One game, one shot, one championship. A season full of home runs, great catches, and plenty of excitement comes to a head Thursday evening at 6:30 p.m. at the St. Francis Sportsfield south diamond, when the Little Rascals and the Rural Reps meet in the championship final of the Fort […]
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Sight and Sound has its sights set on grabbing the brass ring. The season-long leaders in the Rainy River District Fastball League need only to defeat Rainy River in tonight’s 8 p.m. match-up at Vanjura Field to secure the championship. But if Rainy River manages to pull out the victory, […]
The rink may not be big enough to hold this clash of the titans. The defending SIJHL champion Borderland Thunder will get a significant early-season test when the OCN Blizzard, the five-time defending Manitoba Junior Hockey League titleholders, come to the Ice for Kids Arena for an exhibition tilt Friday […]
A berth in the league championship final is on the line tonight for a quartet of contenders in the Fort Frances Adult Slo-Pitch League. As long as the rain clouds hold off, Normiska will take on the Rural Reps in the “A” Bracket final at 6 p.m. at the south […]
Absence not only makes the heart grow fonder, but the Superior International Junior Hockey League schedule grow shorter at the same time. Thanks to the Northwest Wisconsin Knights and the Iron Range Yellow Jackets each bowing out of the league for this coming season, the SIJHL’s third campaign will be […]
Strap on a helmet, grab a stick and get ready to score some goals. The inaugural Easter Seals Power Play Street Hockey Tournament is set for Saturday, Sept. 20 and it won’t just be the team that scores the most points that wins. “All the money raised stays in this […]
It was a battle of the top five teams from Day One of fishing to see who would be crowned the 10th-annual Morson Bass Classic champs. Reuben and Allan Gibbins lead after the first day of fishing with five fish weighing in at 16.65 lbs. They were followed by Fred […]
Ty Olsen has absorbed his fair share of bumps, bruises and backaches along the path of rodeo stardom—but nothing cures pain like the thrill of surviving that eight-second ride. The 18-year-old Fort Frances native, now based out of Smithers, B.C., has made some big noise on the amateur circuit over […]
It’s been an unpleasant pattern of late for the Muskie varsity football team. The past few seasons have seen the black and gold get off to an inauspicious debut in their pre-season game against the International Falls Broncos, one of Minnesota’s consistently solid teams in the 7A school bracket. Playing […]
The Minnesota Pro/Am Bass Tour made two stops on the U.S. side of Rainy Lake this weekend, wrapping up its season and deciding the participants for the year-end Tournament of Champions. The pro/am circuit is the only televised derby circuit in Minnesota, pairing seasoned professionals with amateur and junior amateur […]
Don DeBenedet’s red face wasn’t from ‘Embarrass’-ment, but was the result of many miles of excellent effort. The Fort Frances runner logged a time of 44:22 to wind up in second place in the 50-59 year old group as part of the 23rd annual Flying Finn 10-kilometre race during the […]
It was a wheelie-poppin’ good time during this past Saturday’s regular action from the Borderland Racing Association at Emo Speedway. Approximately 20 riders total in three divisions participated in bicycle races put on at the speedway during its intermission break. Hunter Calder won the Tykes on Trikes (five-and-under) category, with […]
