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 […]
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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 […]
Sixty dollars. That’s how much Art Berglund’s dream cost. The year was 1959 and Berglund was a 19-year-old budding hockey player who needed $60 from his mother for a flight from International Falls to Colorado Springs, Colo. The task was a difficult one, though. After all $60 back then was […]
It appears the Manitoba Junior Hockey League will schedule a few exhibition games to be played in Fort Frances prior to the upcoming season. “We’re working on them [teams in the MJHL] coming down and playing some of their . . . games down here with teams that have some […]
Things looked good for Sight & Sound heading into the sixth inning at VanJura Stadium here last night as the two-time defending Rainy River District Fastball League champs led Stratton 6-2. But the wheels fell off. Stratton erupted with six runs in the sixth, then added nine more in the […]
The Superior International Junior Hockey League was scheduled to hold its first-ever draft Wednesday night in Thunder Bay, but it was postponed over word a new team might join. “We had decided on the number of rounds we were going to have, we knew the format we were going to […]
You can’t blame the stock car drivers for feeling a little antsy after inclement weather washed out the first two race nights of the season at the Emo Speedway. Needless to say, their moods were buoyed when action finally got underway there Saturday night. “It was really depressing and nerve-racking,” […]
Donovan Taylor, 10, was the lone member of the local Cyclone swim club to compete in an invitational meet at the Canada Games Complex in Thunder Bay last weekend. But that didn’t stop him from bringing home eight medals (two gold, four silver, and two bronze) to go along with […]
A team comprised of players from both local junior baseball teams enjoyed a successful tournament hosted by the Fort William Nationals in Thunder Bay over the weekend. Fort Frances lost their first game on Friday to the host Nationals by a score of 9-6, even though they had the lead […]
