Whether it’s female intuition or instinct, Carlee Bosma has found the right ingredient to formulate a recipe for success lately. The young Emo driver has pocketed feature race victories in each of the last two weeks as she makes a push to win the overall title in the Beginner division […]
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Earl Klyne’s team got the point—several of them, in fact. Klyne and his team of Gus MacDonell, Steve Pruys, and Penny McComb were on their game last Thursday as they piled up 92 points to take the third-annual Kitchen Creek Golf Club anniversary tournament. The event works on a points […]
It’s a birthday James Lindner won’t soon forget. The Brainerd, Mn. resident, who turned 44 on Saturday, teamed up with his brother, Bill, to capture the ninth-annual Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship. The pair used three consistent days of fishing to top the 136-team field with a 55.46-pound total— taking […]
If you’ve seen one fish, you’ve seen them all. That was the thinking of Winnipeg anglers Scott Cook and Jerry Millar for most of yesterday’s opening day of action in the ninthannual Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship—until Cook hit the jackpot. “We were getting cookie-cutters all day long, but then […]
Golf is a game of wide swings. One minute you’re in the bunker, the next you’re in the hole. Chrissy Thomson will testify to that fact as she went from being an almost certain winner with four holes to play to a runner-up on the 18th green to a champion […]
The night started with a tongue lashing and ended with a collection of stickshift senoritas. Between the two, Bill Witherspoon decided second-best just wasn’t going to cut it. The Devlin resident, third overall last year in the points race, broke through for his first feature victory of the season in […]
The extra rest must have done Alex Parent some good. After a competitive year that featured many lengthy road trips by car, the 14-year-old Fort Frances Aquanaut took the aerial route to Edmonton for last week’s Canadian Open for SWAD (Swimmers With A Disability) long-course national championships. “It sure lessened […]
Duane Carlson keeps launching bombs—and his team keeps destroying everything in sight. The slugger has walloped six dingers to take over the home run lead in the Rainy River District Fastball League while his Sight & Sound teammates have followed his example and continue to lead the circuit with a […]
Long passes and a shorter road schedule are on the horizon for the Superior International Junior Hockey League with its third regular season less than two months away. League executives decided at a meeting July 15 in Thunder Bay to do away with the centre ice red line, thus eliminating […]
The battle for first place in the women’s division of the Borderland Soccer Association has been like a classic championship bout—plenty of counterpunching and no sign of any towels being thrown in. Gillons’ (10-3) landed the latest body blow with a 5-1 win over Curves (9-3-1) last Thursday evening to […]
One year ago, the water level on Rainy Lake was at record highs. Docks were submerged, lowlands flooded, and dams overflowing. The lake looked a lot different than normal both to anglers and fish alike. Oh what a difference a year can make. This year, the lake is at its […]
Jeff Watts figured the best way to win the 2003 Kid-Pro Tournament was the simplest—catch the biggest fish. That’s exactly what the 14-year-old did Sunday as he teamed up with Devlin anglers Dale LaBelle and Jody Shypit to reel in a 5.59-pound whopper of a bass that gave the trio […]
