Mitch Calvert It’s a game of inches—and unfortunately the Muskie girls’ hockey team ended up on the wrong end of a seesaw battle here last night in the third-and-deciding game of their NorWOSSA semi-final showdown with the Kenora Broncos. Broncos’ goalie Stephanie Ferguson all but shut the door in the […]
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Staff The Holmlund Leafs went to Kenora for a weekend tournament. They opened play Friday with a 2-2 tie against the Kenora Flyers on goals by Jacob Dokuchie and Danielle Jean. In their second game later that day, the Leafs nipped Houseboat Adventures (Kenora) by a 4-3 score. Ryan Mosbeck […]
Mitch Calvert By all indications, it looks like the Fort Frances Aquanauts are catching fire at the right time. The Aquanauts certainly had plenty of spark at the High Voltage Invitational swim meet in Thunder Bay over the weekend, clocking 52 personal best times out of 59 races. “Everybody brought […]
Staff Taggs beat a deflated Muskie team 72-42 in the early game of the local men’s basketball league Monday night, led by 21 points from Morgan Anderson. Travis Stromness and Justin Anderson each netted eight points for Fort High, which was coming off a disappointing weekend sweep at the NWOSSAA […]
Staff Green’s Countrywide Predators made a statement over the weekend. The local PeeWee hockey squad posted five-straight wins en route to a tournament win in Emo, capping their impressive run with an 8-0 shutout over the Fort Frances Lions in Sunday’s final. Jarred Taylor tallied a hat trick while Thomas […]
Press Release Paul Fraser’s rink from St. Mary’s Church took top honours Saturday at the 42nd-annual Church Bonspiel, which involved participation from churches in both Fort Frances and International Falls. Fraser’s rink included Frank Ball, Neil Whitefield, and Harold Huntley. Following up in second place was the Isaac Keffer foursome […]
Staff The Fort Frances Canadians Midget ‘AA’ hockey team had a busy weekend that produced three wins in three tries. The Canadians opened with a 3-1 road win Friday over Grand Rapids on goals by Ryder Woolsey, Jeff Cridland, and Brett Bodnarchuk. The squad then returned to Canada for a […]
Mitch Calvert Fort Frances native A.J. Tucker has received plenty of accolades in his senior year as a member of the St. Scholastica Saints hockey team in Duluth, but the hardware he most craves is still within his grasp. The Saints bowed out of the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association playoffs […]
Staff If there ever was any doubt about the high calibre of PeeWee girls’ hockey in Fort Frances, it surely was put to rest Sunday afternoon as a pair of local teams stepped up to stage a memorable showdown at the Ice for Kids arena in the tournament final. After […]
Staff The Brockie.org 99’ers Atom ‘AA’ team represented Fort Frances well at the annual Fargo Flyers International tournament, taking the ‘B’ division title as the lone Canadian representative against competition from all over the United States. Forty-eight teams were in their division alone, with 112 squads from across the continent […]
Mitch Calvert The Ministry of Natural Resources, in the midst of hosting 26 public meetings to discuss proposed changes to the current resident moose tag draw system, received some feedback from a small but passionate gathering at the Townshend Theatre here last Tuesday evening (Feb. 24). Gord Eason, MNR area […]
Mitch Calvert If the Muskie girls’ hockey team hoped to advance to the NorWOSSA final against Dryden, they needed a performance in the third-and-deciding game of their semi-final showdown with Kenora here last night that was reminiscent of their success in the first half of the season. In fact, it’s […]
