The Fort Frances Canadians skated to the championship final of the Shattuck St. Mary’s ‘AA/AAA’ Midget tournament over the weekend. Shattuck—made more famous of late due to the emergence of alumni like Sidney Crosby—is situated just outside of Minneapolis-St. Paul. After three preliminary games, the Canadians earned a berth in […]
Local Sports
The newly-formed Borderland Snowmobile Club is growing and putting organized snowmobiling back on the map in Rainy River District. After almost folding this past fall, the three remaining clubs—Rainy River, Emo, and Fort Frances—were brought together by the North Western Ontario Snowmobile Association (NWOSTA) to discuss a solution. The largest […]
After having their perfect record snapped last week, Vianets are back on track in the local men’s basketball league after a 98-87 win over the Muskies on Monday night. Vianets’ John Sivonen once again was the top scorer for his team with 24 points. Muskie player Morgan Anderson led his […]
The local Knights of Columbus PeeWee ‘AA’ hockey team had a highly-successful showing at the Tournament of Champions in Brandon, Man. from Feb. 7-10. The Knights kicked off round-robin play with a 9-7 victory over the Regina Stars after shaking off a slow start—probably the effect of sluggish “bus legs.” […]
Nearly 50 junior squash players from Winnipeg, Fort Frances, Kenora, and Thunder Bay converged at the Winnipeg Winter Club to face off for a weekend of squash. Squash director Trevor Borland arranged a great feed in system that kept the players thirsty and hungry. In the older age group competitive […]
Pelican Landing’s second-annual “Ice Fishing Extravaganza” was held Feb. 2-3 in Morson. Forty-five anglers took to the ice fishing for walleye on the Saturday and then lake trout on Sunday. The weather was nice and the fishing was great! The results were as follows: •Walleye—1. John Alexander (6.92 pounds) 2. […]
Here are the results of members of the Emo Figure Skating Club at the Sunset regional competition Feb. 1-3 in Dryden: •Madison Boisvert—Sr. Bronze Elements (Flight 3, 1st), Sr. Bronze Freeskate (4th), and Sr. Bronze Spins (3rd); •Connor Carlson—Introductory Elements (Flight 2, 2nd), Pre-Preliminary Jumps (5th), and Introductory Freeskate (Flight […]
“Get Outdoors” club members braved the minus-37 C wind chill this past Saturday to go on a ski hike in Burriss. After travelling across a field in the howling wind, the young skiers entered a bush area, where there was some relief. But even out of the icy blast, conditions […]
It was an exciting day at the Fort Frances Curling Club on Sunday as two local teams vied for top honours in the 49th-annual Northern Ontario Fire Fighters Curling Championships. The event, hosted by the Alberton firefighters, saw the Mitchell Seguin rink from Dawson (also featuring Bert Seguin, Claude Seguin, […]
The 10th-annual Fort Frances Girls Hockey Association’s PeeWee and Bantam hockey tournament was held last weekend. Nine PeeWee teams and eight Bantam squads vied for top honours from around the region, including International Falls, Baudette, and Greenway, Mn. On the PeeWee side, the International Falls 12U girls prevailed over the […]
A 12-point weekend from the line of Zach McCool, Kevin Bobczynski, and Taylor Jorgenson helped the Muskie boys’ hockey team to a pair of weekend victories over the visiting Red Lake Rams. Despite the heroics of Red Lake goalie Stephane Gagnon, who saw more rubber than Highway 401 at rush […]
When Brian White and Tyler Miller stepped off the ice after a tough quarter-final loss at the 2006 all-Ontario boys’ hockey championship held in Fort Frances and Emo, it was unknown what uniform the pair would wear the following season. The lifelong friends spent three seasons wearing the Muskie black-and-gold, […]
