Mitch Calvert That’s all she wrote, folks. In another down-to-the-wire finish, the Fort Frances Jr. Sabres fell 3-1 in Game 5 of their best-of-seven SIJHL semi-final series last night to be eliminated by the host Thunder Bay Bearcats. Colin Moberly opened the scoring just 2:13 into the game to put […]
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Joey Payeur Coaches’ clinic set All good things come to those who wait. Such is the fate of Fort Frances and area under-12 and under-13 soccer players, who appeared ready to take part in the inaugural season of the Soccer Northwestern Ontario Developmental Youth League this summer. But now they’ll […]
Joey Payeur The number of teams may have been as low as anyone can remember, but spirits were high for Devlin skip Mike Badiuk by the time all was said and done. His rink downed Thunder Bay’s Doug Skinner 8-5 in the ‘A’ final Sunday to finish his undefeated march […]
Mitch Calvert Long-time Muskie assistant coach Ken Christiansen has seen the highs and lows, and despite a quick exit from last week’s all-Ontarios in North Bay, he knows it’s about more than just coming home with medals. “It’s great to work with them and see them get better,” said Christiansen, […]
Staff Plans are a-changin’ when it comes to the under-12 Fort Frances district soccer team. An information and registration meeting will be held tonight at 6:30 p.m. in the small gym at Fort High for all under-12 and under-13 players and their parents. Tonight initially was scheduled as the first […]
Mitch Calvert Their backs truly are against the wall now. The Fort Frances Jr. Sabres face a 3-1 deficit in their best-of-seven semi-final series with the Thunder Bay Bearcats after a heart-breaking 3-2 overtime loss last night at the Ice for Kids Arena here. The black-and-red overcame two one-goal deficits […]
Mitch Calvert NORTH BAY—The Muskies were 20 seconds away from their second win at the all-Ontarios this morning but a late goal by Senator O’Connor off a mad scramble in front salvaged a 4-4 tie. That left Fort High with a 1-2-1 record—good for third place in Pool ‘C’ but […]
Mitch Calvert NORTH BAY—Yet another heartbreaker. The Muskies took a 1-0 lead into the third period against the fifth-ranked St. Marcellinus Spirit this morning, but then allowed three unanswered goals to fall 3-1 and drop to 0-2 in Pool ‘C’ at the all-Ontarios in North Bay. Taylor Jorgenson gave the […]
Press Release Jake Esselink of Emo, a junior attending Dordt College in Sioux Centre, Iowa, was a member of the Blades hockey team that recently completed its season. The squad finished with a record of 24-4-1-2 and placed fifth at the recent ACHA Division III national tournament in Rochester, N.Y. […]
Joey Payeur Ignorance may be bliss, but at the Northwest Bay ice track on Saturday, Bliss was just another word for victorious. Dave Bliss had no equal when it came to chalking up the wins during the radar run event, hosted at the ice oval north of Devlin for the […]
Mitch Calvert Talk about pulling it all together. Fort Frances native Carly Holt and her Lethbridge junior girls’ hockey squad struggled all season to get enough numbers out to practices and games, but then rose above the rest when it mattered most with a 3-0 whitewash of the Irma Junior […]
Staff Local hockey players born between 1992 and 1994 will get a chance to strut their stuff next month as they look to move up the ladder. The Kenora Midget ‘AAA’ Thistles will hold an identification camp April 11-12 in Vermilion Bay in preparation for the 2009-10 season. The Thistles, […]
