Mitch Calvert It was a weekend to remember for the local Pinewood Blades Bantam girls’ hockey team as they claimed top honours at last weekend’s tournament here. The squad opened play Friday with a 7-1 win over the Kenora Barbarians, getting six goals from Shae-lynn Smith and one from linemate […]
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Staff In a condensed format, one loss can be the difference—and that’s exactly what happened to the Fort Frances Canadians Midget ‘AA’ hockey team in Duluth last weekend. The Canadians tied Minnetonka 1-1 in their first game at the 23rd-annual Junior Gold tournament, with Jeff Cridland netting their lone goal. […]
Press Release Local results from the Sunset Regional Interclub figure skating competition held in Sioux Lookout were as follows: CanSkate Event 6—Marita Matias (1st); Preliminary Solo Dance—Makala Matias (1st); Senior Silver Solo Dance—Alexa Kadikoff (2nd); Pre-Introductory Elements Group 2—Jayde Wright (2nd); Introductory Elements Group 1—Mikala Matias (2nd); Pre-Preliminary Elements Group […]
Staff Two local squads placed in the top three of a Novice boys’ tournament in Kenora over the weekend. MacDonald Motors finished first in their pool and went all the way to the final before losing 3-1 to the Sioux Senators. Skates & Blades, meanwhile, won the bronze-medal game. Skates […]
Staff The Rainy Lake Nordic Ski Club will be holding “Learn to Ski 2009” lessons this weekend (Feb. 14-15) at the Rock Inlet trails. For all beginners, or those wanting to “work on their skills,” a pair of sessions to learn the fundamentals of cross-country skiing will be held Saturday. […]
Staff It was a tough weekend for the Muskie boys’ hockey team at Shattuck St. Mary’s prep school. The team began Friday’s game with just eight forwards (several players were serving suspensions) and that number was reduced to seven (even with Ryan McDowall jumping up from defence) when Devin Ball […]
Press Release With a half-dozen teams signed up so far for the 42nd-annual Churchperson’s bonspiel, organizers are hoping to get another six prior to the event on Saturday, Feb. 28. Bill Gushulak of Knox United Church said the aim is to have 12 different teams representing 12 different congregations, and […]
Staff The local Taggs Bantam ‘AA’ hockey team competed in their seventh tournament of the season this past weekend in Detroit Lakes, where they secured fifth place among the 16-team field with a 3-1 record. Taggs opened play with a 7-3 win over the host Detroit Lakes Lakers. Jordan Larson […]
Mitch Calvert It was a weekend to remember for Fort Frances native Steve Arpin at the ARCA RE/MAX Series Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 on Saturday afternoon at the Daytona International Speedway. Some of those memories may not all be fond ones, but the 25-year-old enjoyed the experience all the […]
Mitch Calvert The Muskie senior girls’ volleyball squad had a solid showing at the 14-team Lakehead Invitational tournament Friday and Saturday in Thunder Bay. The black-and-gold finished first in their pool thanks to four-straight victories, stringing together wins over Hillcrest (25-20/25-13), Geraldton (25-16/25-15), Sioux Lookout (25-20/25-19) and Hammarskjold (25-20/26-24). Fort […]
Mitch Calvert Despite an influx of newcomers in the Thunder Bay Bearcats’ lineup in recent weeks, it was an old nemesis who came back to bite the Fort Frances Jr. Sabres here Saturday night. Brad Pawlowski scored on a power play in the second period to help propel the Bearcats […]
Mitch Calvert The Muskie senior boys’ basketball team hasn’t suffered many losses this season, but their Achilles heel seems to be match-ups with the St. Thomas Aquinas Saints (Kenora). The black-and-gold fell 76-56 to the Saints in the semi-finals of the Kenora Invitational tournament over the weekend. “They have a […]
