Press Release This past Sunday, Fort Frances hosted the zone round of the “Four Steps to Stardom” youth bowling tournament. Twenty local bowlers participated against 80 others from Atikokan, Kenora, and Dryden. Fort Frances YBC put in five teams of four in each of the Bantam boys, Bantam birls, Junior […]
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Mitch Calvert As the old adage goes, three strikes and you’re out. That held true for the Brad Jacobs rink (Sault Ste. Marie), who beat all comers at the NOCA men’s provincial playdowns here except Mike Jakubo—suffering their third-straight loss to the Copper Cliff rink within a week in Saturday […]
Mitch Calvert It was a whirlwind week that came and went in the blink of the eye, but all things considered, NOCA men’s provincial playdowns committee chairperson Ron MacKinnon was quite happy with the way everything finally fell into place. “We would’ve liked to see a few more people down […]
Mitch Calvert Despite the fact a local team missed out on an opportunity to represent the town at the NOCA men’s provincial curling playdowns here last week, several players with connections to Rainy River District took to the ice at the Fort Frances Curling Club. Rob Sinclair Jr., second for […]
Mitch Calvert It was a tale of two different games, but the one the Fort Frances Jr. Sabres probably deserved to lose ended up going in their favour. The Sabres hosted the SIJHL-leading Fort William North Stars on Friday and Saturday night, losing the opener 5-3 before rebounding with a […]
Mitch Calvert The Muskie senior girls’ volleyball team lost for the fourth time to Dryden in NorWOSSA play last Friday, but coach Duane Roen said the team may be peaking at just the right time. “It’s always been there, it was just a matter of if we were going to […]
Mitch Calvert It wasn’t all good news on the basketball court Friday, but it just might be the wake-up call needed on the eve of the NorWOSSA playoffs here this Friday (Feb. 20). The juniors dropped to 6-1 in NorWOSSA play with a 44-35 upset loss to the visiting Eagles, […]
Joey Payeur The St. Francis Sentinels got the better of Kenora’s St. Thomas Aquinas Saints the first time around. But the Saints saved their best for when it mattered most. Tyson Beckerton led all scorers with 10 points as the Saints downed the Sentinels 17-13 to capture the eighth-annual Jim […]
Staff The Fort Frances Jr. Sabres seem to have found their confidence at just the right time. Despite allowing three unanswered goals in the final four minutes of Friday night’s 5-3 loss, the Sabres rebounded with a 4-1 win over the SIJHL-leading Fort William North Stars on Saturday night to […]
Staff Mike Jakubo of Copper Cliff went the short route—capping an undefeated run at the NOCA men’s provincial curling playdowns here with a 9-4 victory over Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste. Marie) in Saturday night’s final. The two teams traded deuces in the second and third ends, but the turning point […]
Staff Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste. Marie) reserved his spot in tonight’s 1-2 Page playoff game after a 9-4 win over Art Lappalainen (Thunder Bay) this morning. Jacobs will face ‘A’ qualifier Mike Jakubo (Copper Cliff) at 7 p.m., with the winner advancing directly to tomorrow night’s final. Jakubo edged Al […]
Staff Just two teams remained on the ‘A’-side heading into this afternoon’s 2 p.m. draw at the NOCA men’s provincial curling playdowns here. Mike Jakubo (Copper Cliff) overcame a 6-1 deficit after three ends to down Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste. Marie) 10-7 while Al Belec (Sault Ste. Marie) edged Mike […]
