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,” […]
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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 […]
So, you’re Jamie Davis. At 17 years of age, you’re young. You’re athletically-gifted. You just signed a contract with the Winkler Flyers Junior-A hockey team. You have realistic aspirations of playing with a U.S. College team and maybe even head over to Europe and play professionally. So what are you […]
The forecast last Wednesday called for rain. And it did. Did it ever. And the forecast for that night’s Borderland Soccer League action was that the number-one team in Gillons would trounce the third-place Taggs. But Taggs brought a halt to that outlook as Mike Webb notched a hat-trick to […]
Move over, Billy and Jim. Max and David are breathing down your backs. No, this isn’t about the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship, but there is another family from Minnesota that is making a name for itself in Borderland. The Lindner brothers are no longer the only family team to […]
Welcome to Melissa Armstrong’s world. While most of us are still in a dream state, her routine begins every day at 5 o’clock in the morning. She wakes up and goes for a run before heading to work later that morning. She’s a full-time nurse in an operating room and […]
