Fort Frances Jr. Sabres newcomers Steven Sus and Chris Sinclair powered their new team to a weekend sweep of the visiting Schreiber Diesels, propelling the Sabres into fourth place in the SIJHL standings. Even with the stellar debuts of two local players and a step up in the standings, however, […]
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KidSport is setting up shop in Fort Frances, with a cheque ceremony to denote its official launch during the Fort Frances Jr. Sabres game tomorrow night. The launch—more than a year in the making—will see the government-sponsored program promote sport participation among youth and drum up funds, equipment, and other […]
It may have been 20 minutes down the road but the Muskie girls’ hockey team looked right at home in Emo last night, blanking the Lake of the Woods Bears 5-0. Goalie Sara Trendiak stopped any and everything the visitors from Baudette could muster while the Muskie offence countered with […]
The Muskies senior boys’ basketball team dumped the Dryden Eagles 51-31 there yesterday afternoon to improve their NorWOSSA record to 2-0. “It was a much better performance than we did in the last game,” head coach Paul Noonan said. “It was a lot more disciplined,” he added, noting the team […]
The Muskie boys’ hockey team, already feared and revered for their blowout victories, outdid themselves here Tuesday night with a 13-0 whitewashing of the Ely/Tower-Soudan Timberwolves. After a cautious first period, when the Muskies managed just one goal from Joe Basaraba, the home side exploded in the second for seven […]
Over the weekend, six local bowlers, a coach, and a team manager travelled to Azilda, just outside Sudbury, to participate in the provincial round of the Northern Ontario Youth Challenge. Back on Oct. 21, 16 local bowlers had travelled to Atikokan to bowl in the zone round. They competed against […]
Four swimmers with the Fort Frances Aquanaut Swim Team competed at the annual Scotiabank Prairie Winter meet in Winnipeg over the weekend, setting an array of personal bests. Most impressive was Donovan Taylor coming away with a trio of national qualifying times—despite swimming with a broken foot. “I can’t wait […]
A Ministry of Natural Resources conservation officer showed the ability of his two dogs to catch poachers at a demonstration last Wednesday in Thunder Bay. This is the ministry’s first canine unit to be located in Northwestern Ontario, with Dryden as the home base. Handler Bryon Cosgrove demonstrated how his […]
Two local swimmers have placed at the recent Eynon Divisional Championship held in Sudbury from Nov. 17-18. Karli McKinnon placed fifth in the women’s 50m freestyle, ninth in the 100m freestyle, eighth in the 200m freestyle, and sixth in the 50m butterfly. McKinnon also excelled with her Carleton Ravens’ relay […]
The Fort Frances Atom ‘AA’ DPMG.com 99ers hockey team headed to Kenora for a tournament last weekend, returning with a silver-medal finish. The 99ers opened the round-robin portion of the tournament against St. Boniface (Winnipeg) on Friday and won 7-2. They then lost 7-2 to Dryden in their second game. […]
The Muskie girls’ hockey team beat Dryden when it counted last week, but then came up short at the Eagles’ exhibition tournament over the weekend, settling for fifth place. The black-and-gold had bombed the host Eagles 8-1 in NorWOSSA action last Thursday, then stayed in town for a six-team tournament, […]
The Fort Frances Canadians failed to defend their crown at their own tournament, settling for third place in the inaugural Gus Lindberg Memorial after a 6-2 win over the Wayzata Trojans in the consolation final here Sunday. The Canadians missed a berth in the final after a 3-0 loss to […]
