Molly Carlson might just be the next Canadian in a growing list of successful Olympic divers trained in this country. The nine-year-old picked up diving last September and already has a national bronze medal to show for her efforts after representing the Thunder Bay Diving Club at the Speedo Junior […]
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The Fort Frances High School Muskies continue to prep for their upcoming Winnipeg High School Football League season—with a final scrimmage tentatively set for Friday against the International Falls Broncos. Camp continues every evening this week leading into the game, and the squad got a sneak peak at their competition […]
Telling Will Morrisseau that the hockey season is just around the corner is about as necessary as informing an eight-year-old in December that Christmas is coming. The 19-year-old Couchiching First Nation product has been skating with his Fort Frances Jr. Sabres’ teammates since the rookie camp in early August hoping […]
The Sight & Sound Wolves brought a contingent of the Rainy River District Fastball League’s finest into the weekend’s North American Fastpitch Association “A” World Series in Mankato, Mn., but still fell a little short in their quest to bring home some hardware. The Wolves dropped their fourth and final […]
With the Canadian swim team wrapping up a decent showing at the Olympic Games in Beijing, aspiring local swimmers hoping to someday don the Canadian colours will hit the pool tomorrow for Aquanauts registration. Registration will run from 5-7 p.m. tomorrow night at the Memorial Sportsplex, and organizer Dawnn Taylor […]
The NorWOSSA golf season tees off during the first week of the school year, so aspiring players have been hitting the links all summer and checking in with co-coach (and golf pro at Heron Landing) Brian Johnstone in hopes of playing for the Fort High squad. “We were allowed to […]
The Fort Frances Jr. Sabres wrapped up their final training camp Sunday, with four more players getting signed—along with the 15 returning and new players signed before camp began. Dan Usiski, Taylor Jorgenson, Patrick Bobczynski and Shawn Fulton all impressed enough to get brought on for the 2008-09 season—and coach […]
Newcomer Tony Manuge has continued to improve his game, and the quality as a whole has improved as the summer has gone along at the weekly skeet shoot, with two shooters hitting personal bests in recent weeks. At this past Tuesday night’s shoot at the Fort Frances Sportsmen’s Club range […]
Cody Mosbeck is entering his third year at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Mn., but will be sporting some new embroidering on his Golden Gusties’ hockey jersey this fall. The 23-year-old defenceman was voted by his teammates to serve as captain for the upcoming season. “Coming from a coach […]
Prospective players hoping to crack the Fort Frances Jr. Sabres’ roster for the upcoming SIJHL season will get their chance this week. The team wrapped up its rookie camp just over a week ago and now will have all its signed players, plus some hoping to make an impression, in […]
The North American Indigenous Games ran Aug. 3-10 in Lake Cowichan, B.C. (near Duncan), with a number of area residents not only bringing home fond memories, but also some shiny new medals to show off. In golf, Sheldon Kelly earned a silver medal in the senior (age 19-49) age bracket […]
The men’s and women’s divisions of the local Borderland Soccer Association wrapped up their seasons Thursday evening at the St. Francis Sportsfields here. On the women’s side, top-ranked Gillons’ trounced a shorthanded Taggs team 5-1 while Domino’s successfully defended their title with a 1-0 win over Pharmasave in men’s action. […]
