It’s an annual affair, but the Muskie football team’s spring practices still turn the heads of drivers on McIrvine Road as they passed Fort High’s football field the past couple of weeks. A half-dozen practices were held, but were they practices or tryouts for a season that doesn’t get started […]
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The Fort Frances Visserettes and Boys Gymnastics Club saluted its award winners from the past season at a wind-up party two weeks ago. The award winners were: •Top Female Artistics (sponsored by Pharmasave)—Brittany Reutzal •Top Provincial Gymnast (FFG Academy)—Sara Kellar •Top Female Gymnast (Nancy Miller)—Brittany Rogenrud •Most Promising Male Gymnast […]
Talk about making a statement. That’s exactly what John Hettinga has been doing since the beginning of the season at the Emo Speedway. After winning the season points championship in the Street Stock division last year, Hettinga decided to move to the Midwest Modifieds (Mod-B) side of things. And he […]
What a difference a few years can make. Five years ago, Austin Zin and Kyle Jewett had never even set foot on a sailboat. Now, the Stratton teens are busy gearing up for the Royal Canadian Sea Cadet National Regatta, which is slated to take place Aug. 22-26 on Lake […]
If the success anglers have had during pre-fishing is any indication, it’s going to take a couple of big bags of fish to cop the title at the annual “Castin’ for Cash” bass derby on Lake Despair this weekend, tournament organizer Bill Godin predicted Tuesday. Godin, an avid angler in […]
When you glance over the Winnipeg High School Football League’s 2005 schedule that was released last week, two dates stick out like a vegetarian at a meat-packing conference—Fort Frances vs. Beaver Brae on Sept. 23 and Dryden vs. Fort Frances on Sept. 30. Confused? Well, let’s clarify. The rivalries are […]
Thirty-five hours of instruction attached to a price tag of a mere $140. That amounts to just $4 an hour to learn about the sport of sailing, and Eric Rude says those who attend the youth sailing school slated here next week will get their money’s worth. “They’ll learn about […]
The K of C Knights came oh so close to winning the PeeWee ‘AA’ tournament they hosted last weekend, falling 2-1 to the Dryden Apollos in ‘A’ final Sunday. Dryden netted both its goals in the second period, but the Knights only could manage one in the third by Joe […]
He celebrated by filling his gastrointestinal tract with a ribeye steak (cooked medium, “but not too bloody”) and a baked potato, accompanied by a Caesar salad, before trekking over to a pow-wow at the Nanicost Building on Couchiching. “He” is Sheldon Kelly, who earned the distinction of being Heron Landing […]
Press “rewind” on the tape that is Craig Perry’s life and go all the way back to February of 1983. Perry was coming off a successful three-year tenure as a goalie with the Muskie boys’ hockey team and didn’t want his playing days to end. The University of Manitoba Bisons […]
Nice weather and the first Saturday race of the Rendezvous Yacht Club’s season brougth more sailboats onto the lake last week. In fact, it was the first Wednesday night race for four out of the six captains who participated. And two of those four captured the top places, with Ron […]
He celebrated by filling his gastrointestinal tract with a ribeye steak (cooked medium, “but not too bloody”) and a baked potato, accompanied by a Caesar salad, before trekking over to a pow-wow at the Nanicost Building on Couchiching. “He” is Sheldon Kelly, who earned the distinction of being Heron Landing […]
