Staff The Fort Frances Aquanauts Swim Club came home with a haul of 34 personal best times from the Kenora Swimming Sharks’ annual invitational meet over the weekend. “Everybody came out and had lots of best times, and really good swims,” head coach Dawnn Taylor enthused. Their results were as […]
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Mitch Calvert Fort Frances Aquanaut Donovan Taylor hauled in a trio of medals at the Swim International meet Nov. 7-9 in Brantford. The 14-year-old swam in eight events but earned his best finish in the 200m backstroke, clocking a time of 2:16:13 in the final to nab the silver medal. […]
Staff Four local YBC bowlers and their adult partners competed against other bowlers from across the region Sunday at the Northern Ontario Family Twosome zone roll-offs in Atikokan. In the Bowlasaurus division, Mya Guenette and Norm Guenette took third place while Jonelle Haas and Teressa Darrah took second among the […]
Mitch Calvert Getting pucks past Ryan Faragher of late has been about as difficult a task as convincing kids that broccoli is good for them. Faragher is stopping nearly everything lately, and has been a huge key to the Fort Frances Jr. Sabres’ success of late. He recorded his second […]
Mitch Calvert Getting pucks past Ryan Faragher of late has been about as difficult a task as convincing kids that broccoli is good for them. Faragher is stopping nearly everything lately, and has been a huge key to the Fort Frances Jr. Sabres’ success of late. He recorded his second […]
Mitch Calvert Colton Kennedy is playing closer to home and back in the SIJHL after a tough stint in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League. A win-win situation as far as the 20-year-old Kenora native is concerned. The Fort Frances Jr. Sabres acquired Kennedy from the Winnipeg South Blues in exchange […]
Staff The Muskie boys’ hockey team rebounded from a loss to Dryden in their NorWOSSA season-opener on Wednesday by winning a tournament in Morden, Man. over the weekend. The black-and-gold kicked things off with a nail-biting 3-2 shootout win over Pembina, then followed that with a convincing 8-2 rout of […]
Staff The Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association is hosting a PeeWee ‘A’ tournament this weekend at the Memorial Sports Centre. Four teams from the local house league will host two Emo squads, one from Kenora, and four from Thunder Bay. “We should be competitive [though] it’s kind of an unknown,” […]
Mitch Calvert The Muskie girls’ hockey team opened their NorWOSSA season with a 2-1 overtime loss to the visiting Dryden Eagles on Tuesday night while the boys’ squad fell 5-2 to the host Eagles in their opener last night. The girls played a disciplined game, only being whistled for one […]
Bob Tkachuk This past weekend, 10 members of the Sunset Country Squash Club participated in a tournament at the Winnipeg Winter Club with mixed results. There is a new rally point system where every point counts (serving or not) to 11, making you focus on both serving and receiving the […]
Staff Here are recent high scores in local YBC and Club 55+ action at Plaza Lanes: Nov. 1 Bowlasaurus •Girls’ high single (flat)—Kara Lee Cook (61) •Girls’ high single (w/hdcp.)—Tatum Ronmark (177) PeeWees •Girls’ high single (flat)—Mya McKenny (195) •Girls’ high single (w/hdcp.)—Mya McKenny (231) •Girls’ high triple (flat)—Mya McKenny […]
Staff The local men’s basketball league will tip off Monday, Nov. 24 and organizer Ryan Anderson said new players are always welcome. “We’re always looking for new people to come out and play,” he remarked. “We’ve had open scrimmages the last four weeks or so, and if there’s new people […]
