International Falls be warned—there is a group of Canadian hockey players masquerading as baseball players in your town. The Fort Frances Kiwanis Junior ‘B’ baseball team has been in operation for the past month now, but don’t be fooled. This group of nine- and 10-year-olds are hockey players first and […]
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The Fort Frances Aquanauts sent 14 swimmers to Thunder Bay on May 27-29 to compete in an invitational meet at the Canada Games Complex. Here are the their individual results (P=preliminary, F=final): •Rebecca Armit (12)—50m free F (19th, 34.46), 200m IM F (17th, 3:08.60), 200m free F (13th, 2:43.80), 200m […]
Four or five teams? That was the question those involved with the Superior International Junior Hockey League were asking themselves as the past few weeks have played out with more twists and turns than something inked by William Shakespeare. The answer? Well, it’s not four or even five teams, but […]
Bill MacLaurin, owner of the K&A Golden Hawks and now owner of the new Schreiber Stars, said he would have “no objections at all” if the Borderland Thunder wanted to return to the Superior International Junior Hockey League. “When the Thunder decided to leave, I felt that somebody had to […]
Chris McKinnon is able to take you back 16 years during a time in Fort Frances when Muskie hockey was the talk of the town. The year was 1989 and the Muskies were hosting the provincial boys’ championship. McKinnon, a member of the local Bantam traveling team at the time, […]
Schreiber will be part of the Superior International Junior Hockey League this coming season. Bill MacLaurin, owner of the K&A Variety Golden Hawks, made the announcement at the league’s first-ever draft meeting Wednesday night at the Hockey Northwestern Ontario office in Thunder Bay. “The good news that came out of […]
With the opening day of the 2005 Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship less than six weeks away, the ever-popular tournament unveiled its new website earlier this week. It’s fitting the annual event, entering its second decade of existence this year, now has a more interactive, user-friendly home page, said Doug […]
Although the sky overhead was gloomy, more than 20 participants in the annual Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics had smiles on their faces Wednesday evening. The torch run, from the Civic Centre to Tim Hortons, originally was scheduled for this past Sunday but it was rained out. “We’ll […]
Fifteen district runners braved cloudy, misty conditions Saturday in Baudette to compete in the annual Willy Walleye 5K Road Race. Andrew Friesen (under-19) was the overall winner with a time of 18:24. Araceli Vazquez captured first in the 40-49 age category with a time of 23:33 while Bill Michl was […]
A meeting will be held this Sunday (June 12) for players and family members of the Muskie football program. Interested players are urged to attend the meeting, which will take place at 6:30 p.m. at the Fort High football field, where representatives of the Muskie Touchdown Club also will give […]
A group from Schreiber and Terrace Bay has expressed interest in joining the Superior International Junior Hockey League. “So far it looks pretty good,” Bill MacLaurin, owner of the K&A Golden Hawks, said Monday. While he would not divulge the names of the interested parties, he noted there are investors […]
Brent Tookenay really had no choice. The general manager of the Borderland Thunder had phoned as many of his players as he could to relay the news that the chances of there being a team here next season were not good. When that concern became fact last week, Tookenay gave […]
