On the one month anniversary of their last victory, the Borderland Thunder gave their fans a taste of that old winning feeling again in dramatic fashion here last night. Dave Gooch converted his own rebound at 3:34 of overtime to give the defending SIJHL champs a desperately-needed 6-5 triumph over […]
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When there’s only two competitions a year to get your kicks in, you’d better be in fighting form when it counts. The Northwest Taekwondo team from Fort Frances showed excellent timing in coming through with 17 medals overall at the 20th-annual Central Canadian Taekwondo Championships in Winnipeg. This marked the […]
Vicki Stinson has first-hand experience with the fact that rhythmic gymnastics is more than dainty girls running around twirling ribbons. Her dedication to broadening her horizons in the sport has earned her the trip of a lifetime. The Fort Frances coach leaves tomorrow to escort International Falls gymnast Scott Roberts […]
In a tournament named for first-year players, the veteran had the final say. Mary-Beth Tkachuk added to her impressive list of squash championships by winning the ‘B’ division of the annual Rookie Round-Up/Toothpick ladies’ tournament here Saturday. Tkachuk took the title by blanking Nikki Bagacki 3-0 in the best-of-five final […]
The quest and the foe are the same, but the outcome could very well be different. The odds are not in their favour but the Muskie senior girls’ basketball team couldn’t be less interested about their underdog status heading into this weekend’s best-of-three NWOSSAA final in Thunder Bay against the […]
It was like a pinball game at times—and the Pelican Falls TimberWolves were begging for the “tilt” sign to illuminate. Instead, it was they who were lit up by a goal-crazed black-and-gold squad. The Muskie boys’ hockey team shellacked the TimberWolves 17-2 on Friday night and again 17-1 on Saturday […]
Riverview would have been fine, except they kept encountering Tornadoes—Crossroads Tornadoes to be exact. The Rainy River school was otherwise unbeaten throughout Saturday’s Grade 8 girls’ volleyball tournament at St. Michael’s School here in Fort Frances. But they were derailed by the Tornadoes, who beat Riverview twice to capture the […]
Once Travis and Kathy Bois got on a roll, there was no stopping them. A successful weekend for local bowlers at the provincial round of the annual Family Twosome tournament in Dryden on Sunday was highlighted by the Bois duo, who grabbed first place in the Junior division. Lena and […]
Mark Buist pulled double duty last weekend. The Fort Frances Midget ‘AA’ Canadians goalie was a last-minute call-up by the Borderland Thunder on Friday, and saw his first SIJHL action that night as he relieved starter Joe Bergman in the third period. Then after sitting on the bench behind Bergman […]
Mark Buist pulled double duty last weekend. The Fort Frances Midget ‘AA’ Canadians goalie was a last-minute call-up by the Borderland Thunder on Friday, and saw his first SIJHL action that night as he relieved starter Joe Bergman in the third period. Then after sitting on the bench behind Bergman […]
It’s not a gusher yet, but the Borderland Thunder are searching for ways to stop the bleeding. The defending SIJHL champs are in the unfamiliar position of looking up at almost the entire league—sitting in fourth place after last weekend’s sweep on the road by the Thunder Bay KC Bulldogs […]
The Fort Frances Aquanauts Swim Team wasn’t trying to start something. They were just trying to start—period. Aquanauts coach Roman Ramirez was counting on somewhat better results than his 31-member team delivered at the Kenora Swimming Sharks fall invitational last weekend. But he was not bothered so much by the […]
