The Dryden Mixed Slo-Pitch Tournament takes place on Aug. 24-26 at the Sandy Beach Ball Diamonds Complex in Dryden. The tournament organization committee is looking to have a tournamentcomprised of 16 to 20 teams. Each team entered will have to field a team consisting of six males and […]
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The Fort Frances Jr. Sabres’ roster building has officially begun. The expansion SIJHL hockey club has signed their first Fort Frances native, forward Kyle Turgeon, and made their first trade to bring in forward Ray Pressacco from the Swan Valley Stampeders of the MJHL in exchange for future considerations. […]
Devlin’s annual slo-pitch tournament was renamed on Saturday, adding the late Gus Lindberg’s name alongside fellow umpire Kingsley Downs to become the Kingsley Downs and Gus Lindberg Memorial Slo-pitch Tournament. Devlin Slo-pitch League president Ron Kellar said the name change had been proposed at a meeting to honour the […]
The annual Senior Men’s Open at Kitchen Creek last Wednesday saw an overnight changing of the guard as winner Dennis “Poncho” Krantz was disqualified the following morning, leaving Rob Badiuk in top spot. Krantz picked up his ball instead of tapping in a short putt, which, by the rules, […]
The Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship, already a host to anglers from far-off locales, will be welcoming a pair from Pennsylvania, Walter and Chad Gasiorek, as first-time participants. “We’re looking forward to coming up to Fort Frances,” Walter said, taking a break from packing for the trip. The two […]
The Senior Men’s Open at Kitchen Creek had a change in champions overnight as Dennis “Poncho” Krantz was disqualified, leaving Rob Badiuk as the winner. Krantz picked up a ball on a short putt, which, by the rules, would disqualify him from the tournament. What was notable was who […]
The Sight & Sound Wolves returned to their regular schedule in Rainy River District Fastball League action here last Thursday night, squaring off against the Big Grassy Lightning and hammering out a narrow 9-7 win. “They gave us all we could handle all game,” Wolves’ manager Derek McKinnon said […]
Father-and-son team LeRoy and Mike Wilson thought the final tally would be close despite leading the “Castin’ for Cash” bass tournament with a 15-pound total on Friday. Luckily for them, it wasn’t. The Wilsons brought in 27.12 pounds between the two days—enough to hold off Pat Steele and Ralph […]
This past Saturday, the calendar read 07/07/07—a date that’s been hyped up for months by superstitious believers as the luckiest day of the year and the best to head to the altar on. As many others hoped to capitalize on the speculated good fortunes, the local branch of the […]
The SIJHL released its 2007-08 schedule over the weekend, with the league’s all-star weekend coming to Fort Frances on Friday, Feb. 1 and Saturday, Feb. 2. “They [the Fort Frances Junior Sabres] volunteered to host it, which was great, but it’s also a good marketing thing,” said SIJHL president and […]
The Barwick Blue Knights trounced Rainy River 15-6 in Rainy River District Fastball action last Thursday night, drawing the two teams even in the standings with 7-4 records. Pitcher Jason Wilson picked up the win and added a home run in what Blue Knights’ manager George Oltsher said was an […]
The Emo Speedway will be full of action this Saturday (July 14) as the first-annual Piston Ring Mid-Season Summer Shootout gets underway at 7 p.m. All three classes—Street Stocks, WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds, and WISSOTA Modifieds—will take to the track to compete for the crown of mid-season champion. Last season’s mid-season […]
