It seems the Borderland Thunder are playing the waiting game. There was talk at the end of their season that the team would be taking Hockey Northwestern Ontario to court to try and get approval to jump ship from the Superior International Junior Hockey League to the Manitoba Junior Hockey […]
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Having her name forever encapsulated in a program’s history brings modest laughter from Christin Thomson. The Fort Frances native helped lead the St. John’s University Red Storm women’s golf team to its first Big East title at the Warren Golf Course in South Bend, Ind. (home of host Notre Dame) […]
Although bad weather in the South Bend, Ind. area shortened the Big East tournament to 18 holes from a previously slated 54, it was enough for the St. John’s Red Storm women’s golf team to claim the championship. Local golfer Christin Thomson, now a junior at St. John’s (New York), […]
The St. John’s University Red Storm golf team, of which Fort Frances resident Christin Thomson is a member, qualified for the Big East Championships that started today at the Warren Golf Club in Notre Dame. This is Thomson’s third season with the St. John’s (New York) women’s golf team and […]
After more than 150 games of badminton were played yesterday at the NorWOSSA finals at Fort High, five Muskies left with medals draped over their necks indicating they had advanced to NWOSSAA. Ten Muskie players had qualified for NorWOSSA with hopes of being one of the top two finishers in […]
Why don’t we join together and attempt to make a perfectly-balanced soccer martini? That’s what the Borderland Soccer Association is pretty much asking after its executive meeting last Wednesday night at Fort High. Association president Shane Beckett suggested creating one body that would act as umbrella body for the local […]
A variety of meetings involving different local sports bodies will be taking place over the coming week. The Fort Frances Curling Club will hold its semi-annual meeting there tonight (Wednesday) at 7 p.m. All members are encouraged to attend. “We’d like to see as many people there as we can,” […]
Let’s say it’s February, 2008. Little Johnny is the captain and top scorer for the local PeeWee ‘AA’ team and a trip to Minneapolis for the season’s biggest tournament is just two weeks away. After a practice, the coach reminds the players to make sure they have proper documentation for […]
The itch was getting to be too much to bear for some—and it had to be scratched. Others were feeling it in varying degrees, as well, especially after the dramatic Masters tournament in which Tiger Woods edged a resilient Chris DiMarco. Well, local golfers were able to scratch that itch […]
Possible changes to refereeing dominated an executive meeting of the Borderland Soccer League last night at Fort Frances High School. The issue arose after league president Shane Beckett and a few others from the executive went to the annual general meeting for Soccer Northwest back in January. That’s where they […]
A contingent of Muskie badminton players were in Atikokan yesterday for the NorWOSSA qualifier and did well, with 10 players advancing to the league finals next Wednesday (April 20) at Fort High. The top three in each division advanced. In the junior boys’ singles event, Tim Desjardins placed second while […]
Thirteen players from Fort Frances went to Thunder Bay last weekend for the Edward Jones Charity Classic squash tournament. Mary-Beth Tkachuk finished second in the eight-person women’s bracket after losing 3-1 to Kelly Rahiri while Megan Ross wound up fourth after losing a close five-setter to Katie Arpin. Kris Krag […]
