What Vijay Singh was to the PGA Championship, Gerry Hercun was to the Kitchen Creek Classic. The Classic, which attracted 102 golfers on Saturday and Sunday, may not be of the same calibre as the PGA Championship, but don’t tell that to Hercun as his win was the first in […]
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Yes, the 28th rendition of the summer Olympics is underway, but no, one of the world’s fastest-growing sports—wakeboarding—will not be seen in Athens. But it was seen here Saturday as former resident Tressa Main and her team of wakeboarders, the “Freeriders” along with “Hangtime,” organized the town’s first-ever wakeboarding clinic. […]
After tabulating and marking 204 scores at the Kitchen Creek Classic, Fort Frances resident Gerry Hercun beat the best to be the best. Hercun carded a 142 total for 36 holes as 102 golfers competed in the annual Kitchen Creek Classic on Saturday and Sunday. “It hasn’t been a long […]
Former resident Tressa Main, who now lives in Winnipeg, and her team of wakeboarders, the “Freeriders,” will be holding a clinic on the upper river tomorrow from 9 a.m.-6 p.m. “We’ve been talking about doing something in Fort for such a while,” Main had said in an interview with the […]
The Stratton Bobcats did it. The eighth-seeded team came to VanJura Stadium here last night to square off against top seed and defending champion Sight & Sound and took it to them in the first round of the Rainy River District Fastball League playoffs. “My hat is off to Stratton,” […]
Top-seeded Sight & Sound will meet eight-seeded Stratton tonight at 7:30 at VanJura Stadium here as the Rainy River District Fastball League kicks off playoff action. Other action pits second-seeded Rainy River vs. seventh-seeded Pinewood, Barwick (#3) vs. Big Island (#6), and Big Grassy (#4) hosting Red Gut Bay (#5). […]
They didn’t just beat their opposition to claim gold in Japan, they dominated. Michael McCaig of Fort Frances and Jordan Davis of Devlin were members of the Manitoba Polar Ice ‘AAA’ Bantam hockey team that captured top spot at the Sapporo International Ice Hockey Meet in Japan on Sunday. “It […]
“I’ve taken a lot of big hits,” Gary Wager said as he shrugged his shoulders and shook his head. Wager, now a wide receiver for the Mount Allison Mounties after playing two seasons as the team’s quarterback, sat back and recalled “the worst pain I’ve ever felt in my life.” […]
If you had seen them, you would’ve thought they were crazy. Last week, 30 swimmers aged six-14 participated in the Fort Frances Aquanauts’ fourth-annual swimming school that is an exhausting ordeal, consisting of classroom study, dryland conditioning, and then time in the pool. With all three aspects performed all day, […]
The bobbling sound made by a golf ball as it rolls into the cup and comes to a halt is the most heightening sound in golf. And that noise never sounded sweeter for Karen Nistico. Nistico carded a round of 81 in wet conditions on Saturday to capture the annual […]
There were plenty of opportunities throughout the game—plenty of missed opportunities. There were balls shot wide—some really wide. Some shot high—some really high. Some great saves made—some not even needed. And it was here, with 10 minutes left in his game against Rainy River, that Bob Green of ITS took […]
Sight & Sound aren’t old, they’re just older. And the Barwick Blue Knights aren’t young, they’re just younger. But when the two contrasting teams meet, they always bring their A-game and it always makes for entertaining matches. “Whenever we play these guys, we get up to play,” said Kevin Gemmell […]
