Jon Dupuis and Sandra Windego were jumping for joy. Dupuis shot an 81 to win the men’s division of this year’s Frog Creek Open at Kitchen Creek Golf Club on Sunday while Windego fired a 96 to top the ladies. The victories mean the duo now must uphold the tournament’s […]
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The pieces are falling into place, but there’s still room and time for prospective curlers to throw their brooms into the ring. Monday night’s registration for the upcoming competitive season at the Fort Frances Curling Club drew a good crowd, said president Bill Gushulak, but left open the opportunity to […]
Steve Arpin’s lead-footed ways have landed him a nationwide spotlight. The Fort Frances stock car racer rebounded from a slow start to take the checkered flag in the Modified division at the WISSOTA 100 national championships in Cedar Lake, Wis. last weekend. “I couldn’t believe it,” said the 19-year-old upon […]
For a while, the doctor was definitely in. Dr. Steve Chown was on course for victory at the Golf Manitoba Club Champions Championship at the Links at the Lake course in Gimli after shooting an opening round 77 on Saturday to sit within two strokes of the lead. But the […]
They were looking for a few good boys and girls and, apparently, they found them. The Central Canada Chess League, which is holding tournaments throughout Northern Ontario in September and October, stopped at St. Francis School here, Crossroads School in Devlin, and Riverview School in Rainy River last week to […]
There are no guarantees in life— or evidently, in football, either. Muskie ‘A’ football head coach Bob Swing had vowed last week that the black-and-gold would end their lengthy WHSFL losing streak, but the River East Kodiaks had their own ideas last Friday afternoon in Winnipeg. The result was a […]
The Muskie ‘C’ football team decided to build a better Bear trap this time around—and it nearly snagged them their first win of the year. After suffering a 44-0 loss to the Baudette Bears here in their opening game of the season two weeks earlier, the Muskies brought out the […]
For Eugene McPherson, it’s all about improving the bottom line while accentuating the positive. McPherson is spearheading a group of local people who want to help right the financial ship of the Borderland Thunder by creating an independent booster club. The proposed organization will provide a support network for the […]
The OCN in OCN Blizzard could have stood for “One Cool Netminder” here Friday night. Backup goalie David Herman allowed only one goal after coming on in relief of starter Ray McManus in the second period, making several key stops down the stretch to preserve a 3-2 victory over the […]
Ron Westover spent the whole season honouring a racing colleague—and ended the year with a fitting tribute. It would be hard to find too many people not at least partially celebrating Westover’s repeat as overall champion of the Street Stock division for the second-straight year as the Borderland Racing Association’s […]
Maybe it didn’t rank up there with Joe Namath before Super Bowl III, or Mark Messier on the eve of Game Six of the Eastern Conference finals, but it was a bona fide guarantee, nonetheless. “We will beat River East [Kodiaks] this week—you can put that in the paper,” Muskie […]
The young lions had their paws rapped, but their wounds should heal enough for them to fight another day. The Baudette Bears, made up mainly of Grade 8 players, took advantage of the Muskie ‘C’ football squad’s Grade 7-based lineup in a 44-0 win here yesterday in the black-and-gold’s season-opener. […]
