After two months of waiting, the Sunset Country contingent is ready to roll at the Northern Ontario five-pin bowling championships this weekend in Timmins. Six bowlers from Plaza Lanes are set to compete alongside their peers from Dryden and Kenora for the right to represent Northern Ontario at the national […]
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The Fort Frances Aquanauts hit a bump in the road at the Northwestern Ontario Open over the weekend in Kenora. After posting a bevy of personal best times at meets all winter, the Aquanauts were forced to endure a weekend in which consistency was difficult to achieve. “There seemed to […]
There is no substitute for experience. The Muskie boys’ hockey team—laden with young players—struggled to a 1-3 record at the all-Ontario ‘AAA’ championship last week in Oshawa. But while he would have preferred a few more checks in the win column, head coach Shane Bliss was pleased with his team’s […]
Sometimes it is just not meant to be. The Muskie boys’ curling team ran into a pair of hot skips at the all-Ontario playdowns last week in Mississauga and failed to advance past the round-robin portion. The rink—comprised of skip David Kaun, third Mike Badiuk, second Sean Murray, lead Travis […]
For Rob Sinclair Jr., the Fort Frances Curling Club’s men’s bonspiel is all about family. The Thunder Bay skip—curling with third Dan Peerenboom, second Dan Greer, and his dad, Rob, as lead—captured their second-consecutive title by beating Paul Fraser’s Fort Frances rink 6-4 in the ‘A’ final Sunday afternoon. And […]
To be the best, you must play against the best. Eight members of the local Sunset Country Squash Club travelled to Concord, Ont. over the weekend to compete against some of the top talent in the province at the Junior Silver tournament. The eight—Anika Alexander, Angel McCormack, Jillian Gustafson, Kimika […]
Mike Scheibler, owner of Tamrack International Motocross Track north of Emo, is hoping for a dry spring so riders can get out on the track sooner. “Weather and ground conditions permitting . . . I’d like to get going by the end of April,” said Scheibler, adding he’s scheduled eight […]
The Fort Frances Badminton Club held its annual tournament over the weekend at Fort High. The field of 115 participants from across Northwestern Ontario, Manitoba, and upper Minnesota was the largest in tournament history, representing an increase of 15 people from a year ago. “Everything went great,” said organizer Manami […]
It was an all-Fort Frances final in the girls’ A-2 Bantam division of the Stars Cup tournament in Winnipeg over the weekend, with Kitowski Trucking prevailing 4-1 over the Pinewood Blades. Kitowski Trucking jumped out to a quick 3-0 lead on goals by Carly Bosma (two) and linemate Jessica Rea. […]
The Fort Frances Visserettes will be hosting a competitive ‘A’ theory course (Level 1) at the club’s gym on May 5-6. The two-day course is required training for anyone who wishes to coach any amateur sport locally. The clinic will run from noon-8 p.m. on the Saturday and then 8 […]
Sixteen teams vied for the championship of the 25th-annual Drew McKelvie mixed broomball tournament over the weekend at the Ice for Kids Arena. In the end, it came down to two Minneapolis teams facing off for the coveted trophy. The now five-time champion Minnesota Gypsies defeated the “No Bull” team […]
The championship game of the Fort Frances Men’s Basketball League will feature the top two teams from the regular season. Vianets (14-1) punched their ticket into the final with a 85-60 win over Taggs (0-15) in one semi-final match-up Monday night. John Sivonen led all scorers with 36 points while […]
