A weekend excursion to Devlin was fruitful for the Atikokan Grade 8 boys’ and girls’ volleyball teams as they won their respective championships at the Crossroads Tornadoes invitational tournament, co-hosted by Crossroads School and Naicatchewenin. The boys’ squad outlasted five other teams to finish first in their round-robin pool, followed […]
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Darryl Rollins and Kyle Botos felt right at home—even if their real home was two hours away. The Dryden pair took care of the competition at the annual Fort Frances Invitational bowling tournament at Plaza Lanes last weekend, with Rollins winning the scratch championship while Botos earned the pins over […]
It was like shovelling snow an hour before Hockey Night in Canada—the work has to get done, but everyone can’t wait for the fun to begin. The Fort Frances Midget ‘AA’ Canadians completed their stay in the “Red” Division of the Manitoba Eastman Midget League with a pair of workmanlike […]
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 […]
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 […]
