The Fort Frances Curling Club will host this year’s Northwestern Ontario ladies’ playdowns beginning on Jan. 6. Our club once again will have a local team to cheer on as the rink of Kathie Jackson, along with Stacy Beacham, Colleen Scrimger, and Charlotte Bazylewski, will be competing at the event. […]
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The annual Boxing Day men’s squash tournament attracted 15 competitors this year, with Jason Kabel being crowned the ‘A’ champion. Kabel, originally from Fort Frances but who now lives in Winnipeg, swept Jeromy Wensley 3-0 in his opening best-of-five match, then battled to a 3-1 victory over Steve Krag. Veteran […]
What was the main different between tonight’s game and Tuesday’s game? That was the question directed to Muskie boys’ hockey head coach Shane Bliss after his team’s 4-3 loss to host Kenora last Thursday, which had come on the heels of an easy 9-1 victory here two days earlier. “Kenora,” […]
The infamously-sports-converted-victory-song “We are the Champions” by Queen could be heard from the P.A. system as the Borderland Thunder marched into their locker-room here Saturday night after their 12-1 victory over the KC Bulldogs. Sean Councillor, who at 6’5” stands heads and shoulders above his teammates, provided his own rendition […]
It may have been their last time together as a team at the Northwestern Ontario junior ladies’ playdowns, but even if it was, the rink of Amy Nielson had much to be pleased with. Nielson, 17, representing the Fort Frances Curling Club, finished in third place with a 2-4 mark […]
Danielle O’Sullivan is mad. She’s furious. Flabbergasted. Livid. Irate. Infuriated even. The 17-year-old is upset not with her present state as a member of the Muskie girls’ hockey team (with that she couldn’t be happier), but that she started playing hockey so late. “I’m really mad that I didn’t start […]
Considering they had practised as a team only once before they headed to Thunder Bay for the junior men’s Northwestern Ontario playdowns last week, the local rink of Adam Bolen exceeded all expectations they had. “That was the first time we had ever played together as a team so we’re […]
Canadian coach Brent Sutter should keep playing his hunches. Patrice Bergeron scored two goals and added an assist while linemate Sidney Crosby had a goal and two assists last night to lead Canada to a 6-0 victory over Finland in a tune-up for the world junior championship. Sutter had a […]
Christmas arrived early for the Borderland Thunder, who headed into a three-week break on a high note with a weekend sweep of the KC Bulldogs here. The SIJHL’s last-place team did make the Thunder work Friday night, sending the game to overtime before Riley Dudar, assisted by Andrew Dault and […]
The Adam Bolen rink, representing the Fort Frances Curling Club, failed to advance after finishing 3-4 at the eight-team Northwestern Ontario junior men’s playdowns in Thunder Bay over the weekend. And the Amy Nielson rink also fell short of the provincials, finishing the four-team Northwestern Ontario junior women’s playdowns in […]
The Adam Bolen rink, representing the Fort Frances Curling Club), is winless through three draws to start the Northwestern Ontario junior men’s playdowns in Thunder Bay. The rink, which includes David Kaun, Chris Jodoin, and Michael McKay, dropped to 0-3 with a narrow 9-8 loss to Taylor Kallos (Fort William […]
It was a bad day for the four Muskie court teams in Dryden yesterday. The senior boys’ basketball squad was dumped 51-33 by the host Eagles to fall to 0-2 in NorWOSSA play. Anwar Cheblaoui led the black-and-gold with 20 points. Mark Buist was the next leading scorer with four. […]
