One-wood, three-wood, or five-wood—right now, any club works fine for Steve Wood. The head pro at Kitchen Creek Golf Club is shooting up a storm right now, with two major tournament victories in the past week. Wood led his team of Steve Pruys, Shawn O’Donnell, Charlie Windego, and Jason Kuorikoski […]
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With the fishing portion of the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship set to start tomorrow, it occurred to me that the tourney coverage in the paper over the past couple of weeks covered most of the bases, from the anglers to the volunteers. But one thing was still missing: What […]
Ron Bowman picked up right where he left off. After finishing off the Rendezvous Yacht Club’s spring series with four consecutive wins to clinch the series championship, Bowman and his vessel “In Tune” continued their hot streak on Wednesday with a victory in the opening race of the fall series […]
In the end, integrity and Chrissy Thomson both won out. The 20-year-old Fort Frances golfer was the beneficiary of the honesty of playing partner Jill Hardy from Winnipeg, as a twostroke penalty accepted by Hardy gave Thomson a one-stroke victory in the Golf Manitoba amateur ladies’ championship in Winnipeg yesterday—the […]
He’s spent most of his racing season south of the border, and his opposition here at home would probably prefer that he stay there. Fort Frances stock car driver Steve Arpin, who has been competing at a variety of Minnesota and Wisconsin racing facilities in an effort to better hone […]
Ron Bowman has been front-running almost the whole season, so there was no reason to think things would change in the season finale. Bowman steered “In Tune” to a fourth consecutive victory to clinch the title as the Rendezvous Yacht Club’s Wednesday night spring series champion. After registering two seconds […]
Bob Cavanagh was too hot to handle, even for three of the Fort Frances area’s better masters of the greens. The Perham, Mn. resident blazed to a course-record nine-under 63 in Saturday’s opening round, and went on to post a final score of one-under 178 to win the 49th-annual Smokey […]
The pressure of a perfect season is now off the shoulders of Sight & Sound. The squad was toppled for the first time this year recently, but with a 14-1 record, still hold a commanding lead in the Rainy River District Fastball League over second-place Rainy River (10-2). Pinewood (8-4) […]
Dave Lindsay is on a mission to make a name of his own. The brother of three-time Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship winner Norm Lindsay is fishing his best at just the right time, as he and fellow Sioux Narrows resident Colin Gluting teamed up to win the $10,000 first […]
With just over two weeks before the inaugural Rick Pearson Memorial Golf Tournament at Kitchen Creek Golf Course, there is still time for teams to get involved. “I have 16 teams registered right now,” said event co-ordinator Sonja Bodnarchuk. “We’re definitely looking for more,” added Nadine Johnson, also a tournament […]
Rick Stamarski didn’t play his best, but he’s not about to hand back his medal. He just wishes he had been on the bench rather than on the mark. “There’s great satisfaction in being able to coach,” said Stamarski, who joined his teammates on the Northern Ontario men’s teaching team […]
Shade felt the jaws closing around them, only to bare their teeth and bite back at the most opportune moment. A three-run fifth inning broke a 9-9 tie and propelled Shade to a 12-10 victory over Variety Pack/Blue Zone in the “A” final of the Kingsley Downs Memorial Tournament Sunday […]
