Some of their aces have been pulled from the deck, but Duane Roen isn’t about to fold with the hand he’s been dealt. It’s an endless challenge that junior volleyball coaches like Roen must pull off in trying to field a winning team year after year while facing a constant […]
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With the might of their opponent’s hometown crowd against them, the Fort Frances K of C Knights still kept their “McCool” when they needed it most. Cody McCool scored twice, and Blake Wepruk netted the game-winner, as the local PeeWee ‘AA’ squad beat the Kenora Thistles 3-1 on Sunday in […]
Now that they have a team they can call their own, the Emo Esso PeeWee girls’ hockey squad has discovered the whole is greater than the sum of their parts. The players had been scattered among various Fort Frances teams over the years. But this past off-season, the wheels were […]
It was a day Marcel Horton never envisioned happening—and a day he won’t soon forget. The Rainy River First Nations resident made a name for himself as a member of the Muskies 1989 all-Ontario championship hockey team. But the thrill from that achievement may have to take a backseat to […]
There were no multiple choice or essay questions, but a number of Border Skating Club members passed their exams with flying colours—with a few spins and salchows thrown in for good measure. A total of 25 skaters from the local club participated in several dance, skill, and freeskate categories during […]
Allan Yerxa’s executive decision to bowl his best at clutch time turned out to be the right choice. Yerxa won the President Division at the 2003 Zone Executive Championships in Dryden on Sunday with a +98 (pins over average) to edge Garry McKinnon of Atikokan by 13. His triumph earned […]
All those complaints about Winnipeg in the winter time are falling on deaf ears—if those ears are connected to the Emo Figure Skating Club or Border Skating Club. Both achieved standout results at Skate Winnipeg’s Super Skate 2003 last weekend—their first major competition of the season. Emo’s 11 skaters carted […]
The Bantam regional volleyball championships took place this past Saturday at Fort Frances and Couchiching, and our Crossroad kids excelled in two ways. First, the Grade 7-8 girls’ squad won the gold medal in their division, edging Atikokan 2-1 in their best-of-three battle in the final. Then second, though the […]
It was a match fit for a pendulum, but the final swing took the Crossroads Tornadoes Bantam girls’ volleyball team all the way to the top. The Tornadoes overcame a second-set meltdown to earn a 2-1 win over Atikokan in the best-of-three girls’ final of the 20th-annual Region 1 Bantam […]
The Muskie boys’ hockey squad barely had time to breathe, but it was their opponents who had the wind knocked out of them. The black-and-gold easily survived the rigours of a weekend that saw them sweep four NorWOSSA games in just three days in Sioux Lookout during their only visit […]
Just when the Borderland Thunder managed to add a body to their dwindling ranks, another has packed it in. The Thunder announced over the weekend the signing of centre Stephen MacLeod from the Quesnel Millionaires of the British Columbia Junior Hockey League while also confirming back-up goalie Jared Baldwin has […]
The Wildcats aim to scratch their way to the top of the Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League—and they’ll sharpen their claws on the defending champs if they have to. Gillons’ still sits in first place after action last Thursday night with 14 points. But their lead over the second-place Wildcats, […]
