The local skeet club enjoyed significantly more numbers than previous years this season. The shooters, who started in April and concluded in early September, came from many areas to add their touch with the clay targets. As usual, Len Noonan prevailed with many perfect scores of 25 and a very […]
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The Rendezvous Yacht Club completed its Fall Series of Wednesday night races on Sept. 5, with the committee of Colin Hewitt and Sue Karsnia setting up a triangular course. With strong winds out of the northeast, Hewitt and Karsnia opted to modify the usual Olympic triangle course by requesting not […]
The Muskie football team had notable initial success pedalling Muskie discount cards door-to-door before last Friday’s season-opener, selling more than 400 throughout the district. In Fort Frances alone, 365 cards were sold. Another 40 were sold in Devlin and 30 more in Emo. The total already is close to last […]
The Fort Frances Jr. Sabres drew impressive crowds throughout their weekend-long pre-season but gave them little to cheer for, losing all three games. Close to 1,000 fans came out to the Ice for Kids Arena on Friday night to witness an up-and-down 6-4 loss to the Dryden Ice Dogs. That […]
The school was technically new but the result was the usual as the Muskie football team fell 20-6 to the Sturgeon Heights Huskies in their WHSFL opener here Friday afternoon. “The boys showed a lot of heart and they gave it their all,” said Muskie head coach Vince Gouin. “But […]
FORT FRANCES—The Manitoba Moose of the American Hockey League will play an exhibition game against division rival the Toronto Marlies here on Friday, Sept. 28. The two teams will face off again in Dryden the following night. The game follows a similar exhibition swing by the Moose against the Hamilton […]
The Fort Frances Jr. Sabres will play their first-ever pre-season game tonight when they take on the Dryden Ice Dogs at 7:30 p.m. at the Ice for Kids Arena. The team will travel to Dryden for a rematch tomorrow at 7:30, then return to wrap up the pre-season weekend against […]
A year later and the arm of Brady Woods has not lost any zip. The Plum Coulee Farmers’ pitcher dazzled the crowd of about 100 on Sunday for the second year in a row at the Rainy River Royals’ annual fastball tournament when his Winnipeg team met Sight & Sound […]
The Rainy River Valley Field Naturalists held their annual general meeting Monday evening in Barwick, setting out some of its events for the season, starting with a sign re-erecting next Saturday (Sept. 15). The group will set up a sign at the head of the Cranberry Peatland Interpretive Trail (at […]
Brandon McGinnis of Manitou Rapids, 13, who excels as a long-distance runner, won four medals in track and field at the Ontario Aboriginal Summer Games held Aug. 9-13 in Thunder Bay. McGinnis won a gold medal in the 1,500-metre race, silver in the 400m, and bronze both the 800s and […]
Hackers across the district should mark Sunday, Sept. 16 on their calendar. That’s when the annual Frog Creek Open will be held at Kitchen Creek Golf Course—and only the elite who have earned a plus-15 handicap qualify to play. “This is not the Kitchen Creek Classic,” joked Norm Hyatt, co-chair […]
FORT FRANCES—The Fort Frances Jr. Sabres will devote a memorial to Bryce Devoe, a local youth who was killed by lightning in late May, before their first pre-season game this Friday. The dedication will take place at 4:30 p.m. outside the Memorial Sports Centre, where a tree and plaque will […]
