With spring just around the corner, many parents are looking ahead to the end of April and the beginning of the Fort Frances Youth Soccer season. Registration began Monday evening and will continue tonight from 6-8 p.m. at the Memorial Sports Centre. By all accounts, youth soccer should be just […]
Local Sports
March Break was extra special for the Fort Frances Get Outdoors Club. It was presented with the Ministry of Natural Resources’ Junior Conservation Award on Friday morning at the 80th-annual general meeting and fish and wildlife conference in Mississauga. Natural Resources minister Donna Cansfield presented the award to Nicholas Donaldson […]
Michael Nelson and Sophie Potvin-Begin have been skating together as a pair for four seasons. But considering he’s 14 and she’s just 10, bringing home an all-Ontario first-place finish is no small feat. The local duo returned home from the 2008 Trillium STARSkate Championships in Waterloo last week having captured […]
Short of taking home a championship trophy, you couldn’t ask for much more out of a first-year hockey team. Despite being swept by the Schreiber Diesels in the opening round of the SIJHL playoffs, the Fort Frances Jr. Sabres completed a successful inaugural season in which they won 22 games […]
One game after their coach bemoaned the lack of both playoff scoring and effort from veteran players, the Fort Frances Jr. Sabres seemed to remedy both issues Saturday night against the Schreiber Diesels. Unfortunately, the Sabres’ four-goal effort still fell short against the defending SIJHL champions, who swept their best-of-five […]
The Fort Frances Jr. Sabres find themselves on the brink of elimination after suffering a 4-3 loss in double overtime to the host Schreiber Diesels last night to go down 0-2 in their best-of-five quarter-final series. Schreiber’s Ryan Pearson finally broke the deadlock in the second overtime session. Sabres’ head […]
The Schreiber Diesels grabbed a 1-0 lead in their best-of-five quarter-final series against the visiting Fort Frances Jr. Sabres with a 2-1 victory last night. Playing at the Schreiber Arena, the two teams battled to a scoreless first period thanks to outstanding goaltending efforts from both the Sabres’ Ryan Faragher […]
A Fort Frances native has flipped and flown her way to a first-place finish in an international cheerleading competition. Leah Nowak is one of the 21 members of the University of Manitoba Bisons’ cheerleading squad, which finished in first place in the small co-ed category in the second-annual “Sea to […]
The Fort Frances Knights of Columbus PeeWee ‘AA’ hockey team had a highly-successful showing at the Stars of Tomorrow-Norwest tournament in Thunder Bay from March 6-9. The Knights kicked off round-robin play with a 4-3 defeat of the KC Sabres of Thunder Bay. Jordan Larson led the attack with two […]
Where did the voyageurs go during the winter? What did they do? Discover the life of a wintering voyageur with park guide Melissa Dahl this Sunday (March 16) from 2-4 p.m. at the Rainy Lake Visitor Center of Voyageurs National Park. You also can play voyageur games and make a […]
FORT FRANCES—Fort Frances swimmer Donovan Taylor once again is making waves at the national level. The 13-year-old brought home three medals, while recording personal best times in all seven of his races, from the 2008 Short Course Junior Provincial swimming championships in London, Ont. earlier this month. “He swam very […]
In their final tournament of the season, the local Taggs Bantam ‘AA’ boys’ hockey team came away victorious—claiming top honours in their division at the Nor’west Stars of Tomorrow tournament in Thunder Bay over the weekend. The Fort Frances team breezed through the tournament—going undefeated in their six games. “We […]
