Staff On Sunday, 22 teams consisting of a YBC bowler and their parent/guardian rolled off to represent Fort Frances in Atikokan on Nov. 16. Advancing in the various age brackets were Mya Guenette and Norm Guenette (Bowlasaurus), Jonelle Haas and Teressa Darrah (Bantam), Amber Townson and Tim Chabot (Junior), Caitlyn […]
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Staff The Borderland Racing Association handed out its end-of-season awards Saturday night in Emo—and there was plenty of hardware to be had with a number of racers going home with their hands full. Winning points title trophies were Tylar Wilson (Street Stocks), Kendal Gamsby (Midwest Modifieds), and Greg Ferris (WISSOTA […]
Staff The Muskie cross-country team wrapped up its season at the NWOSSAA final at the Kamview Nordic Centre in Thunder Bay last Wednesday. Jake McTavish was the top Muskie finisher in the senior boys’ race, moving up four spots on the final lap to wind up in 19th place. In […]
Mitch Calvert The local Cyclone swim club held its first big social event of the season Saturday—hosting a pumpkin-carving event and “Monster Mash” dance-off at the Memorial Sports Centre pool, along with some swimming, of course. Lindsay Wilson carved up the best jack o’ lantern, with the word “Boo” inscribed […]
Staff Two members of the Fort Frances Badminton Club competed at the Winnipeg City Junior Open at the Wildewood Club on the weekend. Anika Alexander, 11, competed in the under-14 girls’ singles division and rattled off three-straight wins before losing in the final to Haley Nakonechny (21-15 and 21-16). She […]
Mitch Calvert Forgive the Fort Frances Jr. Sabres if Willie Nelson’s “On The Road Again” is banned from their pre-game music list. After a tough three-games-in-three-nights road trip last week resulted in three losses, derailing what had been a six-game winning streak, the Sabres head right back up Highway 502 […]
Mitch Calvert The Muskie girls’ hockey team certainly made a lasting first impression. Just five practices into their season, the squad went a perfect 5-0 in their home tourney over the weekend, including a sound 3-0 win over the Dryden Eagles in the finale on Sunday. Jessie Baker snapped a […]
Mitch Calvert Garden City’s high-scoring aerial attack was held in check for almost the first half, but came alive when it counted. The host Fighting Gophers eliminated the Muskies from the WHSFL playoffs with a 38-5 romp in quarter-final action Friday afternoon. The black-and-gold actually jumped on the scoreboard first […]
Mitch Calvert The Muskie football team is left to ponder what could have been after a 38-5 loss to the Garden City Fighting Gophers on Friday in the opening round of the WHSFL playoffs. The black-and-gold held the Gophers’ high-risk, high-reward offence in check during a scoreless first quarter, then […]
Staff The Fort Frances Jr. Sabres are left to lick their wounds after salvaging just one point on their three-games-in-three-nights road trip with a 4-3 overtime loss to the Dryden Ice Dogs on Friday night. “We didn’t achieve the points we wanted to,” Sabres’ head coach Wayne Strachan said of […]
Mitch Calvert Thunder Bay haven’t been kind to the Fort Frances Jr. Sabres so far this season. The Sabres lost their second game in as many nights to a Thunder Bay-based team, this time the Bearcats, by a 6-1 score last night. They are now a combined 0-5 against the […]
Mitch Calvert It was a tough road trip for the Muskie court teams in Dryden yesterday. The senior girls’ basketball team (4-3) fell 50-36 to the host Eagles and now can finish no better than second place in NorWOSSA play, with the regular-season finale set for Tuesday here against Kenora. […]
