Services clashes with La Place Rendez-Vous Voyageurs on the men’s side in quarterfinal action. All playoff games start at 6:30 p.m. Gillons’ earned a bye to the final in women’s play and will host the championship […]
Mitch Calvert The Sight & Sound Wolves exacted some revenge last night with a 6-0 win over the Stratton Eagles in the opening round of the Rainy River District Fastball League playoffs. The Wolves found themselves in the exact same position they faced a year a go—a first-round meeting with […]
Press Release Colin Hewitt easily won the third race of the Rendezvous Yacht Club’s Fall Series on July 29. Hewitt’s “Ariba” took first place for the ‘B’ Fleet on a windward/leeward course with southwest winds blowing about 10 miles per hour. Hewitt’s corrected time of 37:47 was well ahead of […]
Mitch Calvert The Muskie football team will have some extra company in Tier II of the Winnipeg High School Football League this season. The Kas Vidruk Division—which was an eight-team circuit a year ago—has been expanded to include 13 teams with the additions of expansion WHSFL teams the Vincent Massey […]
the MNR Ministry of Natural Resources enforcement staff in Red Lake District took six Grade 5 and 6 students from Red Lake-Madsen Public School out for a day of angling. The lucky students were chosen through a class contest in which the youths were invited to create a poster on […]
the MNR A Thomasburg, Ont. man has been fined, and had his hunting licence suspended, after illegally shooting an adult moose. Bradley A. Hendrick, 28, was fined $1,500 under the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act for shooting a cow moose without a moose licence. He also is prohibited from hunting […]
Mitch Calvert On a night when the stars of the Rainy River District Fastball League took to the field at VanJura Ball Park here last night, Bill Copenace shown the brightest with a pair of home runs to pace Team One to a 10-3 victory. Team Two actually jumped out […]
Mitch Calvert If you were born with a disability, the world of sports was something you viewed solely as an outsider. Sure, you could cheer for a brother or sister from the stands, but you certainly wouldn’t have your own jersey or teammates to call your own. Until now, that […]
