The Fort Frances Aquanauts have a new coach. Local resident Tristan Hutton was hired earlier this month to fill the head coaching position left vacant when previous coach Roman Ramirez was let go by the swim team due to financial constraints. The Aquanauts’ job represents Hutton’s first foray into the […]
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The Muskie football program is midway through its spring camp being held at Fort High this week. Head coach Bob Swing said the camp, which began Sunday and runs through tomorrow night, is important because it’s the last time the coaches can work with the players before the league-mandated summer […]
There is no substitute for experience. Heron Landing Golf Club member Mike Dick played the role of wily veteran to near perfection en route to winning the second-annual Men’s Open there over the weekend. The 57-year-old Dick, who competed in the championship flight against golfers nearly half his age, shot […]
First place in the Rainy River District Fastball League is on the line tonight when the Sight & Sound Wolves (9-2) travel to Rainy River (9-2). Barring a tie game, one of the teams will enjoy a one-game advantage in the standings with only five regular-season games left on the […]
The Sight & Sound Wolves (9-2) continued to flex their offensive muscle in Rainy River District Fastball League play, cruising to an easy 21-3 victory over Stratton at VanJura here last night. The Wolves’ bats have caught fire again after suffering a mini-slump halfway through the season. Sight & Sound […]
Sight & Sound (8-2) will look to maintain their share of first place when they face Stratton (5-5) at VanJura Stadium here tonight at 8 p.m. The Fort Frances-based squad currently is deadlocked with Rainy River (8-2) atop the Rainy River District Fastball League standings after both teams picked up […]
After a successful season with the Muskie girls’ hockey team, 15-year-old Nina Bird of Fort Frances is moving to Thunder Bay to play for the ‘AAA’ Queens. Bird was selected to play on the team after an intense three-day tryout in late May. “I didn’t [expect to make it]. I […]
A broken bone can cause challenges for anyone. But for Tylyn Silander of Fort Frances, a broken wrist threatened to eliminate her entire junior girls’ bowling team from competing at the zone round of the “Four Steps to Stardom” earlier this year. The squad was preparing for the competition that […]
Sight & Sound (6-2) will look to win its second-straight game when they face International Falls (3-3) at VanJura Stadium here tonight. The first pitch is at 8 p.m. under the lights. The Fort Frances-based team got back on the winning track on Tuesday night with a 10-5 win over […]
University of Toronto Sports Hall of Fame member Don Bark still recalls the first time he saw Ed Kryzanowski. The meeting came at an open tryout for the U of T Varsity Blues’ hockey team in 1944. “Ed came out as a complete unknown,” Bark recalled. “He wore an old […]
Most local anglers have a big fish story. Usually the tale involves a titanic struggle between angler and fish—be it bass, walleye, or northern pike. Fourteen-year-old Colin Barton’s big fish story is a little different, though. He recently was enjoying a beautiful summer’s day fishing for walleye on Rainy Lake […]
Katie Weatherston is giving back to the sport she loves. A member of Canada’s Olympic gold medal-winning women’s hockey team in Turino, Italy this past winter, Weatherston is spending what little free time she has this summer teaching the game at her all-girl hockey school. For Weatherston, running the school […]
